diff --git a/e2e/tests/issues/issue-1202-blank-page.e2e.ts b/e2e/tests/issues/issue-1202-blank-page.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca92c78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/tests/issues/issue-1202-blank-page.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { freshAppBeforeEach, expect, test } from '../support/test.ts';
+import type { Screen } from '../support/test.ts';
+import { openExample } from '../support/app.ts';
+
+freshAppBeforeEach();
+
+/** Focuses the input on `page`, types into it, then pages with Go `next`. */
+async function typeThenGo(
+  screen: Screen,
+  page: number,
+  next: number
+): Promise<void> {
+  const input = screen.getByTestId(`issue-1202-input-${page}`);
+  await input.tap();
+  await input.pressSequentially(`${page}${page}${page}${page}`);
+  await screen.getByTestId(`issue-1202-go-${next}`).tap();
+  await expect(screen.getByTestId(`issue-1202-label-${next}`)).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+test(
+  'a page shown by setPage is not blank',
+  // iOS-only: the blank page comes from SwiftUI hosting a page twice.
+  { tags: ['regression', 'issue-1202'], platforms: ['ios'] },
+  async ({ app, screen }) => {
+    await openExample(app, screen, 'Issue #1202 Blank Page Repro');
+
+    await typeThenGo(screen, 0, 1);
+    await typeThenGo(screen, 1, 2);
+    await typeThenGo(screen, 2, 1);
+    await typeThenGo(screen, 1, 0);
+    await typeThenGo(screen, 0, 1);
+
+    // Before the fix page 2 was selected here but showed nothing.
+    await screen.getByTestId('issue-1202-go-2').tap();
+    await expect(screen.getByTestId('issue-1202-status')).toHaveText(
+      /^Selected: 2 \|/
+    );
+    await expect(screen.getByTestId('issue-1202-label-2')).toBeVisible();
+  }
+);
diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index 92f5d899..ccdebfd7 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import {
 } from './gh-issues/Issue1142SearchBarInsetRepro';
 import { Issue1154PageChangeFocusRepro } from './gh-issues/Issue1154PageChangeFocusRepro';
 import { Issue1156NestedHorizontalScrollRepro } from './gh-issues/Issue1156NestedHorizontalScrollRepro';
+import { Issue1202BlankPageRepro } from './gh-issues/Issue1202BlankPageRepro';
 import { Issue424SwipeCancelsPressRepro } from './gh-issues/Issue424SwipeCancelsPressRepro';
 import { Issue965PagesBeforeCurrentRepro } from './gh-issues/Issue965PagesBeforeCurrentRepro';
 import { colors, radius } from './theme';
@@ -188,6 +189,10 @@ const sections: { title: string; data: Example[] }[] = [
         component: Issue1156NestedHorizontalScrollRepro,
         name: 'Issue #1156 Nested Horizontal Scroll Repro',
       },
+      {
+        component: Issue1202BlankPageRepro,
+        name: 'Issue #1202 Blank Page Repro',
+      },
       {
         component: Issue424SwipeCancelsPressRepro,
         name: 'Issue #424 Swipe Cancels Press Repro',
diff --git a/example/src/gh-issues/Issue1202BlankPageRepro.tsx b/example/src/gh-issues/Issue1202BlankPageRepro.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12d9945a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/gh-issues/Issue1202BlankPageRepro.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/**
+ * Repro for #1202: on iOS, a page shown by setPage must not be blank. The
+ * event log above the pager is cleared by each Go button and grows on every
+ * pager, focus and keyboard event, so the pager is laid out again around each
+ * page change. Focusing and typing on several pages and then paging with the
+ * Go buttons used to leave the selected page empty.
+ */
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import {
+  Button,
+  Keyboard,
+  StyleSheet,
+  Text,
+  TextInput,
+  View,
+} from 'react-native';
+import PagerView from 'react-native-pager-view';
+
+const PAGES = ['Page 0', 'Page 1', 'Page 2'];
+const PAGE_COLORS = ['#fde2e2', '#e2fde6', '#e2e8fd'];
+
+export function Issue1202BlankPageRepro() {
+  const pagerRef = useRef<PagerView>(null);
+  const [selectedPage, setSelectedPage] = useState(0);
+  const [focusedInput, setFocusedInput] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  const [events, setEvents] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const log = (event: string) =>
+    setEvents((current) => [...current.slice(-11), event]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const show = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidShow', () => {
+      log('keyboardShow');
+    });
+    const hide = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidHide', () => {
+      log('keyboardHide');
+    });
+    return () => {
+      show.remove();
+      hide.remove();
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <View style={styles.screen}>
+      <Text testID="issue-1202-status" style={styles.status}>
+        Selected: {selectedPage} | Focused:{' '}
+        {focusedInput === null ? 'none' : `input ${focusedInput}`}
+      </Text>
+      <Text testID="issue-1202-events" style={styles.events}>
+        Events: {events.join(', ')}
+      </Text>
+      <View style={styles.buttons}>
+        {PAGES.map((label, i) => (
+          <Button
+            key={label}
+            testID={`issue-1202-go-${i}`}
+            title={`Go ${i}`}
+            onPress={() => {
+              setEvents([]);
+              pagerRef.current?.setPage(i);
+            }}
+          />
+        ))}
+      </View>
+      <PagerView
+        ref={pagerRef}
+        style={styles.pager}
+        onPageSelected={(e) => {
+          setSelectedPage(e.nativeEvent.position);
+          log(`selected ${e.nativeEvent.position}`);
+        }}
+        onPageScrollStateChanged={(e) => {
+          if (e.nativeEvent.pageScrollState === 'idle') {
+            log('state idle');
+          }
+        }}
+      >
+        {PAGES.map((label, i) => (
+          <View
+            key={label}
+            style={[styles.page, { backgroundColor: PAGE_COLORS[i] }]}
+          >
+            <Text testID={`issue-1202-label-${i}`} style={styles.pageLabel}>
+              {label}
+            </Text>
+            <TextInput
+              testID={`issue-1202-input-${i}`}
+              placeholder={`Input on ${label}`}
+              style={styles.input}
+              onFocus={() => {
+                setFocusedInput(i);
+                log(`focus ${i}`);
+              }}
+              onBlur={() => {
+                setFocusedInput((current) => (current === i ? null : current));
+                log(`blur ${i}`);
+              }}
+            />
+          </View>
+        ))}
+      </PagerView>
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  screen: {
+    flex: 1,
+  },
+  status: {
+    padding: 12,
+    fontSize: 16,
+  },
+  events: {
+    paddingHorizontal: 12,
+    paddingBottom: 12,
+    fontSize: 12,
+  },
+  buttons: {
+    flexDirection: 'row',
+    justifyContent: 'space-around',
+    paddingBottom: 12,
+  },
+  pager: {
+    flex: 1,
+  },
+  page: {
+    flex: 1,
+    padding: 24,
+  },
+  pageLabel: {
+    fontSize: 24,
+    fontWeight: '600',
+    marginBottom: 16,
+  },
+  input: {
+    borderWidth: 1,
+    borderColor: 'black',
+    padding: 8,
+    backgroundColor: 'white',
+  },
+});
diff --git a/ios/Extensions.swift b/ios/Extensions.swift
index c71513d0..072a5817 100644
--- a/ios/Extensions.swift
+++ b/ios/Extensions.swift
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ class PageChildViewController: UIViewController {
     }
   }
 
+  /// SwiftUI can keep more than one controller alive for the same page, while
+  /// the page has a single React Native view. The newest one takes the view in
+  /// `viewDidLoad`, and once it is gone SwiftUI can show an older one again,
+  /// with the view left out of the hierarchy. Only a view nothing holds is
+  /// taken back, so this never takes it from a newer controller.
+  func reclaimWrappedViewIfOrphaned() {
+    guard let wrappedView, wrappedView.superview == nil else {
+      return
+    }
+    view.addSubview(wrappedView)
+  }
+
   override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
     super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
     propagateSafeArea()
diff --git a/ios/PagerScrollDelegate.swift b/ios/PagerScrollDelegate.swift
index 57e10f91..9c423301 100644
--- a/ios/PagerScrollDelegate.swift
+++ b/ios/PagerScrollDelegate.swift
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ class PagerScrollDelegate: NSObject, UIScrollViewDelegate, UICollectionViewDeleg
   
   func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, willDisplay cell: UICollectionViewCell, forItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
     originalDelegate?.collectionView?(collectionView, willDisplay: cell, forItemAt: indexPath)
+    Self.pageController(in: cell.contentView)?.reclaimWrappedViewIfOrphaned()
+  }
+
+  private static func pageController(in view: UIView) -> PageChildViewController? {
+    if let controller = view.next as? PageChildViewController {
+      return controller
+    }
+    for subview in view.subviews {
+      if let controller = pageController(in: subview) {
+        return controller
+      }
+    }
+    return nil
   }
   
   override func responds(to aSelector: Selector!) -> Bool {