React Native Make View "Hug" the Top of the Keyboard

Question

Let's say I have a view that is positioned absolute at the bottom of the screen. This view contains a text input. When the text input is focused, I want the bottom of the view to touch the top of the keyboard.

I've been messing around with KeyboardAvoidingView, but the keyboard keeps going over my view. Is it not possible to make this work with position absolute?

What other method can I try? Thanks!

Answer 1

Few days ago I have the same problem (although I have a complex view with TextInput as a child) and wanted not only the TextInput to be focused but the whole view to be "attached" to the keyboard. What's finally is working for me is the following code:

constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.paddingInput = new Animated.Value(0);
}

componentWillMount() {
    this.keyboardWillShowSub = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardWillShow', this.keyboardWillShow);
    this.keyboardWillHideSub = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardWillHide', this.keyboardWillHide);
}

componentWillUnmount() {
    this.keyboardWillShowSub.remove();
    this.keyboardWillHideSub.remove();
}

keyboardWillShow = (event) => {
    Animated.timing(this.paddingInput, {
        duration: event.duration,
        toValue: 60,
    }).start();
};

keyboardWillHide = (event) => {
    Animated.timing(this.paddingInput, {
        duration: event.duration,
        toValue: 0,
    }).start();
};

render() {
        return (
            <KeyboardAvoidingView behavior='padding' style={{ flex: 1 }}>
                [...]
                <Animated.View style={{ marginBottom: this.paddingInput }}>
                    <TextTranslateInput />
                </Animated.View>
            </KeyboardAvoidingView>
        );
    }

where [..] you have other views.