Reproduce bug

App.js

@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ const instructions = Platform.select({
     'Shake or press menu button for dev menu',
 });
 
-type Props = {};
+type Props = {
+  foo: String
+};
 export default class App extends Component<Props> {
   render() {
     return (
       <View style={styles.container}>
         <Text style={styles.welcome}>Welcome to React Native!</Text>
-        <Text style={styles.instructions}>To get started, edit App.js</Text>
-        <Text style={styles.instructions}>{instructions}</Text>
+        <Text style={styles.instructions}>The next line should read "qux", if it reads "bar" the view was not re-rendered after `rootView.appProperties` was changed..</Text>
+        <Text style={styles.welcome}>"{this.props.foo}"</Text>
       </View>
     );
   }

ios/AppPropertiesNoReRenderWhileBridgeIsLoading/AppDelegate.m

@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(
 
   RCTRootView *rootView = [[RCTRootView alloc] initWithBundleURL:jsCodeLocation
                                                       moduleName:@"AppPropertiesNoReRenderWhileBridgeIsLoading"
-                                               initialProperties:nil
+                                               initialProperties:@{@"foo" : @"bar"}
                                                    launchOptions:launchOptions];
+
+  rootView.appProperties = @{@"foo" : @"qux"};
+
   rootView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed:1.0f green:1.0f blue:1.0f alpha:1];
 
   self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];