KeyboardAvoidingView misplaces absolutely positioned elements

Description

Having an element with position: absolute in a KeyboardAvoidingView with behavior="padding and keyboardVerticalOffset greater than 0, moves the element permanently (even after closing the keyboard).

React Native version:

System:
    OS: macOS Mojave 10.14.6
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4850HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz
    Memory: 727.96 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 12.16.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.21.1 - ~/.yarn/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.13.4 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.7.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.9.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 13.1, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 23, 25, 26, 27, 28
      Build Tools: 23.0.1, 25.0.2, 26.0.1, 27.0.3, 28.0.3
      System Images: a...google_apis | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom Sys...
      Android NDK: 17.0.4754217
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.4 AI-183.6156.11.34.5522156
    Xcode: 11.1/11A1027 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 1.8.0_102 - /usr/bin/javac
    Python: 2.7.17 - /usr/local/bin/python
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 16.11.0 => 16.11.0
    react-native: 0.62.2 => 0.62.2
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Steps To Reproduce

Provide a detailed list of steps that reproduce the issue.

1. Run app
2. Tap on text input
3. Close text input

Expected Results

After closing the keyboard the element should be at its original position.

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository:

link to snack: https://snack.expo.io/@vmark/keyboardavoiding-absolute-positioning-bug link to repo: https://github.com/vujevits/KeyboardAvoidingAbsoluteExample

Screenshots

[andrisole92]

This is total shit my friends! I can’t believe it’s still there!

[AndresdoSantos]

Hello guys, I solved this by taking the ‘event’ and checking if the keyboard was ‘visible’ or ‘hidden’, put it in a state and did the logic.

const [keyboard, setKeyboard] = useState(Boolean);

  useEffect(() => {
    Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidShow', _keyboardDidShow);
    Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidHide', _keyboardDidHide);

    return () => {
      Keyboard.removeListener('keyboardDidShow', _keyboardDidShow);
      Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidHide', _keyboardDidHide);
    };
  }, []);

  const _keyboardDidShow = () => {
    setKeyboard(true);
  };

  const _keyboardDidHide = () => {
    setKeyboard(false);
  };

and…

{!keyboard && (
    <View style={{ position: 'absolute', bottom: 0, height: 60 }} >
      <Text style={{ alignSelf: 'center' }} >Criar uma conta</Text>
    </View>
  )}

To be honest, I didn’t like the solution 100% because of the size of adding code for something so ‘simple’, but that’s what I did.