diff --git a/ios/Extensions.swift b/ios/Extensions.swift
index 22641a82..b7130d84 100644
--- a/ios/Extensions.swift
+++ b/ios/Extensions.swift
@@ -4,19 +4,65 @@ import UIKit
 
 /**
  Helper used to render UIView inside of SwiftUI.
+ Uses UIViewControllerRepresentable to re-inject safe area insets
+ that SwiftUI's .ignoresSafeArea() strips from child UIKit views.
  */
-struct RepresentableView: UIViewRepresentable {
+struct RepresentableView: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
   var view: UIView
 
-  // Adding a wrapper UIView to avoid SwiftUI directly managing React Native views.
-  // This fixes issues with incorrect layout rendering.
-  func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UIView {
-    let wrapper = UIView()
-    wrapper.addSubview(view)
-    return wrapper
+  func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> PageChildViewController {
+    let viewController = PageChildViewController()
+    viewController.wrappedView = view
+    return viewController
   }
 
-  func updateUIView(_ uiView: UIView, context: Context) {}
+  func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: PageChildViewController, context: Context) {}
+}
+
+class PageChildViewController: UIViewController {
+  var wrappedView: UIView?
+
+  override func viewDidLoad() {
+    super.viewDidLoad()
+    view.backgroundColor = .clear
+    if let wrappedView {
+      view.addSubview(wrappedView)
+    }
+  }
+
+  override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
+    super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
+    propagateSafeArea()
+  }
+
+  override func viewSafeAreaInsetsDidChange() {
+    super.viewSafeAreaInsetsDidChange()
+    propagateSafeArea()
+  }
+
+  /// Re-applies safe area insets from a stable UIKit source, since SwiftUI's
+  /// .ignoresSafeArea() causes embedded UIKit views to report .zero.
+  private func propagateSafeArea() {
+    let insets = nearestNonZeroSafeAreaInsets() ?? view.window?.safeAreaInsets ?? .zero
+    if abs(additionalSafeAreaInsets.top - insets.top) > 0.5
+        || abs(additionalSafeAreaInsets.left - insets.left) > 0.5
+        || abs(additionalSafeAreaInsets.bottom - insets.bottom) > 0.5
+        || abs(additionalSafeAreaInsets.right - insets.right) > 0.5 {
+      additionalSafeAreaInsets = insets
+    }
+  }
+
+  private func nearestNonZeroSafeAreaInsets() -> UIEdgeInsets? {
+    var current = view.superview
+    while let candidate = current {
+      let insets = candidate.safeAreaInsets
+      if insets.top > 0 || insets.left > 0 || insets.bottom > 0 || insets.right > 0 {
+        return insets
+      }
+      current = candidate.superview
+    }
+    return nil
+  }
 }
 
 extension Collection {
@@ -71,4 +117,3 @@ extension UIHostingController {
     }
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/ios/PagerView.swift b/ios/PagerView.swift
index 58d97882..e3852c23 100644
--- a/ios/PagerView.swift
+++ b/ios/PagerView.swift
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct PagerView: View {
     .id(props.children.count)
     .background(.clear)
     .tabViewStyle(.page(indexDisplayMode: .never))
+    .ignoresSafeArea()
     .environment(\.layoutDirection, props.layoutDirection.converted)
     .introspect(.tabView(style: .page), on: .iOS(.v14...)) { collectionView in
       self.collectionView = collectionView
diff --git a/ios/PagerViewProvider.swift b/ios/PagerViewProvider.swift
index 1b1e8754..6457b0a5 100644
--- a/ios/PagerViewProvider.swift
+++ b/ios/PagerViewProvider.swift
@@ -113,22 +113,12 @@ import UIKit
       return
     }
 
-    // Only create the hosting controller once it can actually be attached to the
-    // React view-controller hierarchy. `reactViewController()` can be nil on the
-    // first `didMoveToWindow` pass (e.g. when the pager is mounted inside a screen
-    // that is still being attached). Previously `self.hostingController` was
-    // assigned before this check, so when `reactViewController()` was nil the
-    // SwiftUI host was never added/pinned (its view frame stayed `.zero`, leaving
-    // the page blank) while the early-return above prevented any later retry.
-    // Deferring keeps `hostingController` nil so a subsequent window/layout pass
-    // can attach it once the view controller is available.
     guard let parentViewController = reactViewController() else {
       return
     }
 
     let hostingController = UIHostingController(
-      rootView: PagerView(props: props, delegate: delegate),
-      ignoreSafeArea: true
+      rootView: PagerView(props: props, delegate: delegate)
     )
     self.hostingController = hostingController