Fix keyboard doesn't show up when returning from Help Page to the Status Page

patches/react-native/details.md

@@ -199,3 +199,10 @@
 - Upstream PR/issue: 🛑
 - E/App issue: [#69005](https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues/69005)
 - PR introducing patch: [#69004](https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/69004)
+
+### [react-native+0.79.2+029+show-android-soft-keyboard-reliably.patch](react-native+0.79.2+029+show-android-soft-keyboard-reliably.patch)
+
+- Reason: Fixes an Android issue where the soft keyboard often failed to appear because TextInput requested it before its parent View was fully focused. The patch delays the request until focus is ready, ensuring the keyboard shows reliably without extra workarounds.
+- Upstream PR/issue: 🛑
+- E/App issue: [#69005](https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues/67201)
+- PR introducing patch: [#69004](https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/69265)

patches/react-native/react-native+0.79.2+029+show-android-soft-keyboard-reliably.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+index 095313e..766630a 100644
+--- a/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
++++ b/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public class ReactEditText extends AppCompatEditText {
+   private int mFontWeight = ReactConstants.UNSET;
+   private int mFontStyle = ReactConstants.UNSET;
+   private boolean mAutoFocus = false;
++  private boolean mShowKeyboardDelayed = false;
+   private boolean mContextMenuHidden = false;
+   private boolean mDidAttachToWindow = false;
+   private boolean mSelectTextOnFocus = false;
+@@ -424,7 +425,8 @@ public class ReactEditText extends AppCompatEditText {
+   private boolean requestFocusProgramatically() {
+     boolean focused = super.requestFocus(View.FOCUS_DOWN, null);
+     if (isInTouchMode() && getShowSoftInputOnFocus()) {
+-      showSoftKeyboard();
++      mShowKeyboardDelayed = true;
++      showSoftKeyboardReliably();
+     }
+
+     return focused;
+@@ -1164,6 +1166,24 @@ public class ReactEditText extends AppCompatEditText {
+     mDidAttachToWindow = true;
+   }
+
++  @Override
++  public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasWindowFocus) {
++    super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasWindowFocus);
++
++    showSoftKeyboardReliably();
++  }
++
++  private void showSoftKeyboardReliably() {
++    if(hasWindowFocus() && mShowKeyboardDelayed) {
++      if(isFocused()) {
++        post(() -> {
++          showSoftKeyboard();
++        });
++      }
++      mShowKeyboardDelayed = false;
++    }
++  }
++
+   @Override
+   public void onFinishTemporaryDetach() {
+     super.onFinishTemporaryDetach();