diff --git a/native/chat/chat-thread-list-search.react.js b/native/chat/chat-thread-list-search.react.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb46c8d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/chat/chat-thread-list-search.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import Search from '../components/search.react.js';
+import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
+
+type Props = {
+  +searchText: string,
+  +onChangeText: (updatedSearchText: string) => mixed,
+  +onBlur: () => mixed,
+  +additionalProps?: $Shape<React.ElementConfig<typeof Search>>,
+};
+function ChatThreadListSearch(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { searchText, onChangeText, onBlur, additionalProps } = props;
+  const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
+
+  const searchInputRef = React.useRef();
+  return (
+    <Search
+      searchText={searchText}
+      onChangeText={onChangeText}
+      containerStyle={styles.search}
+      onBlur={onBlur}
+      placeholder="Search chats"
+      ref={searchInputRef}
+      {...additionalProps}
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+const unboundStyles = {
+  icon: {
+    fontSize: 28,
+  },
+  container: {
+    flex: 1,
+  },
+  searchContainer: {
+    backgroundColor: 'listBackground',
+    display: 'flex',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    flexDirection: 'row',
+  },
+  searchBox: {
+    flex: 1,
+  },
+  search: {
+    marginBottom: 8,
+    marginHorizontal: 18,
+    marginTop: 16,
+  },
+  cancelSearchButton: {
+    position: 'absolute',
+    right: 0,
+    top: 0,
+    bottom: 0,
+    display: 'flex',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+  },
+  cancelSearchButtonText: {
+    color: 'link',
+    fontSize: 16,
+    paddingHorizontal: 16,
+    paddingTop: 8,
+  },
+  flatList: {
+    flex: 1,
+    backgroundColor: 'listBackground',
+  },
+};
+export default ChatThreadListSearch;
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js b/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
index e867af87e..165364e69 100644
--- a/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
@@ -1,573 +1,570 @@
 // @flow
 
 import IonIcon from '@expo/vector-icons/Ionicons.js';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import {
   View,
   FlatList,
   Platform,
   TouchableWithoutFeedback,
   BackHandler,
 } from 'react-native';
 import { FloatingAction } from 'react-native-floating-action';
 import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
 import { searchUsers as searchUsersEndpoint } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
 import { useLoggedInUserInfo } from 'lib/hooks/account-hooks.js';
 import {
   type ChatThreadItem,
   useFlattenedChatListData,
 } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { useGlobalThreadSearchIndex } from 'lib/selectors/nav-selectors.js';
 import { usersWithPersonalThreadSelector } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import {
   createPendingThread,
   getThreadListSearchResults,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import type { GlobalAccountUserInfo, UserInfo } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 import { useServerCall } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 
 import { ChatThreadListItem } from './chat-thread-list-item.react.js';
+import ChatThreadListSearch from './chat-thread-list-search.react.js';
 import { getItemLayout, keyExtractor } from './chat-thread-list-utils.js';
 import type {
   ChatTopTabsNavigationProp,
   ChatNavigationProp,
 } from './chat.react.js';
 import { useNavigateToThread } from './message-list-types.js';
 import Button from '../components/button.react.js';
 import Search from '../components/search.react.js';
 import {
   SidebarListModalRouteName,
   HomeChatThreadListRouteName,
   BackgroundChatThreadListRouteName,
   type NavigationRoute,
 } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import type { TabNavigationProp } from '../navigation/tab-navigator.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { indicatorStyleSelector, useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import type { ScrollEvent } from '../types/react-native.js';
 import { AnimatedView, type AnimatedStyleObj } from '../types/styles.js';
 import { animateTowards } from '../utils/animation-utils.js';
 
 const floatingActions = [
   {
     text: 'Compose',
     icon: <IonIcon name="md-create" size={24} color="#FFFFFF" />,
     name: 'compose',
     position: 1,
   },
 ];
 
 /* eslint-disable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 const { Value, Node, interpolateNode, useValue } = Animated;
 /* eslint-enable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 
 export type Item =
   | ChatThreadItem
   | { +type: 'search', +searchText: string }
   | { +type: 'empty', +emptyItem: React.ComponentType<{}> };
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +navigation:
     | ChatTopTabsNavigationProp<'HomeChatThreadList'>
     | ChatTopTabsNavigationProp<'BackgroundChatThreadList'>,
   +route:
     | NavigationRoute<'HomeChatThreadList'>
     | NavigationRoute<'BackgroundChatThreadList'>,
   +filterThreads: (threadItem: ThreadInfo) => boolean,
   +emptyItem?: React.ComponentType<{}>,
 };
 type SearchStatus = 'inactive' | 'activating' | 'active';
 
 function ChatThreadList(props: BaseProps): React.Node {
   const boundChatListData = useFlattenedChatListData();
   const loggedInUserInfo = useLoggedInUserInfo();
   const threadSearchIndex = useGlobalThreadSearchIndex();
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
   const indicatorStyle = useSelector(indicatorStyleSelector);
   const callSearchUsers = useServerCall(searchUsersEndpoint);
   const usersWithPersonalThread = useSelector(usersWithPersonalThreadSelector);
 
   const navigateToThread = useNavigateToThread();
 
   const { navigation, route, filterThreads, emptyItem } = props;
 
   const [searchText, setSearchText] = React.useState<string>('');
   const [searchStatus, setSearchStatus] =
     React.useState<SearchStatus>('inactive');
 
   const [threadsSearchResults, setThreadsSearchResults] = React.useState<
     Set<string>,
   >(new Set());
 
   const [usersSearchResults, setUsersSearchResults] = React.useState<
     $ReadOnlyArray<GlobalAccountUserInfo>,
   >([]);
 
   const [openedSwipeableID, setOpenedSwipeableID] = React.useState<string>('');
   const [numItemsToDisplay, setNumItemsToDisplay] = React.useState<number>(25);
 
   const searchCancelButtonOpen: Value = useValue(0);
   const searchCancelButtonProgress: Node = React.useMemo(
     () => animateTowards(searchCancelButtonOpen, 100),
     [searchCancelButtonOpen],
   );
   const searchCancelButtonOffset: Node = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       interpolateNode(searchCancelButtonProgress, {
         inputRange: [0, 1],
         outputRange: [0, 56],
       }),
     [searchCancelButtonProgress],
   );
 
   const searchUsers = React.useCallback(
     async (usernamePrefix: string) => {
       if (usernamePrefix.length === 0) {
         return [];
       }
 
       const { userInfos } = await callSearchUsers(usernamePrefix);
       return userInfos.filter(
         info =>
           !usersWithPersonalThread.has(info.id) &&
           info.id !== loggedInUserInfo?.id,
       );
     },
     [callSearchUsers, loggedInUserInfo?.id, usersWithPersonalThread],
   );
 
   const onChangeSearchText = React.useCallback(
     async (updatedSearchText: string) => {
       const results = threadSearchIndex.getSearchResults(updatedSearchText);
       setSearchText(updatedSearchText);
       setThreadsSearchResults(new Set(results));
       setNumItemsToDisplay(25);
       const searchResults = await searchUsers(updatedSearchText);
       setUsersSearchResults(searchResults);
     },
     [searchUsers, threadSearchIndex],
   );
 
   const scrollPos = React.useRef(0);
   const flatListRef = React.useRef();
 
   const onScroll = React.useCallback(
     (event: ScrollEvent) => {
       const oldScrollPos = scrollPos.current;
       scrollPos.current = event.nativeEvent.contentOffset.y;
       if (scrollPos.current !== 0 || oldScrollPos === 0) {
         return;
       }
       if (searchStatus === 'activating') {
         setSearchStatus('active');
       }
     },
     [searchStatus],
   );
 
   const onSwipeableWillOpen = React.useCallback(
     (threadInfo: ThreadInfo) => setOpenedSwipeableID(threadInfo.id),
     [],
   );
 
   const composeThread = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (!loggedInUserInfo) {
       return;
     }
     const threadInfo = createPendingThread({
       viewerID: loggedInUserInfo.id,
       threadType: threadTypes.PRIVATE,
       members: [loggedInUserInfo],
     });
     navigateToThread({ threadInfo, searching: true });
   }, [loggedInUserInfo, navigateToThread]);
 
   const onSearchFocus = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (searchStatus !== 'inactive') {
       return;
     }
     if (scrollPos.current === 0) {
       setSearchStatus('active');
     } else {
       setSearchStatus('activating');
     }
   }, [searchStatus]);
 
   const clearSearch = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (scrollPos.current > 0 && flatListRef.current) {
       flatListRef.current.scrollToOffset({ offset: 0, animated: false });
     }
     setSearchStatus('inactive');
   }, []);
 
   const onSearchBlur = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (searchStatus !== 'active') {
       return;
     }
     clearSearch();
   }, [clearSearch, searchStatus]);
 
   const onSearchCancel = React.useCallback(() => {
     onChangeSearchText('');
     clearSearch();
   }, [clearSearch, onChangeSearchText]);
 
   const animatedSearchBoxStyle: AnimatedStyleObj = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       marginRight: searchCancelButtonOffset,
     }),
     [searchCancelButtonOffset],
   );
 
   const searchBoxStyle = React.useMemo(
     () => [styles.searchBox, animatedSearchBoxStyle],
     [animatedSearchBoxStyle, styles.searchBox],
   );
 
   const buttonStyle = React.useMemo(
     () => [
       styles.cancelSearchButtonText,
       { opacity: searchCancelButtonProgress },
     ],
     [searchCancelButtonProgress, styles.cancelSearchButtonText],
   );
 
   const searchInputRef = React.useRef();
   const renderSearch = React.useCallback(
     (additionalProps?: $Shape<React.ElementConfig<typeof Search>>) => (
       <View style={styles.searchContainer}>
         <Button
           onPress={onSearchCancel}
           disabled={searchStatus !== 'active'}
           style={styles.cancelSearchButton}
         >
           {/* eslint-disable react-native/no-raw-text */}
           <Animated.Text style={buttonStyle}>Cancel</Animated.Text>
           {/* eslint-enable react-native/no-raw-text */}
         </Button>
         <AnimatedView style={searchBoxStyle}>
-          <Search
+          <ChatThreadListSearch
             searchText={searchText}
             onChangeText={onChangeSearchText}
-            containerStyle={styles.search}
             onBlur={onSearchBlur}
-            placeholder="Search chats"
-            ref={searchInputRef}
-            {...additionalProps}
+            additionalProps={additionalProps}
           />
         </AnimatedView>
       </View>
     ),
     [
       buttonStyle,
       onChangeSearchText,
       onSearchBlur,
       onSearchCancel,
       searchBoxStyle,
       searchStatus,
       searchText,
       styles.cancelSearchButton,
-      styles.search,
       styles.searchContainer,
     ],
   );
 
   const onPressItem = React.useCallback(
     (threadInfo: ThreadInfo, pendingPersonalThreadUserInfo?: UserInfo) => {
       onChangeSearchText('');
       if (searchInputRef.current) {
         searchInputRef.current.blur();
       }
       navigateToThread({ threadInfo, pendingPersonalThreadUserInfo });
     },
     [navigateToThread, onChangeSearchText],
   );
 
   const onPressSeeMoreSidebars = React.useCallback(
     (threadInfo: ThreadInfo) => {
       onChangeSearchText('');
       if (searchInputRef.current) {
         this.searchInputRef.current.blur();
       }
       navigation.navigate<'SidebarListModal'>({
         name: SidebarListModalRouteName,
         params: { threadInfo },
       });
     },
     [navigation, onChangeSearchText],
   );
 
   const hardwareBack = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (!navigation.isFocused()) {
       return false;
     }
     const isActiveOrActivating =
       searchStatus === 'active' || searchStatus === 'activating';
     if (!isActiveOrActivating) {
       return false;
     }
 
     onSearchCancel();
     return true;
   }, [navigation, onSearchCancel, searchStatus]);
 
   const renderItem = React.useCallback(
     (row: { item: Item, ... }) => {
       const item = row.item;
       if (item.type === 'search') {
         return (
           <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={onSearchFocus}>
             {renderSearch({ active: false })}
           </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
         );
       }
       if (item.type === 'empty') {
         const EmptyItem = item.emptyItem;
         return <EmptyItem />;
       }
       return (
         <ChatThreadListItem
           data={item}
           onPressItem={onPressItem}
           onPressSeeMoreSidebars={onPressSeeMoreSidebars}
           onSwipeableWillOpen={onSwipeableWillOpen}
           currentlyOpenedSwipeableId={openedSwipeableID}
         />
       );
     },
     [
       onPressItem,
       onPressSeeMoreSidebars,
       onSearchFocus,
       onSwipeableWillOpen,
       openedSwipeableID,
       renderSearch,
     ],
   );
 
   const listData: $ReadOnlyArray<Item> = React.useMemo(() => {
     const chatThreadItems = getThreadListSearchResults(
       boundChatListData,
       searchText,
       filterThreads,
       threadsSearchResults,
       usersSearchResults,
       loggedInUserInfo,
     );
 
     const chatItems: Item[] = [...chatThreadItems];
 
     if (emptyItem && chatItems.length === 0) {
       chatItems.push({ type: 'empty', emptyItem });
     }
 
     if (searchStatus === 'inactive' || searchStatus === 'activating') {
       chatItems.unshift({ type: 'search', searchText });
     }
 
     return chatItems;
   }, [
     boundChatListData,
     emptyItem,
     filterThreads,
     loggedInUserInfo,
     searchStatus,
     searchText,
     threadsSearchResults,
     usersSearchResults,
   ]);
 
   const partialListData: $ReadOnlyArray<Item> = React.useMemo(
     () => listData.slice(0, numItemsToDisplay),
     [listData, numItemsToDisplay],
   );
 
   const onEndReached = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (partialListData.length === listData.length) {
       return;
     }
     setNumItemsToDisplay(prevNumItems => prevNumItems + 25);
   }, [listData.length, partialListData.length]);
 
   const floatingAction = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (Platform.OS !== 'android') {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <FloatingAction
         actions={floatingActions}
         overrideWithAction
         onPressItem={composeThread}
         color="#7e57c2"
       />
     );
   }, [composeThread]);
 
   const fixedSearch = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       searchStatus === 'active' ? renderSearch({ autoFocus: true }) : null,
     [renderSearch, searchStatus],
   );
 
   const scrollEnabled =
     searchStatus === 'inactive' || searchStatus === 'active';
   // viewerID is in extraData since it's used by MessagePreview
   // within ChatThreadListItem
   const viewerID = loggedInUserInfo?.id;
   const extraData = `${viewerID || ''} ${openedSwipeableID}`;
 
   const chatThreadList = React.useMemo(
     () => (
       <View style={styles.container}>
         {fixedSearch}
         <FlatList
           data={partialListData}
           renderItem={renderItem}
           keyExtractor={keyExtractor}
           getItemLayout={getItemLayout}
           extraData={extraData}
           initialNumToRender={11}
           keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled"
           onScroll={onScroll}
           style={styles.flatList}
           indicatorStyle={indicatorStyle}
           scrollEnabled={scrollEnabled}
           onEndReached={onEndReached}
           onEndReachedThreshold={1}
           ref={flatListRef}
         />
         {floatingAction}
       </View>
     ),
     [
       extraData,
       fixedSearch,
       floatingAction,
       indicatorStyle,
       onEndReached,
       onScroll,
       partialListData,
       renderItem,
       scrollEnabled,
       styles.container,
       styles.flatList,
     ],
   );
 
   const onTabPress = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (!navigation.isFocused()) {
       return;
     }
     if (scrollPos.current > 0 && flatListRef.current) {
       flatListRef.current.scrollToOffset({ offset: 0, animated: true });
     } else if (route.name === BackgroundChatThreadListRouteName) {
       navigation.navigate({ name: HomeChatThreadListRouteName });
     }
   }, [navigation, route.name]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const clearNavigationBlurListener = navigation.addListener('blur', () => {
       setNumItemsToDisplay(25);
     });
 
     return () => {
       // `.addListener` returns function that can be called to unsubscribe.
       // https://reactnavigation.org/docs/navigation-events/#navigationaddlistener
       clearNavigationBlurListener();
     };
   }, [navigation]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const chatNavigation: ?ChatNavigationProp<'ChatThreadList'> =
       navigation.getParent();
     invariant(chatNavigation, 'ChatNavigator should be within TabNavigator');
     const tabNavigation: ?TabNavigationProp<'Chat'> =
       chatNavigation.getParent();
     invariant(tabNavigation, 'ChatNavigator should be within TabNavigator');
 
     tabNavigation.addListener('tabPress', onTabPress);
 
     return () => {
       tabNavigation.removeListener('tabPress', onTabPress);
     };
   }, [navigation, onTabPress]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     BackHandler.addEventListener('hardwareBackPress', hardwareBack);
     return () => {
       BackHandler.removeEventListener('hardwareBackPress', hardwareBack);
     };
   }, [hardwareBack]);
 
   const isActiveOrActivating =
     searchStatus === 'active' || searchStatus === 'activating';
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (isActiveOrActivating) {
       searchCancelButtonOpen.setValue(1);
     } else {
       searchCancelButtonOpen.setValue(0);
     }
   }, [isActiveOrActivating, searchCancelButtonOpen]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (scrollPos.current > 0 && flatListRef.current) {
       flatListRef.current.scrollToOffset({ offset: 0, animated: false });
     }
   }, [searchText]);
 
   const isSearchActivating = searchStatus === 'activating';
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (isSearchActivating && scrollPos.current > 0 && flatListRef.current) {
       flatListRef.current.scrollToOffset({ offset: 0, animated: true });
     }
   }, [isSearchActivating]);
 
   return chatThreadList;
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   icon: {
     fontSize: 28,
   },
   container: {
     flex: 1,
   },
   searchContainer: {
     backgroundColor: 'listBackground',
     display: 'flex',
     justifyContent: 'center',
     flexDirection: 'row',
   },
   searchBox: {
     flex: 1,
   },
   search: {
     marginBottom: 8,
     marginHorizontal: 18,
     marginTop: 16,
   },
   cancelSearchButton: {
     position: 'absolute',
     right: 0,
     top: 0,
     bottom: 0,
     display: 'flex',
     justifyContent: 'center',
   },
   cancelSearchButtonText: {
     color: 'link',
     fontSize: 16,
     paddingHorizontal: 16,
     paddingTop: 8,
   },
   flatList: {
     flex: 1,
     backgroundColor: 'listBackground',
   },
 };
 
 export default ChatThreadList;