diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useAndroidWorkspaceSelection.test.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useAndroidWorkspaceSelection.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6e6f736e0c4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useAndroidWorkspaceSelection.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { act, useEffect, type ComponentProps, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+// React Navigation's core runs in jsdom; the native package also loads React Native.
+const navigation = await vi.hoisted(async () => {
+  const NodeModule = await import("node:module");
+  const require = NodeModule.createRequire(import.meta.url);
+  const nativePackage = require.resolve("@react-navigation/native/package.json");
+  const core = NodeModule.createRequire(nativePackage).resolve("@react-navigation/core");
+  return (await import(core)) as typeof import("@react-navigation/native");
+});
+vi.mock("@react-navigation/native", () => navigation);
+vi.mock("react-native", () => ({ Keyboard: { dismiss: vi.fn() } }));
+
+const { useAndroidWorkspaceSelection } = await import("./useAndroidWorkspaceSelection");
+
+function TestStackNavigator(
+  props: {
+    readonly children: ReactNode;
+    readonly initialRouteName?: string;
+  } & Pick<Parameters<typeof navigation.useNavigationBuilder>[1], "layout">,
+) {
+  const { state, descriptors, NavigationContent } = navigation.useNavigationBuilder(
+    navigation.StackRouter,
+    props,
+  );
+  const focused = state.routes[state.index];
+  return (
+    <NavigationContent>{focused ? descriptors[focused.key]?.render() : null}</NavigationContent>
+  );
+}
+
+const Stack = navigation.createNavigatorFactory(TestStackNavigator)();
+
+function SettingsStack() {
+  return (
+    <Stack.Navigator>
+      <Stack.Screen name="Settings" component={() => null} />
+      <Stack.Screen name="SettingsFollowUps" component={() => null} />
+    </Stack.Navigator>
+  );
+}
+
+type SelectWorkspace = ReturnType<typeof useAndroidWorkspaceSelection>;
+
+function Sidebar(props: { readonly onReady: (select: SelectWorkspace) => void }) {
+  const select = useAndroidWorkspaceSelection();
+  const { onReady } = props;
+  useEffect(() => onReady(select), [onReady, select]);
+  return null;
+}
+
+let root: Root | null = null;
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => root?.unmount());
+  root = null;
+});
+
+describe("useAndroidWorkspaceSelection", () => {
+  it("opens a thread from the workspace layout while nested Settings has focus", () => {
+    const container = navigation.createNavigationContainerRef();
+    let select: SelectWorkspace | undefined;
+    const onReady = (next: SelectWorkspace) => {
+      select = next;
+    };
+    // The real sidebar renders in the root navigator's layout, outside any screen.
+    const layout = ({ children }: { readonly children: ReactNode }) => (
+      <>
+        <Sidebar onReady={onReady} />
+        {children}
+      </>
+    );
+    const initialState = {
+      index: 2,
+      routes: [
+        { name: "Home" },
+        { name: "Thread", params: { environmentId: "environment-a", threadId: "thread-a" } },
+        {
+          name: "SettingsSheet",
+          state: { index: 1, routes: [{ name: "Settings" }, { name: "SettingsFollowUps" }] },
+        },
+      ],
+    } satisfies ComponentProps<typeof navigation.BaseNavigationContainer>["initialState"];
+    root = createRoot(document.createElement("div"));
+    act(() =>
+      root?.render(
+        <navigation.BaseNavigationContainer ref={container} initialState={initialState}>
+          <Stack.Navigator layout={layout}>
+            <Stack.Screen name="Home" component={() => null} />
+            <Stack.Screen name="Thread" component={() => null} />
+            <Stack.Screen name="SettingsSheet" component={SettingsStack} />
+          </Stack.Navigator>
+        </navigation.BaseNavigationContainer>,
+      ),
+    );
+
+    act(() =>
+      select?.({
+        name: "Thread",
+        params: { environmentId: "environment-a", threadId: "thread-b" },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const state = container.getRootState();
+    expect(state?.routes.map((route) => route.name)).toEqual(["Home", "Thread"]);
+    expect(state?.routes[state.index]?.params).toEqual({
+      environmentId: "environment-a",
+      threadId: "thread-b",
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useAndroidWorkspaceSelection.ts b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useAndroidWorkspaceSelection.ts
index 46f49e9c071e5..187e1bf88c63f 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useAndroidWorkspaceSelection.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useAndroidWorkspaceSelection.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { CommonActions, useNavigation } from "@react-navigation/native";
-import { useCallback } from "react";
+import { CommonActions, NavigationContainerRefContext } from "@react-navigation/native";
+import { use, useCallback } from "react";
 import { Keyboard } from "react-native";
 import {
   androidWorkspaceNavigationState,
@@ -8,22 +8,28 @@ import {
 import { useWorkspaceTabs } from "./WorkspaceTabsContext";
 
 export function useAndroidWorkspaceSelection() {
-  const navigation = useNavigation();
+  // Resets the root stack even while a nested navigator such as Settings has
+  // focus; a plain dispatch from the workspace layout reaches that navigator,
+  // which has no Home or Thread routes.
+  const root = use(NavigationContainerRefContext);
   const dispatch = useWorkspaceTabs()?.dispatch;
   return useCallback(
     (
       destination: AndroidWorkspaceDestination,
       reviewers?: ReactNavigation.RootParamList["PullRequestReviewers"],
     ) => {
+      const state = root?.getRootState();
+      if (!root || !state) return;
       Keyboard.dismiss();
       dispatch?.({
         type: "select",
         tab: destination.name === "Thread" ? "threads" : "pullRequests",
       });
-      navigation.dispatch((state) =>
-        CommonActions.reset(androidWorkspaceNavigationState(state, destination, reviewers)),
-      );
+      root.dispatch({
+        ...CommonActions.reset(androidWorkspaceNavigationState(state, destination, reviewers)),
+        target: state.key,
+      });
     },
-    [navigation, dispatch],
+    [root, dispatch],
   );
 }