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fix(mobile): Android composer and back follow the real keyboard after resume - #21595
On Android, after you leave the app with the keyboard open and come back, the chat composer stays hidden behind the keyboard. Tapping it again does not help. I hit this in daily use, and it reproduces on an emulator.
Cause: on resume, Android first reports the keyboard inset as 0 and then as its real height. react-native-keyboard-controller's native desync repair (KeyboardAnimationCallback.onApplyWindowInsets → syncKeyboardPosition) catches both, but it only emits keyboardDidHide / keyboardDidShow. On the JS side the library only marks the keyboard open on keyboardWillShow (module.ts), and useKeyboardState only listens to keyboardWillShow and keyboardDidHide. So the "hidden" repair reaches JS and the "shown" repair is dropped. useKeyboardState stays on hidden while the keyboard is on screen, and ThreadDetailScreen's KeyboardStickyView enabled={isKeyboardVisible && …} keeps the composer down.
Debug log from the emulator (unfixed main), with a temporary log of the keyboard state on ThreadDetailScreen:
14:54:32 KBDEBUG ctrlVisible=true ctrlHeight=336 sticky=true # composer focused
(Home, then back to the app)
14:54:38.123 KeyboardAnimationCallback: detected desynchronized state - force updating it: 0.0
14:54:38.213 KBDEBUG ctrlVisible=false ctrlHeight=0 sticky=false
14:54:38.852 KeyboardAnimationCallback: detected desynchronized state - force updating it: 336.0
(no JS update follows; keyboard is on screen, composer stays under it)
The same blind spot affected Android back. The back handlers checked React Native's cached Keyboard.isVisible(), which can stay stale after a resume, and neither Keyboard nor TextInputState can see the chat composer, which is a custom native EditText.
Change
Extend the existing react-native-keyboard-controller@1.22.7 patch: treat keyboardDidShow like keyboardWillShow in module.ts, and add it to useKeyboardState's events (in src, lib/module and lib/commonjs). The native repair to "shown" now reaches JS. This is also a fix worth sending upstream.
New dismissOpenKeyboard() helper. It uses KeyboardController.isVisible() and KeyboardController.dismiss(), which track the IME natively and see the composer. The thread back handler, thread search and pull request search use it: if the keyboard is really open, back closes it; otherwise back navigates or closes search.
No change to ThreadDetailScreen. Its existing resume quarantine works once the library reports the real state.
Scope and approval
A small, focused fix for a reproducible bug, with the root cause traced through the native and JS sides of the keyboard library. Android-only behavior. No server, contract or iOS change. The library patch adds one listener and one event name.
Verification
Android emulator (Pixel 10 Pro image, Gboard), dev client against an isolated dev server. Repro: open a thread, tap the composer, press Home, return to the app, tap the composer.
Before (main)
After
Stills. Before: after resume, the composer is under the keyboard, even after tapping it again (frames 3 and 4).
After: the composer stays above the keyboard after resume.
Repeated the repro 4 times after the fix, and every run ended with ctrlVisible=true ctrlHeight=336 sticky=true.
Back after the fix: with the keyboard open, back closes it and stays in the thread, and the next back returns to the list. The same holds right after a resume.
vp run typecheck in apps/mobile passes. Lint shows no findings on changed code.
Not verified: a physical phone or iOS. iOS is unaffected, since its keyboard events are not repaired this way, and ThreadDetailScreen only gates the sticky view on Android. No tests added; the change is an event subscription in a patched dependency.
The original "back is stuck" freeze from daily use (blank feed, dead back) is not fully reproduced and may have another cause. This PR fixes the keyboard-state part that is proven.
Models: Claude Opus 5.5 (diagnosis, implementation, verification). Research by GPT-6-Luna, GPT-6.1-Sol, Cursor Composer 2.5 and Claude Haiku 5.5. Harness: Claude Code in T3 Code.
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a small, self-contained Android keyboard-state bug fix affecting back handling and composer layout quarantine. Real keyboard dismissal remains intact, while stale cached state can no longer block navigation or leave the composer offset after resume.
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Android hardware Back handlers now use a shared helper to dismiss an open keyboard before closing search, hiding a floating sidebar, or navigating back. The helper tracks pending dismissal through keyboard show and hide events.
Changes: Android keyboard handling
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Summary
Shared keyboard dismissal state apps/mobile/src/features/keyboard/dismissOpenKeyboard.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/keyboard/keyboardControllerState.test.tsx
The new helper checks keyboard visibility and pending dismissal, requests dismissal when appropriate, and clears its pending state on keyboard show or hide events. Tests cover return values and native dismissal calls.
Android Back handler integration apps/mobile/src/components/ui/AppBar.android.tsx, apps/mobile/src/components/ui/AppBar.android.test.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/layout/AdaptiveWorkspaceLayout.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/layout/workspace/PullRequestToolbar.android.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/layout/workspace/WorkspaceListHeader.android.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/layout/workspace/useAndroidWorkspaceNavigation.ts
The handlers call the helper before closing search, hiding the floating sidebar, or navigating back. The app bar test mocks the helper.
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The change affects 2 systems.
Changed systems:apps/mobile, patches
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observed — apps/mobile (service) was modified; 4 changed files map to changed impact.
observed — patches (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
Before / after behavior
observed — Modified behavior in apps/mobile/src/features/home/ThreadListToolbar.tsx: Adds the dismissOpenKeyboard import used by the hardware Back handler.
observed — Modified behavior in apps/mobile/src/features/home/ThreadListToolbar.tsx: The Back handler now closes search only when dismissOpenKeyboard() returns false; previously it directly dismissed a visible keyboard, otherwise closing search.
observed — Modified behavior in apps/mobile/src/features/pull-requests/PullRequestToolbar.android.tsx: Added the dismissOpenKeyboard import.
observed — Modified behavior in apps/mobile/src/features/pull-requests/PullRequestToolbar.android.tsx: Replaced the Keyboard.isVisible() check and conditional dismissal with dismissOpenKeyboard(); closeSearch now runs when the helper returns false.
Pre-merge checks: 4
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The title clearly summarizes the Android keyboard and Back handling fix after app resume.
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The description covers the problem, changes, scope, and verification. It includes reproduction details, test results, and unverified cases.
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Issue #22484 is closed and completed, so it provides historical context only. No active directly linked issue imposes coding requirements on this PR.
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The keyboard-state repair and dismissOpenKeyboard() changes address the reported Android IME recovery and Back behavior. The additional Android Back-handler updates in the app bar, workspace navigat…
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The keyboard-state repair and dismissOpenKeyboard() changes address the reported Android IME recovery and Back behavior. The additional Android Back-handler updates in the app bar, workspace navigation, and sidebar use the same keyboard-first behavior. The test changes support this behavior. The diff shows no unrelated changes.
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fix(mobile): Android back no longer gets stuck on a stale keyboard state
fix(mobile): Android composer and back follow the real keyboard after resume
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Review comments at @apps/mobile/src/features/keyboard/dismissOpenKeyboard.ts:
- Around line 5-8: Add a stale-visibility recovery path in dismissOpenKeyboard:
when KeyboardController reports the keyboard visible but dismissal does not
clear the cached state because the hide event was dropped, ensure subsequent
back presses can proceed instead of returning true indefinitely. Preserve native
controller detection for the custom composer; do not restore the React Native
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Filed #22484 to track the remaining keyboardDidShow cache/hook defect and linked this PR as the existing fix. I independently observed the same native recovery sequence while investigating Android split-screen in Harbordex, then reproduced the JS state and dismissal failures against upstream 7e289ae1.
Regression coverage is available as a test-only commit, including the mobile React-test allowlist entry. It can be cherry-picked independently of the verification patch commit, which adds the same event subscriptions proposed here.
The tests exercise the real package source cache and mounted hook with only native bindings mocked. From apps/mobile:
vp test run --project react src/features/keyboard/keyboardControllerState.test.tsx
All three fail on the baseline and pass with the listeners added:
didShow without willShow updates both cache and mounted hook to visible with the reported height.
dismiss() remains pending until didHide, instead of resolving immediately against a stale hidden cache.
Normal willShow is still immediate, and didShow supplies the completed height before a later hide resets the state.
Targeted formatting/lint, mobile typecheck, and native lint pass. The existing 18 dependency-patch sections remain byte-for-byte unchanged.
The older fork's split-screen composer failure was verified on an Android 17 tablet emulator. At the time of the initial comment, no current-upstream native UI run had been completed: #20803 and #19980 changed the composer gates since that fork's base. The new tests establish the remaining state/dismissal contract failure. This was initially shared as supplementary evidence and coverage for your existing fix.
Update: a separate, narrowly scoped PR was subsequently requested and opened as #22514, linked to #22484. It contains the state repair and regression tests, explicitly acknowledges the overlap here, and excludes Android Back handling. Native Android split-screen verification against the upstream base now also reproduces the stale cache/hook before the patch and correct state afterward; the composer remains visible in both upstream variants. Details, before/after screenshots, and short native recordings are in #22514 and #22484.
Models and harnesses for this contribution: GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol, through the Codex harness in Harbordex.
Add focused coverage for the controller-driven Back sequence.
The first Back calls dismissOpenKeyboard() and must not navigate when KeyboardController.isVisible() is true. After keyboardDidHide, the next Back must return false from dismissOpenKeyboard() so the workspace calls goBack(). No existing lower-layer test covers this sequence or the wrapper branch. Add one focused regression test at the lowest appropriate layer.
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@apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useAndroidWorkspaceNavigation.ts at line 43:
Add a focused regression test for the Back-handling branch in the workspace
navigation controller around dismissOpenKeyboard and goBack: verify the first
Back with KeyboardController.isVisible() true dismisses the keyboard without
navigating, then after keyboardDidHide verify the next Back returns false from
dismissOpenKeyboard and calls goBack.
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Review comments at @patches/react-native-keyboard-controller@1.22.8.patch:
- Line 981: Add a regression test for the
`keyboardDidShow`-without-`keyboardWillShow` path, covering inset-cache
recovery, the mounted `useKeyboardState` hook, and the dismissal promise; use
the referenced lower-layer test as the model for the test setup.
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@apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useAndroidWorkspaceNavigation.ts:
- Line 43: Add a focused regression test for the Back-handling branch in the
workspace navigation controller around dismissOpenKeyboard and goBack: verify
the first Back with KeyboardController.isVisible() true dismisses the keyboard
without navigating, then after keyboardDidHide verify the next Back returns
false from dismissOpenKeyboard and calls goBack.
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The reviewed head adds no test for keyboardDidShow without keyboardWillShow. Add coverage for the cache, mounted useKeyboardState hook, and dismissal promise. The referenced test-only commit provides the appropriate lower-layer test.
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Add a regression test for the `keyboardDidShow`-without-`keyboardWillShow` path,
covering inset-cache recovery, the mounted `useKeyboardState` hook, and the
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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria
confirmed this coverage is absent. a new test file requires maintainer opt-in, so this takeover keeps the six-file scope and leaves this request open. native android resume verification is also unavailable in this environment.
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@maria-rcks Understood. I respect the six-file scope. The regression-test request remains open pending maintainer opt-in. Native Android resume verification also remains outstanding; this is a verification gap, not evidence of another defect.
Would you like a separate follow-up issue for the deferred coverage, or is tracking it in #22484 sufficient?
merged current main into the existing contributor head without rebasing. resolved the toolbar and workspace navigation conflicts while preserving main's linked-thread return behavior. carried the keyboard state repair onto keyboard-controller 1.22.8 and refreshed its lockfile hash. the resulting diff remains six files, 122 additions and 10 deletions.
blacksmith vp run check:changed github/main passed formatting, lint, knip, all 39 affected package typechecks, the selected existing test, and react compiler checks. four nearby keyboard tests also passed. both independent code reviews approved 4932371b7728a2e1f7289a5daf0e5a4c9ee28872. all 28 reported checks are green and there are no conflicts.
native android resume, composer dismissal, and repeated hardware back remain unverified because device access is disabled. the extra native lint attempt on the linux worker was blocked by missing ktlint/detekt. the new regression-test request remains open pending maintainer opt-in for a new test file. no native evidence is claimed.
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Thanks @Onkarj012 for tracing and fixing the Android keyboard recovery. #25847 (commit d6f7554c2a) now covers the keyboardDidShow cache and hook fix. Could you cut this PR down to the separate Android Back keyboard-dismissal behavior, rebased on the current workspace layout?
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Problem
On Android, after you leave the app with the keyboard open and come back, the chat composer stays hidden behind the keyboard. Tapping it again does not help. I hit this in daily use, and it reproduces on an emulator.
Cause: on resume, Android first reports the keyboard inset as 0 and then as its real height.
react-native-keyboard-controller's native desync repair (KeyboardAnimationCallback.onApplyWindowInsets→syncKeyboardPosition) catches both, but it only emitskeyboardDidHide/keyboardDidShow. On the JS side the library only marks the keyboard open onkeyboardWillShow(module.ts), anduseKeyboardStateonly listens tokeyboardWillShowandkeyboardDidHide. So the "hidden" repair reaches JS and the "shown" repair is dropped.useKeyboardStatestays on hidden while the keyboard is on screen, andThreadDetailScreen'sKeyboardStickyView enabled={isKeyboardVisible && …}keeps the composer down.Debug log from the emulator (unfixed
main), with a temporary log of the keyboard state onThreadDetailScreen:The same blind spot affected Android back. The back handlers checked React Native's cached
Keyboard.isVisible(), which can stay stale after a resume, and neitherKeyboardnorTextInputStatecan see the chat composer, which is a custom nativeEditText.Change
react-native-keyboard-controller@1.22.7patch: treatkeyboardDidShowlikekeyboardWillShowinmodule.ts, and add it touseKeyboardState's events (insrc,lib/moduleandlib/commonjs). The native repair to "shown" now reaches JS. This is also a fix worth sending upstream.dismissOpenKeyboard()helper. It usesKeyboardController.isVisible()andKeyboardController.dismiss(), which track the IME natively and see the composer. The thread back handler, thread search and pull request search use it: if the keyboard is really open, back closes it; otherwise back navigates or closes search.ThreadDetailScreen. Its existing resume quarantine works once the library reports the real state.Scope and approval
A small, focused fix for a reproducible bug, with the root cause traced through the native and JS sides of the keyboard library. Android-only behavior. No server, contract or iOS change. The library patch adds one listener and one event name.
Verification
Android emulator (Pixel 10 Pro image, Gboard), dev client against an isolated dev server. Repro: open a thread, tap the composer, press Home, return to the app, tap the composer.
main)Stills. Before: after resume, the composer is under the keyboard, even after tapping it again (frames 3 and 4).
After: the composer stays above the keyboard after resume.
ctrlVisible=true ctrlHeight=336 sticky=true.vp run typecheckinapps/mobilepasses. Lint shows no findings on changed code.ThreadDetailScreenonly gates the sticky view on Android. No tests added; the change is an event subscription in a patched dependency.The original "back is stuck" freeze from daily use (blank feed, dead back) is not fully reproduced and may have another cause. This PR fixes the keyboard-state part that is proven.
Models: Claude Opus 5.5 (diagnosis, implementation, verification). Research by GPT-6-Luna, GPT-6.1-Sol, Cursor Composer 2.5 and Claude Haiku 5.5. Harness: Claude Code in T3 Code.
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Fixes #22484