Keyboard

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Keyboard module to control keyboard events.

Usage

The Keyboard module allows you to listen for native events and react to them, as well as make changes to the keyboard, like dismissing it.

import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react';
import {Keyboard, Text, TextInput, StyleSheet, View} from 'react-native';

const Example = () => {
  const [keyboardStatus, setKeyboardStatus] = useState('');

  useEffect(() => {
    const showSubscription = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidShow', () => {
      setKeyboardStatus('Keyboard Shown');
    });
    const hideSubscription = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidHide', () => {
      setKeyboardStatus('Keyboard Hidden');
    });

    return () => {
      showSubscription.remove();
      hideSubscription.remove();
    };
  }, []);

  return (
    <View style={style.container}>
      <TextInput
        style={style.input}
        placeholder="Click here…"
        onSubmitEditing={Keyboard.dismiss}
      />
      <Text style={style.status}>{keyboardStatus}</Text>
    </View>
  );
};

const style = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    padding: 36,
  },
  input: {
    padding: 10,
    borderWidth: 0.5,
    borderRadius: 4,
  },
  status: {
    padding: 10,
    textAlign: 'center',
  },
});

export default Example;

Reference

Methods

addListener()

static addListener: (
  eventType: KeyboardEventName,
  listener: KeyboardEventListener,
) => EmitterSubscription;

The addListener function connects a JavaScript function to an identified native keyboard notification event.

This function then returns the reference to the listener.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
eventName Required	string	The string that identifies the event you're listening for. See the list below.
callback Required	function	The function to be called when the event fires

eventName

This can be any of the following:

keyboardWillShow
keyboardDidShow
keyboardWillHide
keyboardDidHide
keyboardWillChangeFrame
keyboardDidChangeFrame

Note that only keyboardDidShow and keyboardDidHide events are available on Android. The events will not be fired when using Android 10 and under if your activity has android:windowSoftInputMode set to adjustNothing.

removeListener()

static removeListener(eventName, callback)

Deprecated. Use the remove() method on the event subscription returned by addListener().

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
eventName	string	Yes	The `nativeEvent` is the string that identifies the event you're listening for
callback	function	Yes	The function to be called when the event fires

dismiss()

static dismiss();

Dismisses the active keyboard and removes focus.

scheduleLayoutAnimation

static scheduleLayoutAnimation(event: KeyboardEvent);

Useful for syncing TextInput (or other keyboard accessory view) size or position changes with keyboard movements. It is a wrapper over LayoutAnimation.configureNext(), that automatically animates views to their new positions when the next layout happens.

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import {
  Keyboard,
  StyleSheet,
  TextInput,
  View,
} from 'react-native';

const KeyboardApp = () => {
  const [isKeyboardOpen, setIsKeyboardOpen] = useState(false);

  const changeLayout = (isKeyboardOpen)  => {
    Keyboard.scheduleLayoutAnimation({
      duration: 2000,
      easing: 'linear',
    });
    setIsKeyboardOpen(isKeyboardOpen);
  };

  return (
      <View style={styles.container}>
        <TextInput
          style={[styles.input, isKeyboardOpen && styles.after_input]}
          onFocus={() => changeLayout(true)}
          onSubmitEditing={() => changeLayout(false)}
        />
      </View>
  );
};


const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',  
  },
  input: {
    borderColor: 'black',
    borderWidth: 1,
    color: 'black',
    width: 200,
  },
  after_input: {
    width: '100%',
  },
});

export default KeyboardApp;

isVisible()

static isVisible(): boolean;

Whether the keyboard is last known to be visible.

metrics()

static metrics(): KeyboardMetrics | undefined;

Return the metrics of the soft-keyboard if visible.

Last updated: Sep 30, 2025