diff --git a/.github/scripts/run-nightly-e2e.sh b/.github/scripts/run-nightly-e2e.sh
index fe4fb7e355..0a2c57252f 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/run-nightly-e2e.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/run-nightly-e2e.sh
@@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ if [[ "$platform" == "android" ]]; then
   phase "Configuring Android localhost routing"
   adb -s "$device_id" reverse tcp:3000 tcp:3000
   adb -s "$device_id" reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081
+
+  # The e2e media picker mock reads a seeded photo from the app's external
+  # files directory (see src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx). The app must already
+  # be installed (the install step runs before this script), so the directory
+  # exists and is owned by the app; sdcardfs makes it world-readable so the
+  # mock can read the file without any runtime media permission.
+  phase "Seeding e2e media"
+  e2e_media_dir="/sdcard/Android/data/xyz.blueskyweb.app/files/e2e"
+  adb -s "$device_id" shell mkdir -p "$e2e_media_dir"
+  adb -s "$device_id" push assets/images/welcome-modal-bg.jpg "$e2e_media_dir/test.jpg"
 fi
 
 phase "Running Maestro flows"
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/feed-reorder.yml b/__e2e__/flows/feed-reorder.yml
index 42abc3295e..ac00eefc41 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/feed-reorder.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/feed-reorder.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,31 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "menuItemButton-Feeds"
 - tapOn:
     id: "editFeedsBtn"
-- swipe:
-    label: "Drag feed down"
-    from:
-      id: "feed-drag-handle"
-    direction: "DOWN"
-    duration: 1000
+# The id+direction swipe doesn't register the RNGH pan on Android, so we
+# use an explicit coordinate swipe that travels several row heights. iOS
+# keeps the id-based swipe (its screen aspect ratio differs).
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: iOS
+    commands:
+      - swipe:
+          label: "Drag feed down"
+          from:
+            id: "feed-drag-handle"
+          direction: "DOWN"
+          duration: 1000
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: Android
+    commands:
+      - swipe:
+          label: "Drag feed down"
+          start: "93%,31%"
+          end: "93%,45%"
+          duration: 1500
+- assertVisible:
+    id: "saveChangesBtn"
+    enabled: true
 - tapOn:
       label: "Save button"
       id: "saveChangesBtn"
@@ -58,12 +77,28 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "menuItemButton-Feeds"
 - tapOn:
     id: "editFeedsBtn"
-- swipe:
-    label: "Drag feed down"
-    from:
-      id: "feed-drag-handle"
-    direction: "DOWN"
-    duration: 1000
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: iOS
+    commands:
+      - swipe:
+          label: "Drag feed down"
+          from:
+            id: "feed-drag-handle"
+          direction: "DOWN"
+          duration: 1000
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: Android
+    commands:
+      - swipe:
+          label: "Drag feed down"
+          start: "93%,31%"
+          end: "93%,45%"
+          duration: 1500
+- assertVisible:
+    id: "saveChangesBtn"
+    enabled: true
 - tapOn:
     label: "Save button"
     id: "saveChangesBtn"
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/onboarding-avatar-creator.yml b/__e2e__/flows/onboarding-avatar-creator.yml
index 2204abb9df..aa0e1d794a 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/onboarding-avatar-creator.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/onboarding-avatar-creator.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
 - tapOn:
     id: "e2eStartOnboarding"
 - tapOn: "Open avatar creator"
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    visible: "Select an emoji"
+    timeout: 15000
 - tapOn: "Select the zap emoji as your avatar"
 - tapOn:
     label: "Tap on yellow"
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/onboarding.yml b/__e2e__/flows/onboarding.yml
index a5f4217455..4c0ffdd48f 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/onboarding.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/onboarding.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,28 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "e2eStartOnboarding"
 - tapOn: "Select an avatar"
 - waitForAnimationToEnd
-- assertVisible: "Photos"
-- assertVisible: "Collections"
-- tapOn:
-    point: "50%,22%"
-- waitForAnimationToEnd
-- tapOn: "Done"
-- waitForAnimationToEnd
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: iOS
+    commands:
+      - assertVisible: "Photos"
+      - assertVisible: "Collections"
+      - tapOn:
+          point: "50%,22%"
+      - waitForAnimationToEnd
+      - tapOn: "Done"
+      - waitForAnimationToEnd
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: Android
+    commands:
+      # The system photo picker opened here shows MediaStore photos, which
+      # the e2e run doesn't seed (media is seeded into app-scoped storage for
+      # the composer's mocked picker instead). With no photo to pick, dismiss
+      # the picker and continue - onContinue falls back to the generated
+      # placeholder avatar, and nothing later in the flow depends on the image.
+      - back
+      - waitForAnimationToEnd
 - tapOn:
     id: "onboardingContinue"
 - assertVisible: "What are your interests?"
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/profile-screen-edit.yml b/__e2e__/flows/profile-screen-edit.yml
index f60ca01b42..2161e98469 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/profile-screen-edit.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/profile-screen-edit.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "editProfileSaveBtn"
 - assertNotVisible:
     id: "editProfileModal"
-- assertVisible: "Alicia"
+- assertVisible: ".*Alicia.*"
 - assertVisible: "One cool hacker"
 
 # Remove display name and description via the edit profile modal
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/account.default.yml b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/account.default.yml
index 372fc31c7e..c5c5169cdc 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/account.default.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/account.default.yml
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     text: "Send report to Dev-env Moderation"
 - tapOn:
     id: "report:submit"
-- assertNotVisible:
-    id: "report:dialog"
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    notVisible:
+      id: "report:dialog"
+    timeout: 20000
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.default.yml b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.default.yml
index be3ac6b68a..212accc254 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.default.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.default.yml
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     text: "Send report to Dev-env Moderation"
 - tapOn:
     id: "report:submit"
-- assertNotVisible:
-    id: "report:dialog"
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    notVisible:
+      id: "report:dialog"
+    timeout: 20000
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.edit-reason.yml b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.edit-reason.yml
index eec5794c4f..a44e7f97d7 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.edit-reason.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.edit-reason.yml
@@ -39,5 +39,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     text: Your report will be sent to Dev-env Moderation.*
 - tapOn:
     id: "report:submit"
-- assertNotVisible:
-    id: "report:dialog"
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    notVisible:
+      id: "report:dialog"
+    timeout: 20000
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.reason-other.yml b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.reason-other.yml
index e1065ece4d..78f5a195ec 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.reason-other.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.reason-other.yml
@@ -29,5 +29,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
 - hideKeyboard
 - tapOn:
     id: "report:submit"
-- assertNotVisible:
-    id: "report:dialog"
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    notVisible:
+      id: "report:dialog"
+    timeout: 20000
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/thread-muting.yml b/__e2e__/flows/thread-muting.yml
index 2724833feb..ac5bf57063 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/thread-muting.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/thread-muting.yml
@@ -45,10 +45,8 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
       id: "viewHeaderHomeFeedPrefsBtn"
 - tapOn:
     id: "bottomBarNotificationsBtn"
-- assertVisible:
-    id: "feedItem-by-bob.test"
-- tapOn:
-    id: "feedItem-by-bob.test"
+- assertVisible: ".*Reply 1.*"
+- tapOn: ".*Reply 1.*"
 - tapOn:
     id: "postDropdownBtn"
     childOf:
@@ -92,10 +90,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
 - assertVisible: ".*Reply 1.*"
 - assertNotVisible: ".*Reply 2.*"
 - assertNotVisible: ".*Reply 3.*"
-- assertVisible:
-    id: "feedItem-by-bob.test"
-- tapOn:
-    id: "feedItem-by-bob.test"
+- tapOn: ".*Reply 1.*"
 - tapOn:
     id: "postDropdownBtn"
     childOf:
diff --git a/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx b/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx
index 7aaa69c47d..af84e29c2b 100644
--- a/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx
@@ -9,10 +9,26 @@ import ExpoImageCropTool, {
 } from '@bsky.app/expo-image-crop-tool'
 
 import {IMAGE_SIZE_CONFIG_2K_1MB} from '#/lib/constants'
+import {IS_ANDROID} from '#/env'
 import {compressIfNeeded} from './manip'
 import {type PickerImage} from './picker.shared'
 
+/*
+ * The Android emulator can't reach the iOS simulator's sample photo library,
+ * so run-nightly-e2e.sh seeds a single jpg into the app's external files
+ * directory before the flows run. That directory is world-readable via the
+ * emulator's sdcardfs, so expo-file-system can read it without any runtime
+ * media permission (unlike /sdcard/DCIM, which is gated behind scoped storage
+ * on target SDK 35).
+ */
+const ANDROID_E2E_MEDIA_DIR =
+  'file:///sdcard/Android/data/xyz.blueskyweb.app/files/e2e'
+
 async function getFile() {
+  if (IS_ANDROID) {
+    return await getAndroidFile()
+  }
+
   const imagesDir = documentDirectory!
     .split('/')
     .slice(0, -6)
@@ -41,6 +57,34 @@ async function getFile() {
   )
 }
 
+async function getAndroidFile() {
+  let files = await readDirectoryAsync(ANDROID_E2E_MEDIA_DIR)
+  files = files.filter(file => file.toLowerCase().endsWith('.jpg'))
+  const file = `${ANDROID_E2E_MEDIA_DIR}/${files[0]}`
+
+  const fileInfo = await getInfoAsync(file)
+
+  if (!fileInfo.exists) {
+    throw new Error('Failed to get file info')
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Dimensions of the seeded asset (assets/images/welcome-modal-bg.jpg). Only
+   * used for downstream aspect-ratio display; the actual bytes are read from
+   * disk by compressIfNeeded.
+   */
+  return await compressIfNeeded(
+    {
+      path: file,
+      mime: 'image/jpeg',
+      size: fileInfo.size,
+      width: 1432,
+      height: 1025,
+    },
+    IMAGE_SIZE_CONFIG_2K_1MB,
+  )
+}
+
 export async function openPicker(): Promise<PickerImage[]> {
   return [await getFile()]
 }