iOS: SafeAreaView ignores aria-hidden, aria-label and the other aria-* props #59747

Description

On iOS, SafeAreaView is the native RCTSafeAreaView component itself (Libraries/Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView.js), so its props never go through View, which turns aria-hidden into accessibilityElementsHidden, aria-label into accessibilityLabel and the other aria-* props into their accessibility* counterparts (Libraries/Components/View/View.js). The iOS view config sends the aria-* props to native under their own names (Libraries/NativeComponent/BaseViewConfig.ios.js), and no native code reads them. So on iOS, aria-hidden on a SafeAreaView leaves its content in the accessibility tree, and aria-label does not label it. On Android, SafeAreaView is View.

SafeAreaView is deprecated in favour of react-native-safe-area-context, but 0.88 and main still ship it.

Steps to reproduce

1. Clone the reproducer. ReproducerApp/App.tsx renders four SafeAreaViews, each around a child text: one with aria-hidden, one with accessibilityElementsHidden, and two accessible ones, labelled with aria-label="Label from aria-label" and with accessibilityLabel="Label from accessibilityLabel".
2. Run it on iOS in Release and read its accessibility tree. I read the tree XCUITest reads, with App.tsx as RNTester's root component, built from main at 9c3e743a6f, on an iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 4th generation) on iPadOS 27.2.
3. Expected: "Child of SafeAreaView with aria-hidden" is not in the tree, as "Child of SafeAreaView with accessibilityElementsHidden" is not, and the SafeAreaView with aria-label is labelled "Label from aria-label", as the one with accessibilityLabel is labelled "Label from accessibilityLabel".
4. Seen: "Child of SafeAreaView with aria-hidden" is an accessible element, and the SafeAreaView with aria-label is labelled "Child of SafeAreaView with aria-label", its child's text.

React Native Version

0.89.0-nightly-20261102-47a9917ac

Affected Platforms

Runtime - iOS, Build - MacOS

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

info ran without a pod install, which its iOS lines reflect.

System:
  OS: macOS 27.2
  CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1
  Memory: 544.23 MB / 8.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 26.12.1
    path: /Users/yevhenii/.nvm/versions/node/v26.12.1/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: /Users/yevhenii/contributions/.bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 12.2.1
    path: /Users/yevhenii/.nvm/versions/node/v26.12.1/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2026.10.19.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.17.0
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 27.2
      - iOS 27.2
      - macOS 27.2
      - tvOS 27.2
      - visionOS 27.2
      - watchOS 27.2
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
  Xcode:
    version: 27.2/27B52
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java: Not Found
  Ruby:
    version: 4.0.9
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 21.0.0-alpha.1
    wanted: 21.0.0-alpha.1
  react:
    installed: 19.3.0
    wanted: 19.3.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.89.0-nightly-20261102-47a9917ac
    wanted: 0.89.0-nightly-20261102-47a9917ac
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: false

Stacktrace or Logs

No crash. The reproducer's accessible elements in the tree XCUITest reads:
StaticText: aria-* props on SafeAreaView
StaticText: Child of SafeAreaView with aria-hidden
Other: Child of SafeAreaView with aria-label
Other: Label from accessibilityLabel

MANDATORY Reproducer

https://github.com/YevheniiKotyrlo/rn-ios-safe-area-view-aria-props

Screenshots and Videos

Nothing on screen is wrong: the accessibility tree above is what VoiceOver reads.