Handling the Virtual Keyboard in React Native

We are going to discuss how to handle the virtual keyboard while developing React Native apps. The virtual keyboard displays, when the user has to type something. In React Native you will see the keyboard pop up while entering input to the TextInput component.

In this blog post, we are going to discuss how to handle the virtual keyboard while developing React Native apps. The virtual keyboard displays, when the user has to type something. In React Native you will see the keyboard pop up while entering input to the _TextInput _component.

Note: While developing mobile apps, we tend to test our code on emulators. On emulators, while entering user input, we tend to use our physical keyboard instead of the virtual keyboard on the emulator. Hence, we may overlook some issues related to the virtual keyboard on the mobile device. To explicitly make sure that you see the virtual keyboard while entering input, press cmd+shft+k.

Handling the virtual keyboard efficiently is crucial in mobile apps due to the limited real-estate that we have on mobile devices. This is not a topic of discussion while developing web applications.

In some use-cases you may want to readjust the UI based on whether the keyboard is displayed or not. You may even want to measure the coordinates of the keyboard and make some adjustments to the UI. To do all of this you can leverage the keyboard API.

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