diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
index f2df4437c3da92..52763c21c4b7e9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  *   - (UIView *)createRootViewWithBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge moduleName:(NSString*)moduleName initProps:(NSDictionary
  *)initProps;
  *   - (UIViewController *)createRootViewController;
+ *   - (void)setRootView:(UIView *)rootView toRootViewController:(UIViewController *)rootViewController;
  * New Architecture:
  *   - (BOOL)concurrentRootEnabled
  *   - (BOOL)turboModuleEnabled;
@@ -94,6 +95,16 @@
  */
 - (UIViewController *)createRootViewController;
 
+/**
+ * It assigns the rootView to the rootViewController
+ * By default, it assigns the rootView to the view property of the rootViewController
+ * If you are not using a simple UIViewController, then there could be other methods to use to setup the rootView.
+ * For example: UISplitViewController requires `setViewController(_:for:)`
+ *
+ * @return: void
+ */
+- (void)setRootView:(UIView *)rootView toRootViewController:(UIViewController *)rootViewController;
+
 /// This method controls whether the App will use RuntimeScheduler. Only applicable in the legacy architecture.
 ///
 /// @return: `YES` to use RuntimeScheduler, `NO` to use JavaScript scheduler. The default value is `YES`.
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
index 808c315c2f1bf4..ecc438ca4a4f7a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(
 
   self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
   UIViewController *rootViewController = [self createRootViewController];
-  rootViewController.view = rootView;
+  [self setRootView:rootView toRootViewController:rootViewController];
   self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;
   [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
 
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ - (UIViewController *)createRootViewController
   return [UIViewController new];
 }
 
+- (void)setRootView:(UIView *)rootView toRootViewController:(UIViewController *)rootViewController
+{
+  rootViewController.view = rootView;
+}
+
 - (BOOL)runtimeSchedulerEnabled
 {
   return YES;