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fix: close emoji keyboard on Android hardware back - #7821

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On Android, pressing the hardware Back button while the emoji picker was open in the room composer left the room instead of closing the picker. The composer's Back handler only handled the emoji search field, so with just the picker open it let the event through and the navigator popped the room. The handler now also closes the picker and releases the space the picker reserved, so the composer returns to the bottom of the screen and the system keyboard does not come back. A second Back leaves the room as before, and Back with nothing open is unchanged.

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https://rocketchat.atlassian.net/browse/NATIVE-1775

How to test or reproduce

  1. On Android, open any room
  2. Tap the message input and wait for the keyboard
  3. Tap the emoji icon in the composer toolbar, not the one on the keyboard
  4. Press the hardware Back button
  5. Observe the picker closes, the composer drops back to the bottom and you stay in the room, then press Back again to leave it

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Room composer, Pixel_9 emulator on Android 16
NATIVE-1775-BEFORE-develop.mp4
NATIVE-1775-AFTER-fix.mp4

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Closing the picker alone left a keyboard-sized blank gap when it had opened over the system keyboard, because the picker reuses the keyboard's space and the hook only released it for the fixed 250 height case. The handler therefore calls a new collapseEmojiKeyboard in useEmojiKeyboard, which releases the height and closes the picker without calling focus, so the keyboard stays down. resetKeyboard now reuses it with the same behavior.

MessageComposer.test.tsx (with its snapshot) and useEmojiKeyboard.test.tsx moved into __tests__/ because their sources are touched; only their imports changed. The new tests cover the Back handler for the picker, the search field and nothing open, and the released height in the hook.

Verified on a Pixel_9 emulator with a real keyboard: before, Back closes the room; after, it closes only the picker and a second Back leaves.

iOS is not affected. The only new behavior is the extra branch in the useBackHandler callback, and React Native's iOS BackHandler is a no-op, so that branch cannot run there. The header back button and the swipe-back gesture go through React Navigation and are unchanged. resetKeyboard now calls collapseEmojiKeyboard but makes the same calls in the same order as before.

Verified with the fix on an iPhone 17 simulator (iOS 26.5): keyboard and emoji picker open and close, emoji insert, emoji search, the + actions sheet and the message actions sheet with the picker open, send, the header back button and swipe-back. The composer returns to the bottom with no gap each time, and there is no crash.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved hardware back-button behavior in the message composer.
    • Pressing back now closes the open emoji picker and resets an active emoji search bar before navigating away.
    • Back navigation continues normally when neither the emoji picker nor search bar is open.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for emoji picker dismissal, search-bar reset behavior, and standard back navigation.

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The emoji keyboard hook now exposes a picker-collapse action. The message composer uses it when handling hardware back events and consumes the event when the picker or emoji search bar is open.

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Emoji keyboard back handling

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Add emoji keyboard collapse action
app/containers/MessageComposer/hooks/useEmojiKeyboard.tsx, app/containers/MessageComposer/hooks/__tests__/useEmojiKeyboard.test.tsx
The hook exposes collapseEmojiKeyboard, which closes the picker and sets keyboard height to zero. resetKeyboard uses this action. Tests verify the keyboard height and focus behavior.
Handle hardware back in the composer
app/containers/MessageComposer/MessageComposer.tsx, app/containers/MessageComposer/__tests__/MessageComposer.test.tsx
The composer collapses the picker or resets the keyboard when the emoji search bar is open, then consumes the back event. Tests cover both cases and verify that the event is not consumed when no emoji keyboard is open.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant HardwareBack
  participant MessageComposer
  participant useEmojiKeyboard
  HardwareBack->>MessageComposer: Invoke back handler
  MessageComposer->>useEmojiKeyboard: Collapse picker or reset keyboard
  useEmojiKeyboard-->>MessageComposer: Complete keyboard action
  MessageComposer-->>HardwareBack: Consume event when emoji UI is open
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Back can close emoji search but reopen the system keyboard instead of leaving the composer collapsed. The issue is localized and can be fixed before merge or accepted as a follow-up.

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app/containers/MessageComposer/hooks/useEmojiKeyboard.tsx: 1

112-112: LGTM!

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LGTM

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