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fix(android): a composer focused through an app switch stays above the keyboard #20803

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20 changes: 17 additions & 3 deletions apps/mobile/src/features/threads/QuestionAttachments.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { convertPastedImagesToAttachments } from "../../lib/composerImages";
import { PROVIDER_SEND_TURN_MAX_ATTACHMENTS, type UserInputQuestion } from "@t3tools/contracts";
import { useAtomValue } from "@effect/atom-react";
import { View } from "react-native";
import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
import { useEffect, useEffectEvent, useRef, useState } from "react";
import { ComposerAttachmentButton } from "./ComposerAttachmentButton";
import { ComposerAttachmentStrip } from "../../components/ComposerAttachmentStrip";
import { pickComposerFiles, pickComposerMedia } from "../../lib/composerImages";
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props.requestId,
props.question.id,
]);
// A focused input that unmounts never delivers its onBlur, so release focus here or
// the screen would keep treating the keyboard as owned by a removed input.
const focusedRef = useRef(false);
const onInputFocusChange = props.onInputFocusChange;
const releaseFocus = useEffectEvent(() => {
if (focusedRef.current) onInputFocusChange?.(false);
});
useEffect(() => () => releaseFocus(), []);
const pickerScope = useRef<{ key: string; active: boolean } | null>(null);
useEffect(() => {
const scope = { key: scopeKey, active: true };
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submitBehavior={props.question.initialAnswer !== undefined ? "newline" : undefined}
editable={!props.disabled}
onChangeText={props.onChangeText}
onFocus={() => props.onInputFocusChange?.(true)}
onBlur={() => props.onInputFocusChange?.(false)}
onFocus={() => {
focusedRef.current = true;
onInputFocusChange?.(true);
}}
onBlur={() => {
focusedRef.current = false;
onInputFocusChange?.(false);
}}
placeholder="Or type a custom answer"
className="min-h-[54px] rounded-2xl border border-input-border bg-input px-3.5 py-3 font-sans text-base text-foreground"
/>
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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -363,15 +363,19 @@ export const ThreadDetailScreen = memo(function ThreadDetailScreen(props: Thread
// Android can swallow the IME hide callbacks when the app is backgrounded mid keyboard-hide
// (the reported repro: send — which blurs and starts the hide — then Home within a second). The
// keyboard library's height AND visibility then stay frozen open, so gating the sticky
// translation on visibility alone still strands the composer after resume.
// translation on visibility alone still strands the composer after resume. An input that kept
// focus through the switch is exempt: Android restores its keyboard unchanged, so no keyboard
// or focus event would ever lift the quarantine. Hiding the keyboard with Back keeps focus, so
// Back then Home mid-hide takes the exemption and can still strand the composer.
const [keyboardStateSuspect, setKeyboardStateSuspect] = useState(false);
const ownedInputFocusedRef = useRef(false);
useEffect(() => {
if (Platform.OS !== "android") {
return;
}
const subscription = AppState.addEventListener("change", (state) => {
if (state === "active") {
setKeyboardStateSuspect(true);
setKeyboardStateSuspect(!ownedInputFocusedRef.current);
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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rg -n -F -e 'keyboardStateSuspect' -e 'ownedInputFocusedRef' -e 'handleOwnedInputFocusChange' -e 'setKeyboardStateSuspect' -e 'isKeyboardVisible' -e 'keyboardHeight' "$file"
printf '%s\n' '--- current surrounding blocks ---'
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file='apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx'
printf '%s\n' '--- imports related to keyboard and focus ---'
sed -n '1,120p' "$file"
printf '%s\n' '--- all keyboard/focus references in the file ---'
rg -n -C 4 -F -e 'useKeyboardState' -e 'KeyboardStickyView' -e 'onInputFocusChange' -e 'handleOwnedInputFocusChange' -e 'Keyboard.dismiss' "$file"
printf '%s\n' '--- package declarations and local keyboard helpers ---'
rg -n -F -e 'useKeyboardState' -e 'KeyboardStickyView' -e 'KeyboardState' apps/mobile packages --glob '*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}' || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

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printf '%s\n' '--- KeyboardController usages ---'
rg -n -C 3 -F 'KeyboardController' apps/mobile packages --glob '*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}' || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- dependency lock/version evidence ---'
rg -n -F -e 'react-native-keyboard-controller' pnpm-lock.yaml apps/mobile/package.json package.json --glob '*' || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 11567

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react-native-keyboard-controller 1.22.7 KeyboardController isKeyboardVisible API documentation

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For **`react-native-keyboard-controller` 1.22.7**, the documented method is **`KeyboardController.isVisible()`**, not `isKeyboardVisible()`:

```ts
KeyboardController.isVisible(): boolean
```

It returns `true` when the keyboard is fully visible and `false` otherwise. ([kirillzyusko.github.io](https://kirillzyusko.github.io/react-native-keyboard-controller/docs/api/keyboard-controller?utm_source=openai))

I couldn’t verify the published declarations for **1.22.7** directly; the available API docs identify themselves as **1.22.0**, and the package declaration found was for **1.21.9**. Those sources use `isVisible`, but don’t conclusively establish the exact 1.22.7 export. ([kirillzyusko.github.io](https://kirillzyusko.github.io/react-native-keyboard-controller/docs/api/keyboard-controller?utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://kirillzyusko.github.io/react-native-keyboard-controller/docs/api/keyboard-controller?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://kirillzyusko.github.io/react-native-keyboard-controller/docs/api/keyboard-controller?utm_source=openai

Quarantine resume state when the native keyboard is hidden.

When Back starts hiding the keyboard, the input remains focused. If Home occurs during that animation, the active handler sets keyboardStateSuspect to false, while the hook state can still report the keyboard as visible. KeyboardStickyView then keeps the stale height and can leave the composer translated above the hidden keyboard.

This regresses the merge-base behavior, which quarantined state on every Android activation. Preserve the focused-input exemption by also checking the native keyboard state:

Suggested fix 
-        setKeyboardStateSuspect(!ownedInputFocusedRef.current);
+        setKeyboardStateSuspect(
+          !ownedInputFocusedRef.current || !KeyboardController.isVisible(),
+        );
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// translation on visibility alone still strands the composer after resume. An input that kept
// focus through the switch is exempt: Android restores its keyboard unchanged, so no keyboard
// or focus event would ever lift the quarantine. Hiding the keyboard with Back keeps focus, so
// Back then Home mid-hide takes the exemption and can still strand the composer.
const [keyboardStateSuspect, setKeyboardStateSuspect] = useState(false);
const ownedInputFocusedRef = useRef(false);
useEffect(() => {
if (Platform.OS !== "android") {
return;
}
const subscription = AppState.addEventListener("change", (state) => {
if (state === "active") {
setKeyboardStateSuspect(true);
setKeyboardStateSuspect(!ownedInputFocusedRef.current);
// translation on visibility alone still strands the composer after resume. An input that kept
// focus through the switch is exempt: Android restores its keyboard unchanged, so no keyboard
// or focus event would ever lift the quarantine. Hiding the keyboard with Back keeps focus, so
// Back then Home mid-hide takes the exemption and can still strand the composer.
const [keyboardStateSuspect, setKeyboardStateSuspect] = useState(false);
const ownedInputFocusedRef = useRef(false);
useEffect(() => {
if (Platform.OS !== "android") {
return;
}
const subscription = AppState.addEventListener("change", (state) => {
if (state === "active") {
setKeyboardStateSuspect(
!ownedInputFocusedRef.current || !KeyboardController.isVisible(),
);
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Review comment at @apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
around lines 366 - 378:
Update the Android activation handler in the keyboard-state effect in
ThreadDetailScreen so keyboardStateSuspect is set when the owned input is
unfocused or the native keyboard is not visible. Preserve the focused-input
exemption only while the native keyboard remains visible.

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return () => {
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setKeyboardStateSuspect(false);
}, [isKeyboardVisible, liveKeyboardHeight]);
const handleOwnedInputFocusChange = useCallback((focused: boolean) => {
ownedInputFocusedRef.current = focused;
if (focused) {
setKeyboardStateSuspect(false);
}
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