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/ios/RNSScreen.mm b/ios/RNSScreen.mm
index 9b66012dc8db1e3af0cb5457f8dad86e7f2fe5e3..a7f1f613c291de8421f6f117c06d35ba34a2d908 100644
--- a/ios/RNSScreen.mm
+++ b/ios/RNSScreen.mm
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+#import <objc/runtime.h>
 
 #import "RNSModalScreen.h"
 #import "RNSScreen.h"
@@ -1180,9 +1181,82 @@ - (BOOL)hasHeaderConfig
   return _config != nil;
 }
 
+/*
+ * PATCH (secure-snapshot): content protected by an isSecureTextEntry canvas
+ * (per-view capture protection, e.g. expo-privacy-sensitive) is stripped from
+ * the render-server snapshot RNSScreen takes for JS-driven pops, so the user
+ * sees the hidden fallback (the GrowthHack butterfly) during the transition.
+ * The capture-exclusion flag is only consulted for layers INSIDE a captured
+ * subtree, so a snapshot rooted BELOW the flagged canvas still includes the
+ * content.
+ *
+ * By the time setViewToSnapshot runs, the screen's children are already
+ * unmounted (only the pixels survive on the render server), so the secure
+ * subtrees must be captured HERE - before the transaction's mutations apply,
+ * while the subtree is intact. The overlays are stashed on the screen view
+ * and composited over the main snapshot in setViewToSnapshot, each re-wrapped
+ * in a fresh secure canvas so real captures (screenshots/recordings) taken
+ * during the transition still exclude them.
+ */
+static void RNSCollectPrivacySensitiveViews(UIView *view, NSMutableArray<UIView *> *out)
+{
+  // Swift classes are namespaced in the ObjC runtime ("Module.ClassName")
+  if ([NSStringFromClass([view class]) hasSuffix:@"ExpoPrivacySensitiveView"]) {
+    [out addObject:view];
+    return;
+  }
+  for (UIView *subview in view.subviews) {
+    RNSCollectPrivacySensitiveViews(subview, out);
+  }
+}
+
+static UIView *_Nullable RNSMakeSecureCanvas(void)
+{
+  UITextField *field = [UITextField new];
+  field.secureTextEntry = YES;
+  field.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
+  UIView *canvas = (UIView *)field.layer.sublayers.firstObject.delegate;
+  if (![canvas isKindOfClass:[UIView class]]) {
+    return nil;
+  }
+  canvas.clipsToBounds = NO;
+  canvas.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor;
+  // retain the field alongside the canvas in case the capture exclusion ever
+  // depends on the owning field staying alive
+  objc_setAssociatedObject(canvas, "RNSSecureCanvasField", field, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
+  return canvas;
+}
+
+static char RNSSecureOverlaysKey;
+
 - (void)willBeUnmountedInUpcomingTransaction
 {
   _markedForUnmountInCurrentTransaction = YES;
+
+  NSMutableArray<UIView *> *sensitiveViews = [NSMutableArray new];
+  RNSCollectPrivacySensitiveViews(self, sensitiveViews);
+  NSMutableArray<UIView *> *overlays = [NSMutableArray new];
+  for (UIView *sensitiveView in sensitiveViews) {
+    UIView *canvas = sensitiveView.subviews.firstObject;
+    for (UIView *content in canvas.subviews) {
+      UIView *pieceSnapshot = [content snapshotViewAfterScreenUpdates:NO];
+      if (pieceSnapshot == nil) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      CGRect frameInScreen = [content convertRect:content.bounds toView:self];
+      UIView *secureWrap = RNSMakeSecureCanvas();
+      if (secureWrap != nil) {
+        secureWrap.frame = frameInScreen;
+        pieceSnapshot.frame = secureWrap.bounds;
+        [secureWrap addSubview:pieceSnapshot];
+        [overlays addObject:secureWrap];
+      } else {
+        pieceSnapshot.frame = frameInScreen;
+        [overlays addObject:pieceSnapshot];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  objc_setAssociatedObject(self, &RNSSecureOverlaysKey, overlays.count > 0 ? overlays : nil, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
 }
 
 + (react::ComponentDescriptorProvider)componentDescriptorProvider
@@ -1999,6 +2073,15 @@ - (void)setViewToSnapshot
     auto afterUpdates = self.screenView.snapshotAfterUpdates;
     UIView *snapshot = [self.view snapshotViewAfterScreenUpdates:afterUpdates];
     snapshot.frame = self.view.frame;
+
+    // PATCH (secure-snapshot): composite the secure-content overlays captured
+    // in willBeUnmountedInUpcomingTransaction (see comment there)
+    NSArray<UIView *> *overlays = objc_getAssociatedObject(self.screenView, &RNSSecureOverlaysKey);
+    for (UIView *overlay in overlays) {
+      [snapshot addSubview:overlay];
+    }
+    objc_setAssociatedObject(self.screenView, &RNSSecureOverlaysKey, nil, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
+
     [self.view removeFromSuperview];
     self.view = snapshot;
     [superView addSubview:snapshot];