fix: mask native tab transition briefly

ios/App/App/LiquidTabsPlugin.swift

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class LiquidTabsPlugin: CAPPlugin, CAPBridgedPlugin {
       CAPPluginMethod(name: "selectTab", returnType: CAPPluginReturnPromise),
       CAPPluginMethod(name: "updateNativeSearchResults", returnType: CAPPluginReturnPromise),
       CAPPluginMethod(name: "updateNativeGraphs", returnType: CAPPluginReturnPromise),
+      CAPPluginMethod(name: "markTabContentReady", returnType: CAPPluginReturnPromise),
     ]
 
     public override func load() {
@@ -214,6 +215,18 @@ public class LiquidTabsPlugin: CAPPlugin, CAPBridgedPlugin {
         call.resolve()
     }
 
+    /// Clear the native transition cover after JS has rendered a WebView-backed tab.
+    /// { id: string }
+    @objc func markTabContentReady(_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
+        guard let id = call.getString("id") else {
+            call.reject("Missing 'id'")
+            return
+        }
+
+        store.markWebTabReady(id)
+        call.resolve()
+    }
+
     func openGraph(_ graph: NativeGraphItem) {
         notifyListeners("nativeGraphAction", data: [
             "action": "open",

ios/App/App/LiquidTabsRootView.swift

@@ -183,7 +183,25 @@ private struct LiquidTabs26View: View {
         isSearchFocused = true
     }
 
+    private func webBackedTabId(for selection: LiquidTabsTabSelection) -> String? {
+        guard let id = store.tabId(for: selection),
+              id != "graphs",
+              id != "search" else {
+            return nil
+        }
+
+        return id
+    }
+
+    private func waitForWebBackedTab(_ selection: LiquidTabsTabSelection) {
+        if let id = webBackedTabId(for: selection) {
+            store.waitForWebTab(id)
+        }
+    }
+
     private func prepareForSelectionChange(to selection: LiquidTabsTabSelection) {
+        waitForWebBackedTab(selection)
+
         switch selection {
         case .search:
             store.suppressSearchNotifications = true
@@ -279,6 +297,12 @@ private struct LiquidTabs26View: View {
                     SearchFocusBridge(isActive: selectedTab == .search)
                         .frame(width: 0, height: 0)
                 }
+                .overlay {
+                    if store.pendingWebTabId != nil {
+                        Color.logseqBackground
+                            .ignoresSafeArea()
+                    }
+                }
 
             }
             .onAppear {

ios/App/App/LiquidTabsStore.swift

@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ final class LiquidTabsStore: ObservableObject {
     @Published var graphSections: [NativeGraphSection] = []
     @Published var graphLabels = NativeGraphLabels()
     @Published var nativeGraphsVisible = true
+    @Published var pendingWebTabId: String?
+    private var pendingWebTabRequestId = 0
 
     // Helper to get a stable selection if JS forgets
     func effectiveSelectedId() -> String? {
@@ -107,4 +109,28 @@ final class LiquidTabsStore: ObservableObject {
         }
     }
 
+    func waitForWebTab(_ id: String) {
+        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+            self.pendingWebTabRequestId += 1
+            let requestId = self.pendingWebTabRequestId
+            self.pendingWebTabId = id
+
+            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.18) {
+                guard self.pendingWebTabRequestId == requestId,
+                      self.pendingWebTabId == id else {
+                    return
+                }
+
+                self.pendingWebTabId = nil
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    func markWebTabReady(_ id: String) {
+        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+            guard self.pendingWebTabId == id else { return }
+            self.pendingWebTabRequestId += 1
+            self.pendingWebTabId = nil
+        }
+    }
 }

src/main/mobile/bottom_tabs.cljs

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
   (when (and (mobile-util/native-ios?) liquid-tabs (.-updateNativeGraphs liquid-tabs))
     (.updateNativeGraphs liquid-tabs (clj->js payload))))
 
+(defn mark-tab-content-ready!
+  [id]
+  (when (and (mobile-util/native-ios?) liquid-tabs (.-markTabContentReady liquid-tabs))
+    (.markTabContentReady liquid-tabs #js {:id id})))
+
 (defn add-tab-selected-listener!
   "Listen to native tab selection.
 

src/main/mobile/components/app.cljs

@@ -294,6 +294,18 @@
         [theme] (frum/use-atom-in state/state :ui/theme)]
     (use-screen-size-effects!)
     (use-theme-effects! current-repo theme)
+    (hooks/use-effect!
+     (fn []
+       (when (mobile-util/native-ios?)
+         (.requestAnimationFrame
+          js/window
+          (fn []
+            (.requestAnimationFrame
+             js/window
+             (fn []
+               (bottom-tabs/mark-tab-content-ready! tab))))))
+       nil)
+     [tab route-match])
     (hooks/use-effect!
      (fn []
        (when-let [element (util/app-scroll-container-node)]