diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/profile/ios_presence_menu.dart b/mobile/lib/features/profile/ios_presence_menu.dart
index 0b2816e22e..2212bb70e4 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/profile/ios_presence_menu.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/profile/ios_presence_menu.dart
@@ -26,6 +26,37 @@ class IosPresenceMenu extends StatefulWidget {
 
 class _IosPresenceMenuState extends State<IosPresenceMenu> {
   MethodChannel? _channel;
+  ModalRoute<Object?>? _route;
+  bool _routeSettled = false;
+  bool _nativeVisible = false;
+
+  // iOS composites Flutter content painted after a platform view outside
+  // every native view rect into the background, beneath earlier overlays.
+  // While Home's native bars still show through a route transition, that
+  // hides the Settings rows below this pill, so the native view mounts only
+  // once its route has settled and a drawn stand-in covers the transitions.
+  static bool _isSettled(ModalRoute<Object?>? route) =>
+      (route?.animation?.isCompleted ?? true) &&
+      (route?.secondaryAnimation?.isDismissed ?? true);
+
+  void _syncRouteSettled([AnimationStatus? _]) {
+    final settled = _isSettled(_route);
+    if (settled == _routeSettled) return;
+    if (!settled) {
+      _channel?.setMethodCallHandler(null);
+      _channel = null;
+      _nativeVisible = false;
+    }
+    setState(() => _routeSettled = settled);
+  }
+
+  void _listenToRoute(ModalRoute<Object?>? route) {
+    _route?.animation?.removeStatusListener(_syncRouteSettled);
+    _route?.secondaryAnimation?.removeStatusListener(_syncRouteSettled);
+    _route = route;
+    route?.animation?.addStatusListener(_syncRouteSettled);
+    route?.secondaryAnimation?.addStatusListener(_syncRouteSettled);
+  }
 
   Map<String, Object> _configuration(BuildContext context) => {
     'presence': widget.presence,
@@ -36,6 +67,19 @@ class _IosPresenceMenuState extends State<IosPresenceMenu> {
     'fontSize': MediaQuery.textScalerOf(context).scale(15),
   };
 
+  @override
+  void didChangeDependencies() {
+    super.didChangeDependencies();
+    final route = ModalRoute.of(context);
+    if (route != null && identical(route, _route)) return;
+    _listenToRoute(route);
+    // A newly pushed route can still report a completed animation while it
+    // first builds, so decide once that frame has been laid out.
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
+      if (mounted) _syncRouteSettled();
+    });
+  }
+
   @override
   void didUpdateWidget(covariant IosPresenceMenu oldWidget) {
     super.didUpdateWidget(oldWidget);
@@ -44,6 +88,7 @@ class _IosPresenceMenuState extends State<IosPresenceMenu> {
 
   @override
   void dispose() {
+    _listenToRoute(null);
     _channel?.setMethodCallHandler(null);
     super.dispose();
   }
@@ -65,27 +110,65 @@ class _IosPresenceMenuState extends State<IosPresenceMenu> {
       key: const ValueKey('settings-presence-target'),
       width: width,
       height: height,
-      child: UiKitView(
-        key: const ValueKey('settings-presence-menu'),
-        viewType: 'buzz/presence_menu',
-        creationParams: _configuration(context),
-        creationParamsCodec: const StandardMessageCodec(),
-        onPlatformViewCreated: (id) {
-          final channel = MethodChannel('buzz/presence_menu/$id');
-          _channel = channel;
-          channel.setMethodCallHandler((call) async {
-            if (!mounted || call.method != 'selected') return;
-            final value = call.arguments;
-            if (value is String &&
-                const ['online', 'away', 'offline'].contains(value)) {
-              widget.onSelected(value);
-            }
-          });
-          unawaited(
-            channel.invokeMethod<void>('update', _configuration(context)),
-          );
-        },
+      child: Stack(
+        fit: StackFit.expand,
+        children: [
+          if (!_nativeVisible) _standIn(fontSize),
+          if (_routeSettled) _nativeMenu(context),
+        ],
       ),
     );
   }
+
+  /// Draws the native pill's capsule and title while the native view is
+  /// absent, so route transitions and view creation do not blink the pill.
+  Widget _standIn(double fontSize) => Semantics(
+    label: 'Availability',
+    value: widget.label,
+    excludeSemantics: true,
+    child: Padding(
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 7),
+      child: DecoratedBox(
+        decoration: ShapeDecoration(
+          color: widget.background,
+          shape: const StadiumBorder(),
+        ),
+        child: Center(
+          child: Text(
+            widget.label,
+            maxLines: 1,
+            textScaler: TextScaler.noScaling,
+            style: TextStyle(
+              fontFamily: 'CupertinoSystemText',
+              fontSize: fontSize,
+              fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
+              color: widget.foreground,
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  Widget _nativeMenu(BuildContext context) => UiKitView(
+    key: const ValueKey('settings-presence-menu'),
+    viewType: 'buzz/presence_menu',
+    creationParams: _configuration(context),
+    creationParamsCodec: const StandardMessageCodec(),
+    onPlatformViewCreated: (id) {
+      if (!mounted || !_routeSettled) return;
+      final channel = MethodChannel('buzz/presence_menu/$id');
+      _channel = channel;
+      setState(() => _nativeVisible = true);
+      channel.setMethodCallHandler((call) async {
+        if (!mounted || call.method != 'selected') return;
+        final value = call.arguments;
+        if (value is String &&
+            const ['online', 'away', 'offline'].contains(value)) {
+          widget.onSelected(value);
+        }
+      });
+      unawaited(channel.invokeMethod<void>('update', _configuration(context)));
+    },
+  );
 }
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/settings/settings_overlay_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/settings/settings_overlay_test.dart
index 2605292197..86a93e6ffe 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/settings/settings_overlay_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/settings/settings_overlay_test.dart
@@ -138,6 +138,21 @@ void main() {
         appBar.nativeActions!
             .singleWhere((action) => action.label == 'Settings')
             .onPressed!();
+        // Mid-transition, Home's native bars still composite beneath Settings;
+        // the presence pill must stay drawn by Flutter until the route settles.
+        await tester.pump();
+        await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
+        expect(
+          find.byKey(const ValueKey('settings-presence-menu')),
+          findsNothing,
+        );
+        expect(
+          find.descendant(
+            of: find.byKey(const ValueKey('settings-presence-target')),
+            matching: find.text('Offline'),
+          ),
+          findsOneWidget,
+        );
       } else {
         await tester.tap(find.byType(ProfileAvatar));
       }