diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/Screen.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/Screen.kt
index 76bb694854b29d7f779f38244cd48113b429ea1f..fd402ac938862e8d39c5467c1b5c86c4e7eb0c83 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/Screen.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/Screen.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi
 import androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
 import androidx.core.view.children
 import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import androidx.swiperefreshlayout.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ class Screen(
                 endTransitionRecursive(childView.toolbar)
             }
 
-            if (childView is ViewGroup) {
+            if (childView is ViewGroup && childView !is RecyclerView) {
                 endTransitionRecursive(childView)
             }
         }
@@ -491,7 +492,10 @@ class Screen(
                     startTransitionRecursive(child.toolbar)
                 }
 
-                if (child is ViewGroup) {
+                // Transition a RecyclerView as one unit. Marking its recyclable children as
+                // transitioning keeps their parent set after removal, so RecyclerView crashes
+                // when it tries to recycle them during the screen transition.
+                if (child is ViewGroup && child !is RecyclerView) {
                     startTransitionRecursive(child)
                 }
             }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStack.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStack.kt
index 9f9f8647a50a537d9eec0643db5be69d05089688..09390fc732652ec63b78dbaf2e877b5063886706 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStack.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStack.kt
@@ -419,7 +419,23 @@ class ScreenStack(
     private fun performDraw(op: DrawingOp) {
         // Canvas parameter can not be null here https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ViewGroup#drawChild(android.graphics.Canvas,%20android.view.View,%20long)
         // So if we are passing null here, we would crash anyway
-        super.drawChild(op.canvas!!, op.child, op.drawingTime)
+        val child = op.child!!
+        try {
+            super.drawChild(op.canvas!!, child, op.drawingTime)
+        } catch (exception: NullPointerException) {
+            // Deferred draws can outlive a child's attachment. Android 8.1 can then dereference
+            // cleared attachment state while applying the child's legacy animation.
+            val topFrame = exception.stackTrace.firstOrNull()
+            val isDetachedViewLegacyAnimationCrash =
+                Build.VERSION.SDK_INT == Build.VERSION_CODES.O_MR1 &&
+                    !child.isAttachedToWindow &&
+                    topFrame?.className == View::class.java.name &&
+                    topFrame.methodName == "applyLegacyAnimation"
+
+            if (!isDetachedViewLegacyAnimationCrash) {
+                throw exception
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     // Can't use `drawingOpPool.removeLast` here due to issues with static name resolution in Android SDK 35+.