diff --git a/native/chat/chat-context-provider.react.js b/native/chat/chat-context-provider.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-context-provider.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-context-provider.react.js
@@ -126,11 +126,6 @@
     sidebarAnimationType,
     setSidebarAnimationType,
   ] = React.useState<SidebarAnimationType>('move_source_message');
-  const setSidebarAnimationTypeCallback = React.useCallback(
-    (animationType: SidebarAnimationType) =>
-      setSidebarAnimationType(animationType),
-    [],
-  );
 
   const contextValue = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
@@ -141,14 +136,13 @@
       deleteChatInputBarHeight,
       chatInputBarHeights: chatInputBarHeights.current,
       sidebarAnimationType,
-      setSidebarAnimationType: setSidebarAnimationTypeCallback,
+      setSidebarAnimationType,
     }),
     [
       currentTransitionSidebarSourceID,
       deleteChatInputBarHeight,
       registerMeasurer,
       setChatInputBarHeight,
-      setSidebarAnimationTypeCallback,
       sidebarAnimationType,
     ],
   );
diff --git a/native/chat/utils.js b/native/chat/utils.js
--- a/native/chat/utils.js
+++ b/native/chat/utils.js
@@ -227,24 +227,17 @@
   const currentInputBarHeight =
     chatInputBarHeights.get(sourceMessage.threadInfo.id) ?? 0;
   const keyboardState = React.useContext(KeyboardContext);
-  const viewerIsSidebarMember = viewerIsMember(sidebarThreadInfo);
+
+  const newSidebarAnimationType =
+    !currentInputBarHeight ||
+    !targetInputBarHeight ||
+    keyboardState?.keyboardShowing ||
+    !viewerIsMember(sidebarThreadInfo)
+      ? 'fade_source_message'
+      : 'move_source_message';
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    const newSidebarAnimationType =
-      !currentInputBarHeight ||
-      !targetInputBarHeight ||
-      keyboardState?.keyboardShowing ||
-      !viewerIsSidebarMember
-        ? 'fade_source_message'
-        : 'move_source_message';
     setSidebarAnimationType(newSidebarAnimationType);
-  }, [
-    currentInputBarHeight,
-    keyboardState?.keyboardShowing,
-    setSidebarAnimationType,
-    sidebarThreadInfo,
-    targetInputBarHeight,
-    viewerIsSidebarMember,
-  ]);
+  }, [setSidebarAnimationType, newSidebarAnimationType]);
 
   const {
     position: targetPosition,