diff --git a/.github/workflows/native-ui-engine.yml b/.github/workflows/native-ui-engine.yml
index 73cd62a..034b7e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/native-ui-engine.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/native-ui-engine.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ jobs:
           POPOVER_CLOSE=NativeUIPluginTests/NativeUISnapshotTests/testNativePopoverClosureNotifiesWebBeforeReopening
           POPOVER_REPLACE=NativeUIPluginTests/NativeUISnapshotTests/testPopoverReopensAfterPresentationIdentityKeepsReplacedSource
           COVERED_ORIENTATION=NativeUIPluginTests/NativeUIPluginLifecycleTests/testOrientationPreservesCoveredControlsUntilRestore
+          SOURCE_ORDER=NativeUIPluginTests/NativeUISnapshotTests/testViewCapturePreservesNativeSourceOrder
           xcodebuild -scheme RdlaboCapacitorNativeUi-Package -destination "platform=iOS Simulator,id=$DEVICE" CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO -clonedSourcePackagesDirPath "$RUNNER_TEMP/native-ui-spm" -skip-testing:"$POPOVER_CLOSE" -skip-testing:"$POPOVER_REPLACE" -skip-testing:"$COVERED_ORIENTATION" test
           cd ios/Tests
-          xcodebuild -project NativeUIHostedTests.xcodeproj -scheme NativeUIHostedTests -destination "platform=iOS Simulator,id=$DEVICE" CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO -clonedSourcePackagesDirPath "$RUNNER_TEMP/native-ui-spm" -only-testing:"$POPOVER_CLOSE" -only-testing:"$POPOVER_REPLACE" -only-testing:"$COVERED_ORIENTATION" test
+          xcodebuild -project NativeUIHostedTests.xcodeproj -scheme NativeUIHostedTests -destination "platform=iOS Simulator,id=$DEVICE" CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO -clonedSourcePackagesDirPath "$RUNNER_TEMP/native-ui-spm" -only-testing:"$POPOVER_CLOSE" -only-testing:"$POPOVER_REPLACE" -only-testing:"$COVERED_ORIENTATION" -only-testing:"$SOURCE_ORDER" test
   android:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/ios/Tests/NativeUIPluginTests/NativeUISnapshotTests.swift b/ios/Tests/NativeUIPluginTests/NativeUISnapshotTests.swift
index 906ecfc..25fff79 100644
--- a/ios/Tests/NativeUIPluginTests/NativeUISnapshotTests.swift
+++ b/ios/Tests/NativeUIPluginTests/NativeUISnapshotTests.swift
@@ -6,6 +6,52 @@ import Capacitor
 @testable import NativeUICore
 
 final class NativeUISnapshotTests: XCTestCase {
+    @MainActor func testViewCapturePreservesNativeSourceOrder() async throws {
+        guard UIApplication.shared.delegate != nil else { throw XCTSkip("Requires hosted UIApplication") }
+        guard #available(iOS 26.0, *) else { throw XCTSkip("Requires native controls") }
+        let window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
+        let owner = UIViewController(); window.rootViewController = owner; window.makeKeyAndVisible()
+        let web = WKWebView(frame: window.bounds); owner.view.addSubview(web)
+        let controller = NativeUIController(environment: NativeUIEnvironment(webView: { web }, viewController: { owner }, emit: { _, _ in }, hasListeners: { _ in false }, trigger: { _, _ in }))
+        defer { window.isHidden = true }
+        let nodes = [control(["id": "a", "items": [item(["id": "a-action", "label": "Shared", "buttonFill": "clear", "color": "rgb(255, 0, 0)"])]]),
+                     control(["id": "b", "items": [item(["id": "b-action", "label": "Shared", "buttonFill": "clear", "color": "rgb(0, 0, 255)"])]]),
+                     control(["id": "c", "x": 160.0])]
+        let applied: [String: Any] = await withCheckedContinuation { continuation in
+            controller.update(NativeUICall(options: ["revision": 1, "viewportWidth": Double(web.bounds.width), "controls": nodes],
+                                           resolve: { continuation.resume(returning: $0) }, reject: { continuation.resume(returning: ["error": $0]) }))
+        }
+        XCTAssertNil(applied["error"])
+        window.layoutIfNeeded()
+        func buttons(_ view: UIView) -> [UIButton] { (view as? UIButton).map { [$0] } ?? view.subviews.flatMap(buttons) }
+        let button = try XCTUnwrap(buttons(owner.view).first { $0.accessibilityIdentifier == "a-action" })
+        func capture() async -> [String: Any] {
+            await withCheckedContinuation { continuation in
+                controller.coveredSnapshot(NativeUICall(options: ["action": "prepare", "ids": ["a", "b"], "revision": 1, "captureMode": "view", "viewportWidth": Double(web.bounds.width)],
+                                                        resolve: { continuation.resume(returning: $0) }, reject: { continuation.resume(returning: ["error": $0]) }))
+            }
+        }
+        func pixels(_ result: [String: Any]) throws -> Data {
+            let parts = try XCTUnwrap(result["parts"] as? [[String: Any]])
+            let path = try XCTUnwrap(parts.first?["url"] as? String)
+            let image = try XCTUnwrap(UIImage(data: Data(contentsOf: XCTUnwrap(URL(string: path))))?.cgImage)
+            return try XCTUnwrap(image.dataProvider?.data) as Data
+        }
+        func stablePixels() async throws -> Data {
+            let first = await capture()
+            let expected = try pixels(first)
+            for _ in 0..<4 {
+                let repeated = await capture()
+                XCTAssertEqual(try pixels(repeated), expected, "Repeated handoffs must keep the native drawing order")
+            }
+            return expected
+        }
+        let before = try await stablePixels()
+        button.superview?.bringSubviewToFront(button)
+        let after = try await stablePixels()
+        XCTAssertNotEqual(after, before, "Overlapping controls must use their current native drawing order")
+    }
+
     @MainActor func testProminentButtonStyleDecodesAndResetsTintWhenReused() throws {
         guard #available(iOS 26.0, *) else { throw XCTSkip("Requires glass buttons") }
         let rendering = NativeUIControlRendering()
diff --git a/packages/native-ui-core/ios/Sources/NativeUICore/NativeUIController.swift b/packages/native-ui-core/ios/Sources/NativeUICore/NativeUIController.swift
index 3d53e31..22d44aa 100644
--- a/packages/native-ui-core/ios/Sources/NativeUICore/NativeUIController.swift
+++ b/packages/native-ui-core/ios/Sources/NativeUICore/NativeUIController.swift
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ public final class NativeUIController: NSObject, UITabBarDelegate {
                       ids.isDisjoint(with: railIDs) || ids.isSuperset(of: railIDs) else {
                     return nil
                 }
-                var views = Array(self.controls.filter { ids.contains($0.key) }.values)
+                let selected = Array(self.controls.filter { ids.contains($0.key) }.values)
+                var views = selected
+                if let ordered = self.host?.subviews.filter({ selected.contains($0) }), ordered.count == selected.count { views = ordered }
                 if !railIDs.isEmpty, ids.isSuperset(of: railIDs), let rail = self.verticalBars { views.append(rail.view) }
                 return views
             }