diff --git a/ios/ViewController.mm b/ios/ViewController.mm
index 25ffc72be7..7eb06142eb 100644
--- a/ios/ViewController.mm
+++ b/ios/ViewController.mm
@@ -259,24 +259,6 @@ PPSSPPBaseViewController *sharedViewController;
 	[(GLKView*)self.glView bindDrawable];
 }
 
-// Can't consolidate this yet.
-- (void)viewWillTransitionToSize:(CGSize)size
-		withTransitionCoordinator:(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator>)coordinator {
-	[super viewWillTransitionToSize:size withTransitionCoordinator:coordinator];
-
-	[self.view endEditing:YES]; // clears any input focus
-
-	[coordinator animateAlongsideTransition:^(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext> context) {
-		NSLog(@"Rotating to size: %@", NSStringFromCGSize(size));
-	} completion:^(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext> context) {
-		NSLog(@"Rotation finished");
-		// Reinitialize graphics context to match new size
-		[self requestExitGLRenderLoop];
-		[self updateResolutionWithView:self.view];
-		[self runGLRenderLoop];
-	}];
-}
-
 @end
 
 void bindDefaultFBO()
diff --git a/ios/ViewControllerCommon.mm b/ios/ViewControllerCommon.mm
index 46e96cf891..783d0f7ffa 100644
--- a/ios/ViewControllerCommon.mm
+++ b/ios/ViewControllerCommon.mm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 @implementation PPSSPPBaseViewController {
 	UIScreenEdgePanGestureRecognizer *mBackGestureRecognizer;
+	CGSize lastLayoutSize_;
 }
 
 // Strange idiom for generating unique IDs (within the process, at least).
@@ -523,6 +524,23 @@ extern float g_safeInsetBottom;
 	[super viewWillTransitionToSize:size withTransitionCoordinator:coordinator];
 	// The immersive mode setting is per-orientation, so the status bar may need to change along with the rotation.
 	[self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
+
+	[self.view endEditing:YES]; // clears any input focus
+}
+
+// Rotations and window resizes land here. UIKit lays out at the final size at the start of a
+// rotation animation, so resizing here (rather than when the rotation completes) keeps the
+// backbuffer matching the view while it animates.
+- (void)viewDidLayoutSubviews {
+	[super viewDidLayoutSubviews];
+	CGSize size = self.view.bounds.size;
+	if (size.width <= 0.0 || size.height <= 0.0 || CGSizeEqualToSize(size, lastLayoutSize_)) {
+		return;
+	}
+	lastLayoutSize_ = size;
+	INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "Laid out at %dx%d", (int)size.width, (int)size.height);
+	// Resized in place: NativeFrame picks up the new size and lets the graphics context resize.
+	[self updateResolutionWithView:self.view];
 }
 
 - (void)updateResolutionWithView:(UIView *)view {
@@ -548,10 +566,7 @@ extern float g_safeInsetBottom;
 
 	[view setContentScaleFactor:scale];
 
-	// PSP native resize
-	PSP_CoreParameter().pixelWidth = g_display.pixel_xres;
-	PSP_CoreParameter().pixelHeight = g_display.pixel_yres;
-
+	// NativeFrame updates the PSP_CoreParameter() size along with the rest.
 	NativeResized();
 
 	NSLog(@"Updated display resolution: (%d, %d) @%.1fx",
diff --git a/ios/ViewControllerMetal.mm b/ios/ViewControllerMetal.mm
index 6510cbe1d3..7caa1fecef 100644
--- a/ios/ViewControllerMetal.mm
+++ b/ios/ViewControllerMetal.mm
@@ -220,36 +220,6 @@ static void VulkanRenderLoop(GraphicsContext *graphicsContext, CAMetalLayer *met
 	INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "viewDidDisappear");
 }
 
-- (void)viewWillLayoutSubviews {
-	[super viewWillLayoutSubviews];
-
-	// This is the first reliable place where self.view.bounds
-	// matches the forced orientation.
-	CGRect bounds = self.view.bounds;
-
-	INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "Correcting metal view layout: %dx%d",
-			 (int)bounds.size.width, (int)bounds.size.height);
-
-	// Update your Metal layer/viewport here if necessary
-}
-
-- (void)viewWillTransitionToSize:(CGSize)size
-		withTransitionCoordinator:(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator>)coordinator {
-	[super viewWillTransitionToSize:size withTransitionCoordinator:coordinator];
-
-	[self.view endEditing:YES]; // clears any input focus
-
-	[coordinator animateAlongsideTransition:^(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext> context) {
-		NSLog(@"Rotating to size: %@", NSStringFromCGSize(size));
-	} completion:^(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext> context) {
-		NSLog(@"Rotation finished");
-		// Reinitialize graphics context to match new size
-		[self requestExitVulkanRenderLoop];
-		[self updateResolutionWithView:self.view];
-		[self runVulkanRenderLoop];
-	}];
-}
-
 @end
 
 @implementation PPSSPPMetalView