react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view

What is react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view?

The react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view package helps manage the keyboard in React Native applications by automatically adjusting the position of scrollable views when the keyboard is displayed. This ensures that input fields are not hidden by the keyboard, providing a better user experience.

What are react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view's main functionalities?

Automatic Scroll Adjustment

This feature automatically adjusts the scroll position of the view when the keyboard is displayed, ensuring that the input field remains visible.

import React from 'react';
import { TextInput, View } from 'react-native';
import { KeyboardAwareScrollView } from 'react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view';

const App = () => (
  <KeyboardAwareScrollView>
    <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
      <TextInput placeholder="Enter text here" style={{ height: 40, borderColor: 'gray', borderWidth: 1, width: '80%' }} />
    </View>
  </KeyboardAwareScrollView>
);

export default App;

Customizable Keyboard Dismiss Mode

This feature allows you to customize how the keyboard is dismissed, such as dismissing it when the user drags the scroll view.

import React from 'react';
import { TextInput, View } from 'react-native';
import { KeyboardAwareScrollView } from 'react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view';

const App = () => (
  <KeyboardAwareScrollView keyboardDismissMode="on-drag">
    <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
      <TextInput placeholder="Enter text here" style={{ height: 40, borderColor: 'gray', borderWidth: 1, width: '80%' }} />
    </View>
  </KeyboardAwareScrollView>
);

export default App;

Handling Multiple Input Fields

This feature ensures that multiple input fields are properly managed and remain visible when the keyboard is displayed.

import React from 'react';
import { TextInput, View } from 'react-native';
import { KeyboardAwareScrollView } from 'react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view';

const App = () => (
  <KeyboardAwareScrollView>
    <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
      <TextInput placeholder="First input" style={{ height: 40, borderColor: 'gray', borderWidth: 1, width: '80%', marginBottom: 20 }} />
      <TextInput placeholder="Second input" style={{ height: 40, borderColor: 'gray', borderWidth: 1, width: '80%' }} />
    </View>
  </KeyboardAwareScrollView>
);

export default App;

Other packages similar to react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view

react-native-keyboard-aware-view

The react-native-keyboard-aware-view package provides similar functionality by adjusting the position of views when the keyboard is displayed. It is more lightweight compared to react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view and is suitable for simpler use cases.

README

react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view

A ScrollView component that handles keyboard appearance and automatically scrolls to focused TextInput.

Supported versions

• v0.4.0 requires RN>=0.48
• v0.2.0 requires RN>=0.32.0.
• v0.1.2 requires RN>=0.27.2 but you should use 0.2.0 in order to make it work with multiple scroll views.
• v0.0.7 requires react-native>=0.25.0.
• Use v0.0.6 for older RN versions.

Installation

Installation can be done through npm or yarn:

npm i react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view --save

yarn add react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view

Usage

You can use the KeyboardAwareScrollView, KeyboardAwareSectionList or the KeyboardAwareFlatList components. They accept ScrollView, SectionList and FlatList default props respectively and implement a custom high order component called KeyboardAwareHOC to handle keyboard appearance. The high order component is also available if you want to use it in any other component.

Import react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view and wrap your content inside it:

import { KeyboardAwareScrollView } from 'react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view'

<KeyboardAwareScrollView>
  <View>
    <TextInput />
  </View>
</KeyboardAwareScrollView>

Auto-scroll in TextInput fields

As of v0.1.0, the component auto scrolls to the focused TextInput 😎. For versions v0.0.7 and older you can do the following.

Programatically scroll to any TextInput

In order to scroll to any TextInput field, you can use the built-in method scrollToFocusedInput. Example:

_scrollToInput (reactNode: any) {
  // Add a 'scroll' ref to your ScrollView
  this.scroll.props.scrollToFocusedInput(reactNode)
}

<KeyboardAwareScrollView
  innerRef={ref => {
    this.scroll = ref
  }}>
  <View>
    <TextInput
      onFocus={(event: Event) => {
        // `bind` the function if you're using ES6 classes
        this._scrollToInput(ReactNative.findNodeHandle(event.target))
      }}
    />
  </View>
</KeyboardAwareScrollView>

Programatically scroll to any position

There's another built-in function that lets you programatically scroll to any position of the scroll view:

this.scroll.props.scrollToPosition(0, 0)

Register to keyboard events

You can register to ScrollViewResponder events onKeyboardWillShow and onKeyboardWillHide:

<KeyboardAwareScrollView
  onKeyboardWillShow={(frames: Object) => {
    console.log('Keyboard event', frames)
  }}>
  <View>
    <TextInput />
  </View>
</KeyboardAwareScrollView>

Android Support

First, Android natively has this feature, you can easily enable it by setting windowSoftInputMode in AndroidManifest.xml. Check here.

But if you want to use feature like extraHeight, you need to enable Android Support with the following steps:

• Make sure you are using react-native 0.46 or above.
• Set windowSoftInputMode to adjustPan in AndroidManifest.xml.
• Set enableOnAndroid property to true.

Android Support is not perfect, here is the supported list:

Prop	Android Support
viewIsInsideTabBar	Yes
resetScrollToCoords	Yes
enableAutomaticScroll	Yes
extraHeight	Yes
extraScrollHeight	Yes
enableResetScrollToCoords	Yes
keyboardOpeningTime	No

API

Props

All the ScrollView/FlatList props will be passed.

Prop	Type	Description
innerRef	Function	Catch the reference of the component.
viewIsInsideTabBar	boolean	Adds an extra offset that represents the TabBarIOS height.
resetScrollToCoords	Object: {x: number, y: number}	Coordinates that will be used to reset the scroll when the keyboard hides.
enableAutomaticScroll	boolean	When focus in TextInput will scroll the position, default is enabled.
extraHeight	number	Adds an extra offset when focusing the TextInputs.
extraScrollHeight	number	Adds an extra offset to the keyboard. Useful if you want to stick elements above the keyboard.
enableResetScrollToCoords	boolean	Lets the user enable or disable automatic resetScrollToCoords.
keyboardOpeningTime	number	Sets the delay time before scrolling to new position, default is 250
enableOnAndroid	boolean	Enable Android Support

Methods

Use innerRef to get the component reference and use this.scrollRef.props to access these methods.

Method	Parameter	Description
getScrollResponder	void	Get ScrollResponder
scrollToPosition	x: number, y: number, animated: bool = true	Scroll to specific position with or without animation.
scrollToEnd	animated?: bool = true	Scroll to end with or without animation.
scrollIntoView	element: React.Element<*>, options: { getScrollPosition: ?(parentLayout, childLayout, contentOffset) => { x: number, y: number, animated: boolean } }	Scrolls an element inside a KeyboardAwareScrollView into view.

Using high order component

Enabling any component to be keyboard-aware is very easy. Take a look at the code of KeyboardAwareFlatList:

/* @flow */

import { FlatList } from 'react-native'
import listenToKeyboardEvents from './KeyboardAwareHOC'

export default listenToKeyboardEvents(FlatList)

The HOC can also be configured. Sometimes it's more convenient to provide a static config than configuring the behavior with props. This HOC config can be overriden with props.

/* @flow */

import { FlatList } from 'react-native'
import listenToKeyboardEvents from './KeyboardAwareHOC'

const config = {
  enableOnAndroid: true,
  enableAutomaticScroll: true
}

export default listenToKeyboardEvents(config)(FlatList)

The available config options are:

{
  enableOnAndroid: boolean,
  contentContainerStyle: ?Object,
  enableAutomaticScroll: boolean,
  extraHeight: number,
  extraScrollHeight: number,
  enableResetScrollToCoords: boolean,
  keyboardOpeningTime: number,
  viewIsInsideTabBar: boolean,
  refPropName: string,
  extractNativeRef: Function
}

License

MIT.

Author

Álvaro Medina Ballester <amedina at apsl.net>

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