[Android] Incorrect lifecycle events emitted during an aborted interactive keyboard dismisal

[iankberry]

Describe the bug

On Android, when you start an interactive keyboard dismissal but then "abort" it by dragging the keyboard back up, the keyboard remains open but events emitted from the library make it seem as if its closed.

More specifically, when the interactive dismissal starts, the following event is emitted (which makes sense):

 LOG  keyboardWillHide {"appearance": "light", "duration": -1, "height": 0, "target": -1, "timestamp": 1765383920657, "type": "default"}

However when the dismissal is aborted, a keyboardDidHide event is emitted so the keyboard appears to be closed even though it's still open.

 LOG  keyboardDidHide {"appearance": "light", "duration": -1, "height": 0, "target": -1, "timestamp": 1765383922508, "type": null}

For reference on iOS, no events are emitted when the interactive dismissal starts and the following are emitted when it aborts, which leaves it correctly in an open state:

 LOG  keyboardWillShow {"appearance": "light", "duration": 383, "height": 345.00000000000006, "target": 26, "timestamp": 1765385450528, "type": "default"}
 LOG  keyboardDidShow {"appearance": "light", "duration": 383, "height": 345, "target": 26, "timestamp": 1765385450530, "type": "default"}

Repo for reproducing

I'm re-using the repo used for a separate issue as it covers both cases.

https://github.com/iankberry/ios-interactive-keyboard-repro

To Reproduce

1. Open the app
2. Attempt to dismiss the keyboard by dragging down
3. Before releasing, drag the keyboard back up to it's full height
4. Release your finger and notice that the sticky keyboard view is now hidden beneath the keyboard

Expected behavior

The sticky view should remain above the keyboard while it is visible.

Screenshots

Screen.Recording.2025-12-10.at.11.30.26.AM.mov

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: Android emulator and device
• OS: Android 15
• RN version: 0.81.5
• RN architecture: fabric
• JS engine: Hermes
• Library version: 1.20.0

[kirillzyusko]

@iankberry so it's Android issue? In device info you specified iOS 🙈

[iankberry]

Whoops! You caught me copy and pasting haha. I fixed it.

[kirillzyusko]

Hey @iankberry

I can not expand the keyboard when focusing the field... Tested on Pixel 7 Pro (Android 16), Pixel 8 (Android 15), Samsung Galaxy S25+ (Android 15)

[kirillzyusko]

@iankberry I think I fixed it in #1240 - could you please test these changes and let me know if it fixes a problem for you?

[iankberry]

@iankberry I think I fixed it in #1240 - could you please test these changes and let me know if it fixes a problem for you?

Worked great!

The events emitted:

 LOG  keyboardWillHide
 LOG  keyboardDidShow

Screen.Recording.2025-12-12.at.9.47.35.AM.mov

[kirillzyusko]

Thanks @iankberry! I merged a PR and will prepare a release next week! The fix will be published in 1.20.2 🎉

In a meantime you can create a patch from my changes 😊

[kirillzyusko]

By the way - that BottomSheet with interactive dismissal looks gorgeous 😍