[iOS] Keyboard goes outside screen bounds when navigation back via navigation.goBack()

[zohayk]

Description

When navigating back via navigation.goBack() from a custom back button, the keyboard goes outside the screen bounds during the transition.

However, when navigating back using the native header back button, the keyboard stays within the screen bounds and behaves correctly.

Expected behavior: The keyboard should stay within the screen bounds when going back via navigation.goBack(), same as when using the native header back button.

Current behavior: The keyboard visually exits the screen frame when going back via navigation.goBack().

Screenshot 1

This behavior occurs when navigating back via navigation.goBack().

Screenshot 2

This behavior does NOT occur when navigating back via the native header back button.

Video

Screen.Recording.mov

This issue occurs in both React Native and Expo, across all versions.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a screen that has a TextInput
2. Tap on the TextInput so the keyboard appears
3. Tap the custom back button that calls navigation.goBack()
4. The keyboard goes outside the screen bounds during the transition

Snack or a link to a repository

https://snack.expo.dev/@zo_hayk/keyboard-goes-outside-screen

Environment

package	version
@react-navigation/native	7.2.1
@react-navigation/native-stack	7.14.9
@react-navigation/stack	7.8.8
react	19.2.3
react-native-screens	4.24.0
react-native	0.84.1
react-native-safe-area-context	5.7.0

Screens version

4.24.0

React Native version

0.84.1

Platforms

iOS

Acknowledgements

Yes

[t0maboro]

Thanks for reporting this issue @zohayk . I can confirm that the provided example behaves as reported. I've also noticed similar behavior when using a React Navigation JS stack without react-native-screens components. This requires further validation, so I'm adding it to our queue for further analysis.