diff --git a/src/navigators/__tests__/__snapshots__/NestedNavigator-test.js.snap b/src/navigators/__tests__/__snapshots__/NestedNavigator-test.js.snap
index eeb13be..c9a22d7 100644
--- a/src/navigators/__tests__/__snapshots__/NestedNavigator-test.js.snap
+++ b/src/navigators/__tests__/__snapshots__/NestedNavigator-test.js.snap
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ exports[`Nested navigators renders succesfully as direct child 1`] = `
                 collapsable={undefined}
                 style={
                   Object {
+                    "backgroundColor": "#F7F7F7",
                     "transform": Array [
                       Object {
                         "translateX": 0,
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ exports[`Nested navigators renders succesfully as direct child 1`] = `
         collapsable={undefined}
         style={
           Object {
+            "backgroundColor": "#F7F7F7",
             "transform": Array [
               Object {
                 "translateX": 0,
diff --git a/src/navigators/__tests__/__snapshots__/StackNavigator-test.js.snap b/src/navigators/__tests__/__snapshots__/StackNavigator-test.js.snap
index 247a400..9535462 100644
--- a/src/navigators/__tests__/__snapshots__/StackNavigator-test.js.snap
+++ b/src/navigators/__tests__/__snapshots__/StackNavigator-test.js.snap
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ exports[`StackNavigator applies correct values when headerRight is present 1`] =
         collapsable={undefined}
         style={
           Object {
+            "backgroundColor": "#F7F7F7",
             "transform": Array [
               Object {
                 "translateX": 0,
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@ exports[`StackNavigator renders successfully 1`] = `
         collapsable={undefined}
         style={
           Object {
+            "backgroundColor": "#F7F7F7",
             "transform": Array [
               Object {
                 "translateX": 0,
diff --git a/src/views/Header/Header.js b/src/views/Header/Header.js
index 2319ec6..8cbb2f7 100644
--- a/src/views/Header/Header.js
+++ b/src/views/Header/Header.js
@@ -491,7 +491,12 @@ class Header extends React.PureComponent {
     const forceInset = headerForceInset || { top: 'always', bottom: 'never' };
 
     return (
-      <Animated.View style={this.props.layoutInterpolator(this.props)}>
+      <Animated.View
+        style={[
+          this.props.layoutInterpolator(this.props),
+          { backgroundColor: DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_COLOR },
+        ]}
+      >
         <SafeAreaView forceInset={forceInset} style={containerStyles}>
           <View style={StyleSheet.absoluteFill}>
             {options.headerBackground}
@@ -529,9 +534,11 @@ if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
   };
 }
 
+const DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_COLOR = Platform.OS === 'ios' ? '#F7F7F7' : '#FFF';
+
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   container: {
-    backgroundColor: Platform.OS === 'ios' ? '#F7F7F7' : '#FFF',
+    backgroundColor: DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_COLOR,
     ...platformContainerStyles,
   },
   transparentContainer: {
diff --git a/src/views/Header/HeaderStyleInterpolator.js b/src/views/Header/HeaderStyleInterpolator.js
index f3b6271..76d1bce 100644
--- a/src/views/Header/HeaderStyleInterpolator.js
+++ b/src/views/Header/HeaderStyleInterpolator.js
@@ -58,7 +58,15 @@ function forLayout(props) {
 
   const { first, last } = interpolate;
   const index = scene.index;
-  const width = layout.initWidth;
+
+  // We really shouldn't render the scene at all until we know the width of the
+  // stack. That said, in every case that I have ever seen, this has just been
+  // the full width of the window. This won't continue to be true if we support
+  // layouts like iPad master-detail. For now, in order to solve
+  // https://github.com/react-navigation/react-navigation/issues/4264, I have
+  // opted for the heuristic that we will use the window width until we have
+  // measured (and they will usually be the same).
+  const width = layout.initWidth || Dimensions.get('window').width;
 
   // Make sure the header stays hidden when transitioning between 2 screens
   // with no header.
diff --git a/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js b/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js
index d018faa..1d4f931 100644
--- a/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js
+++ b/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js
@@ -68,6 +68,20 @@ const animatedSubscribeValue = animatedValue => {
   }
 };
 
+const getDefaultHeaderHeight = isLandscape => {
+  if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
+    if (isLandscape && !Platform.isPad) {
+      return 32;
+    } else if (IS_IPHONE_X) {
+      return 88;
+    } else {
+      return 64;
+    }
+  } else {
+    return 56;
+  }
+};
+
 class StackViewLayout extends React.Component {
   /**
    * Used to identify the starting point of the position when the gesture starts, such that it can
@@ -89,10 +103,18 @@ class StackViewLayout extends React.Component {
    */
   _immediateIndex = null;
 
-  state = {
-    // Used when card's header is null and mode is float to make switch animation work correctly
-    floatingHeaderHeight: 0,
-  };
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.state = {
+      // Used when card's header is null and mode is float to make transition
+      // between screens with headers and those without headers smooth.
+      // This is not a great heuristic here. We don't know synchronously
+      // on mount what the header height is so we have just used the most
+      // common cases here.
+      floatingHeaderHeight: getDefaultHeaderHeight(props.isLandscape),
+    };
+  }
 
   _renderHeader(scene, headerMode) {
     const { options } = scene.descriptor;