diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/dashboard/DashboardMobileNav.vue b/neode-ui/src/views/dashboard/DashboardMobileNav.vue
index dbe88cd8..12f5dc3b 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/dashboard/DashboardMobileNav.vue
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/dashboard/DashboardMobileNav.vue
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ function onResize() {
   updateTabBarHeight()
 }
 
+function onInsetsInjected() {
+  readSafeAreaTop()
+  updateTabBarHeight()
+}
+
 onMounted(() => {
   updateTabBarHeight()
   // Re-measure after the first paint: on mount the bar may not have its final
@@ -216,13 +221,21 @@ onMounted(() => {
   requestAnimationFrame(updateTabBarHeight)
   readSafeAreaTop()
   window.addEventListener('resize', onResize)
-  // Re-read after WebView injection has had time to run. The injected
-  // safe-area-bottom padding changes the bar's height, so re-measure too.
-  setTimeout(() => { readSafeAreaTop(); updateTabBarHeight() }, 500)
+  // The Android WebView injects --safe-area-top asynchronously and fires this
+  // event when it lands. An authenticated session mounts the dashboard BEFORE
+  // the injection (fresh installs mount after login, long after it), so a
+  // one-shot read here bakes in 0 and content slides under the growing fixed
+  // tab bar — the update-install-only overlap bug.
+  window.addEventListener('archy-insets', onInsetsInjected)
+  // Fallback retry ladder for APKs that predate the event.
+  for (const delay of [500, 1500, 3000, 6000]) {
+    setTimeout(onInsetsInjected, delay)
+  }
 })
 
 onBeforeUnmount(() => {
   window.removeEventListener('resize', onResize)
+  window.removeEventListener('archy-insets', onInsetsInjected)
 })
 
 // Re-measure on route changes