diff --git a/.changeset/hide-tab-bar-identity.md b/.changeset/hide-tab-bar-identity.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edc7e65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hide-tab-bar-identity.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'react-native-bottom-tabs': patch
+---
+
+Fix toggling `tabBarHidden` on iOS rebuilding the tab content, which dismissed sheets presented from the tab and dropped text input focus
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/TabViewImpl.swift b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/TabViewImpl.swift
index 6de510d0..ca8ff60a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/TabViewImpl.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/TabViewImpl.swift
@@ -660,14 +660,10 @@ extension View {
   @ViewBuilder
   func hideTabBar(_ flag: Bool) -> some View {
     #if !os(macOS)
-      if flag {
-        if #available(iOS 16.0, tvOS 16.0, *) {
-          self.toolbar(.hidden, for: .tabBar)
-        } else {
-          // We fallback to isHidden on UITabBar
-          self
-        }
+      if #available(iOS 16.0, tvOS 16.0, *) {
+        self.toolbar(flag ? .hidden : .automatic, for: .tabBar)
       } else {
+        // We fallback to isHidden on UITabBar
         self
       }
     #else