rn-keyboard-avoider

A simple keyboard-avoiding view for Android and iOS in React Native with Expo. Works in both portrait and landscape orientations!

TextInput fields are pushed gracefully above the top of the keyboard, with a customisable offset between the top of the keyboard and the bottom of the TextInput.

Installation

npm install --save rn-keyboard-avoider

For proper behaviour on Android devices, add the softwareKeyboardLayoutMode property to your app.json file as follows:

{
  "expo": {
    "android": {
      "softwareKeyboardLayoutMode": "pan"
    }
  }
}

How to Use

Simply wrap your app (or app contents) with the component:

import { KeyboardAvoider } from 'rn-keyboard-avoider';

export default function App() {
  <KeyboardAvoider>
    {/* your app contents */}
  </KeyboardAvoider>
);

For proper behaviour on Android devices in landscape orientation, add the disableFullscreenUI property to your TextInput components as follows:

<TextInput disableFullscreenUI={true}/>

Properties

yOffset (optional): number

Controls the distance between the top of the keyboard and the bottom of your TextInput field. Default is 10px.

Limitations

• On Android devices, the yOffset will be reduced after the user starts typing. This is due to the behaviour of the native softwareKeyboardLayoutMode property being set to pan. If you're really keen to keep the offset, it's possible to simply increase the padding of your text inputs.

About

Made by friggitydingo to support the development of a mobile sci-fi MMO built with React Native.