UX: hide keyboard accessory bar on iPhone#294
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CocoaPods (via CFPropertyList) does require 'kconv', which Ruby 3.4 removed from the standard library, so 'pod install' crashes with 'cannot load such file -- kconv'. The nkf gem ships kconv.rb and restores it.
iOS/WKWebView shows a prev/next/Done accessory bar above the keyboard for any focused web input. Set hideKeyboardAccessoryView to hide it, gated to iPhone-class idioms (!Platform.isPad) so iPad keeps its keyboard assistant/shortcut bar. Requires patching react-native-webview: on iOS 26 that bar is the inputAssistantItem, not the classic inputAccessoryView the library nulls out, so the stock setting is a no-op there. The patch clears self.inputAssistantItem in the reclassed content view's -inputAccessoryView. Verified on iPhone (iOS 18 and 26) and iPad simulators.
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| - UITextInputAssistantItem *inputAssistantItem = [_webView inputAssistantItem]; | ||
| + // iOS 26 renders the WKWebView keyboard bar via inputAssistantItem rather than | ||
| + // the classic inputAccessoryView. Clear it on self (the reclassed content view) | ||
| + // so hideKeyboardAccessoryView actually hides the bar. |
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Is this a known issue on the react-native-webview repo?
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On mobile, iOS/WKWebView adds a grey prev/next/Done accessory bar above the
keyboard for any focused editable region — including the composer's editor.
This hides that bar.
How it works
hideKeyboardAccessoryView={!Platform.isPad}=> works globally for < iOS26not the classic inputAccessoryView).
patch guards against both.)
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Pod install crashed on Ruby 3.4 with cannot load such file
-- kconv, because theCFPropertyList CocoaPodsdependency requireskconv, which Ruby 3.4 removed from the standard library.This change adds the
nkfgem, which shipskconv.rband restores it.