this issue affects only some Android devices. I can reproduce it on Pixel 8 API 35 emulator, but I can't reproduce it on my Xperia 10 III. Probably it reproduces on devices with bigger notches.
FullScreenViewModal hides a status bar when it appears:
const statusBar = isActive ? <ConnectedStatusBar hidden /> : null;
RN calculates whether keyboard appears or not based on window height, root view height and notch height: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/v0.70.15/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java#L915
When status bar disappears, notch has height = 0 and RN thinks the keyboard disappeared and sends keyboardDidHide event.
When modal is closed, notch has more height and RN thinks the keyboard appears and sends keyboardDidShow event.
Because of keyboardDidShow event, in KeyboardStateContainer systemKeyboardShowing is true, even though there is no keyboard visible. When clicking on a message with an image, there is a check: https://github.com/CommE2E/comm/blob/ce89bf928cc18a2c6d9919174d3089a4bd66f991/native/chat/multimedia-message-multimedia.react.js#L80
if (dismissKeyboardIfShowing()) {
return;
}Because the keyboard is already hidden, dismissing it doesn't do anything and systemKeyboardShowingstays true and the modal doesn't appear again.
I've made a snack that reproduces this: https://snack.expo.dev/@angelika_serwa/moody-orange-carrot
If you run this snack on affected device with RN 0.70 version the alerts will appear even though there is no keyboard visible.
On RN 76 (default snack version) it looks like it's fixed, so it's possible the newer versions of RN fixed this.
This is a temporary solution: don't hide status bar on android.
