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+import React from 'react';
+import { Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+
+// Catch render errors anywhere below this boundary and show a readable
+// fallback. Without it, a thrown error during render produces a white
+// screen on TestFlight / production builds with no way for the user to
+// recover short of force-closing the app. Mounted once at the top of
+// app/_layout.tsx so it wraps every screen.
+
+interface Props {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+}
+
+interface State {
+  error: Error | null;
+}
+
+export class ErrorBoundary extends React.Component<Props, State> {
+  state: State = { error: null };
+
+  static getDerivedStateFromError(error: Error): State {
+    return { error };
+  }
+
+  componentDidCatch(error: Error, info: React.ErrorInfo): void {
+    // Bubble to Metro/console in dev so the redbox still shows; in prod
+    // builds this is the only place an exception trace surfaces.
+    console.error('[ErrorBoundary] caught render error', error, info.componentStack);
+  }
+
+  reset = (): void => {
+    this.setState({ error: null });
+  };
+
+  render(): React.ReactNode {
+    if (this.state.error) {
+      return (
+        <View style={styles.container}>
+          <Text style={styles.title}>Etwas ist schiefgelaufen</Text>
+          <Text style={styles.message}>{this.state.error.message}</Text>
+          <Pressable style={styles.button} onPress={this.reset}>
+            <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Erneut versuchen</Text>
+          </Pressable>
+        </View>
+      );
+    }
+    return this.props.children;
+  }
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  container: {
+    flex: 1,
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    backgroundColor: '#0b0b0f',
+    padding: 24,
+  },
+  title: { color: '#fff', fontSize: 22, fontWeight: '600', marginBottom: 8 },
+  message: { color: '#9ca3af', textAlign: 'center', marginBottom: 24 },
+  button: {
+    backgroundColor: '#5865f2',
+    paddingHorizontal: 20,
+    paddingVertical: 12,
+    borderRadius: 10,
+  },
+  buttonText: { color: '#fff', fontWeight: '600' },
+});