diff --git a/NativeScript/runtime/ArgConverter.mm b/NativeScript/runtime/ArgConverter.mm
index 65026dac..c4820212 100644
--- a/NativeScript/runtime/ArgConverter.mm
+++ b/NativeScript/runtime/ArgConverter.mm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <unordered_set>
 #include "ArgConverter.h"
 #include "NativeScriptException.h"
 #include "DictionaryAdapter.h"
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "Interop.h"
 #include "Helpers.h"
 #include "Runtime.h"
+#include "RuntimeConfig.h"
 
 using namespace v8;
 using namespace std;
@@ -27,7 +29,27 @@
     bool callSuper = false;
     if (instanceMethod) {
         BaseDataWrapper* wrapper = tns::GetValue(isolate, receiver);
-        tns::Assert(wrapper != nullptr, isolate);
+        
+        if (wrapper == nullptr) {
+            // During fast view churn like HMR in development, JS objects can outlive their
+            // native wrappers briefly. In Debug, avoid a crash and just skip the native call.
+            // In Release, assert so crash reporting can capture unexpected cases.
+            if (RuntimeConfig.IsDebug) {
+                const char* selectorStr = meta ? meta->selectorAsString() : "<unknown>";
+                const char* jsNameStr = meta ? meta->jsName() : "<unknown>";
+                const char* classNameStr = klass ? class_getName(klass) : "<unknown>";
+                // Suppress duplicate logs: only log once per class+selector for this process.
+                static std::unordered_set<std::string> s_logged;
+                std::string key = std::string(classNameStr) + ":" + selectorStr;
+                if (s_logged.insert(key).second) {
+                    Log(@"Note: ignore method on non-native receiver (class: %s, selector: %s, jsName: %s, args: %d). Common during HMR.",
+                        classNameStr, selectorStr, jsNameStr, (int)args.Length());
+                }
+                return v8::Undefined(isolate);
+            } else {
+                tns::Assert(false, isolate);
+            }
+        }
 
         if (wrapper->Type() == WrapperType::ObjCAllocObject) {
             ObjCAllocDataWrapper* allocWrapper = static_cast<ObjCAllocDataWrapper*>(wrapper);
@@ -43,7 +65,21 @@
             // For extended classes we will call the base method
             callSuper = isMethodCallback && it != cache->ClassPrototypes.end();
         } else {
-            tns::Assert(false, isolate);
+            if (RuntimeConfig.IsDebug) {
+                const char* selectorStr = meta ? meta->selectorAsString() : "<unknown>";
+                const char* jsNameStr = meta ? meta->jsName() : "<unknown>";
+                const char* classNameStr = klass ? class_getName(klass) : "<unknown>";
+                // Suppress duplicate logs: only log once per class+selector for this process.
+                static std::unordered_set<std::string> s_logged;
+                std::string key = std::string(classNameStr) + ":" + selectorStr;
+                if (s_logged.insert(key).second) {
+                    Log(@"Note: ignore receiver wrapper type %d (class: %s, selector: %s, jsName: %s). Common during HMR.",
+                        (int)wrapper->Type(), classNameStr, selectorStr, jsNameStr);
+                }
+                return v8::Undefined(isolate);
+            } else {
+                tns::Assert(false, isolate);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -878,7 +914,7 @@
     Local<Object> thiz = args.This();
     Isolate* isolate = args.GetIsolate();
     BaseDataWrapper* wrapper = tns::GetValue(isolate, thiz);
-    if (wrapper == nullptr && wrapper->Type() != WrapperType::ObjCObject) {
+    if (wrapper == nullptr || wrapper->Type() != WrapperType::ObjCObject) {
         return;
     }