AppAndFlow/react-native-safe-area-context

insets.top switching to 0 during iPad orientation change

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#485 opened on Mar 27, 2024

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Description

On iPad, insets.top changes during an orientation change from X to 0 and back to X, causing the app to re-render and recalculate layouts back and forth.

This only happens when going from landscape to portrait. I've opened a related issue on RN-navigation: https://github.com/react-navigation/react-navigation/issues/11915

EDIT: insets.top changes from landscape to portrait to 0 insets.bottom changes from portrait to landscape to 0

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Research direction
Investigate the safe area insets computation during orientation changes on iPad. Check how the library listens for orientation changes and updates insets. Focus on the iOS native module that provides insets, and ensure that the insets are not reset to zero during the transition.
Tech stack
react nativetypescriptios
Domain
mobile
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Bug
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Mostly clear
Prerequisites
React NativeiOS development
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65