diff --git a/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/ui/Component.java b/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/ui/Component.java
index 368e0ec7e3..d25adfa0e1 100644
--- a/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/ui/Component.java
+++ b/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/ui/Component.java
@@ -7000,7 +7000,7 @@ public boolean animate() {
 
         Painter bgp = getStyle().getBgPainter();
         boolean animateBackgroundB = bgp != null &&
-                bgp.getClass() != BGPainter.class &&
+                !(bgp instanceof BGPainter) &&
                 bgp instanceof Animation &&
                 ((Animation) bgp).animate();
         animateBackground = animateBackgroundB || animateBackground;
diff --git a/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CN1TapGestureRecognizer.m b/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CN1TapGestureRecognizer.m
index a7ef051572..21edcea83a 100644
--- a/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CN1TapGestureRecognizer.m
+++ b/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CN1TapGestureRecognizer.m
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ - (void) install:(CodenameOne_GLViewController*)ctrl {
     self.delegate = self;
     [ctrl.view.window addGestureRecognizer:self];
     CN1useTapGestureRecognizer = YES;
-    
-    
 }
 
 - (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
@@ -62,6 +60,24 @@ - (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
     return false;
 }
 
+// iOS 26 auto-installs a UITapGestureRecognizer on every UIWindow with
+// _keyboardDismissalGestureRecognized: as its action. Its default
+// cancelsTouchesInView=YES, plus its position in the window-level recognizer
+// chain ahead of ours, means it can consume tap-down events before CN1TapGR
+// ever sees touchesBegan -- the simulator's indirect-pointer-as-touch
+// dispatch tickles this path. Insist that CN1TapGR is required to fail
+// before any window-level UITapGestureRecognizer can recognise, so we keep
+// first crack at every touch regardless of what iOS installed.
+- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
+        shouldBeRequiredToFailByGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer {
+    if (gestureRecognizer == self
+            && [otherGestureRecognizer isKindOfClass:[UITapGestureRecognizer class]]
+            && otherGestureRecognizer.view == self.view) {
+        return YES;
+    }
+    return NO;
+}
+
 /**
  * Some events need to be ignored.  We only want to receive events originating from our view hierarchy
  * that is controlled by the GLViewController.
@@ -87,7 +103,7 @@ -(BOOL)ignoreEvent:(UITouch*)touch {
 }
 
 - (void) touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
-{   
+{
     [super touchesBegan:touches withEvent:event];
     POOL_BEGIN();
     if(touchesArray == nil) {
diff --git a/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CodenameOne_GLViewController.m b/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CodenameOne_GLViewController.m
index c612a92d49..4942a3cd56 100644
--- a/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CodenameOne_GLViewController.m
+++ b/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CodenameOne_GLViewController.m
@@ -2785,6 +2785,13 @@ - (void)cn1InstallHoverRecognizer {
         UIHoverGestureRecognizer *hover = [[UIHoverGestureRecognizer alloc]
                                            initWithTarget:self
                                                    action:@selector(cn1HandleHover:)];
+        // UIGestureRecognizer defaults cancelsTouchesInView to YES, which on
+        // simulator builds where the host-mac mouse cursor is always hovering
+        // over the window can cancel taps before they reach touchesBegan:.
+        // Hover is independent of touch; don't let it preempt.
+        hover.cancelsTouchesInView = NO;
+        hover.delaysTouchesBegan = NO;
+        hover.delaysTouchesEnded = NO;
         [self.view addGestureRecognizer:hover];
 #ifndef CN1_USE_ARC
         [hover release];