How I handle keyboard avoidance in React Native

Keyboard avoidance took me hours to get right in a real scheduling app, so you don't have to repeat that. My approach: react-native-keyboard-controller feeding keyboard height into a Reanimated shared value, driving an animated spacer that pushes content up in perfect sync with the keyboard. No jumps, no covered inputs, and it holds up on an iPhone SE.

I break down the whole implementation in the video, straight from the app's actual code.

What's inside

• Tracking keyboard height per animation frame with useKeyboardHandler
• An animated spacer that grows and shrinks with the keyboard
• Why I always test keyboard behavior on the iPhone SE first
• Fixing Android multiline inputs with textAlignVertical: "top"
• Keeping focus correct when toggling between views
• A 42 pixel offset that accounts for the keyboard toolbar

Resources

CourseReact Native course

The Animations & Gestures section pairs well here: 62 minutes on Reanimated and gesture handler.