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[NET 10, iOS 26] Liquid glass hamburger and toolbar icon flashing

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Description

Description

When the Shell BackgroundColor isn't white, the liquid glass buttons in the top bar flicker white before reverting to the anticipated appearance (albeit with poor text colour).

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d538da4a-e25e-4179-a5c6-7c6c584771e8

Steps to Reproduce
  1. Create a new MAUI project
  2. Update the shell so that the app has two bottom tabs.
  3. Give the shell a background color (e.g. red)
  4. Navigate between both tabs, observe the flash from white glass bubble to the expected color (e.g. red)
Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/Rover656/Maui-Liquid-Glass-Flashing

Version with bug

10.0.10

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Not sure, did not test other versions

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

iOS

Affected platform versions

iOS 26.0.1, built with XCode 26.0.1

The appearance looks less extreme when tested on a physical iOS 26.1 device where the colour shift is more of a brief period where the widgets shift in transparency - so very likely this is a 26.0 specific issue.

Did you find any workaround?

No response

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked public reproduction project and reproduce the Shell tab navigation on iOS 26.0.1 with a non-white Shell BackgroundColor. Compare the behavior on the simulator and physical iOS 26.1 device, then trace the Shell top-bar hamburger and toolbar icon rendering; done means navigation no longer causes a white flash or transparency shift before the expected appearance.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, ios
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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