[0.79] Fix broken focus behavior for TextInput in older Android versions (< 9)

packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.kt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<b263bdcbc1258f7d5c56e69732ba9076>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<fa641112b3a8888ba2b24cf8829e9382>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -250,12 +250,6 @@ public object ReactNativeFeatureFlags {
   @JvmStatic
   public fun useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling(): Boolean = accessor.useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling()
 
-  /**
-   * If true, focusing in ReactEditText will mainly use stock Android requestFocus() behavior. If false it will use legacy custom focus behavior.
-   */
-  @JvmStatic
-  public fun useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior(): Boolean = accessor.useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior()
-
   /**
    * Should this application enable the Fabric Interop Layer for Android? If yes, the application will behave so that it can accept non-Fabric components and render them on Fabric. This toggle is controlling extra logic such as custom event dispatching that are needed for the Fabric Interop Layer to work correctly.
    */

packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxAccessor.kt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<0496ecf3d1e5d8a2e6d4d594aca806d0>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<9ecb711480b7d6c22bac380c28d035bc>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ internal class ReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxAccessor : ReactNativeFeatureFlagsAcces
   private var traceTurboModulePromiseRejectionsOnAndroidCache: Boolean? = null
   private var updateRuntimeShadowNodeReferencesOnCommitCache: Boolean? = null
   private var useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandlingCache: Boolean? = null
-  private var useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehaviorCache: Boolean? = null
   private var useFabricInteropCache: Boolean? = null
   private var useNativeViewConfigsInBridgelessModeCache: Boolean? = null
   private var useOptimizedEventBatchingOnAndroidCache: Boolean? = null
@@ -399,15 +398,6 @@ internal class ReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxAccessor : ReactNativeFeatureFlagsAcces
     return cached
   }
 
-  override fun useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior(): Boolean {
-    var cached = useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehaviorCache
-    if (cached == null) {
-      cached = ReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop.useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior()
-      useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehaviorCache = cached
-    }
-    return cached
-  }
-
   override fun useFabricInterop(): Boolean {
     var cached = useFabricInteropCache
     if (cached == null) {

packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop.kt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<c4f3b0cee8b9b4b9cebb589801e1dd15>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<2151e5ec5d04924e742f37b527dc23b9>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ public object ReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop {
 
   @DoNotStrip @JvmStatic public external fun useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling(): Boolean
 
-  @DoNotStrip @JvmStatic public external fun useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior(): Boolean
-
   @DoNotStrip @JvmStatic public external fun useFabricInterop(): Boolean
 
   @DoNotStrip @JvmStatic public external fun useNativeViewConfigsInBridgelessMode(): Boolean

packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.kt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<a8900217ae0385947b619c8fa0834942>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<56f86a3a0c0bbf453cf45a0db541ef54>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ public open class ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults : ReactNativeFeatureFlagsProvi
 
   override fun useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling(): Boolean = false
 
-  override fun useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior(): Boolean = true
-
   override fun useFabricInterop(): Boolean = false
 
   override fun useNativeViewConfigsInBridgelessMode(): Boolean = false

packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsLocalAccessor.kt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<8f5180a0ef154c083ac38d28e650ee11>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<5b016fd6298477856116736e37c37c6f>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ internal class ReactNativeFeatureFlagsLocalAccessor : ReactNativeFeatureFlagsAcc
   private var traceTurboModulePromiseRejectionsOnAndroidCache: Boolean? = null
   private var updateRuntimeShadowNodeReferencesOnCommitCache: Boolean? = null
   private var useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandlingCache: Boolean? = null
-  private var useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehaviorCache: Boolean? = null
   private var useFabricInteropCache: Boolean? = null
   private var useNativeViewConfigsInBridgelessModeCache: Boolean? = null
   private var useOptimizedEventBatchingOnAndroidCache: Boolean? = null
@@ -440,16 +439,6 @@ internal class ReactNativeFeatureFlagsLocalAccessor : ReactNativeFeatureFlagsAcc
     return cached
   }
 
-  override fun useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior(): Boolean {
-    var cached = useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehaviorCache
-    if (cached == null) {
-      cached = currentProvider.useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior()
-      accessedFeatureFlags.add("useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior")
-      useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehaviorCache = cached
-    }
-    return cached
-  }
-
   override fun useFabricInterop(): Boolean {
     var cached = useFabricInteropCache
     if (cached == null) {

packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsProvider.kt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<33571f99b1f78fbc62cecfca5f8351fa>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<b4d6157922f6182dd588d5ae5b54ead9>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ public interface ReactNativeFeatureFlagsProvider {
 
   @DoNotStrip public fun useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling(): Boolean
 
-  @DoNotStrip public fun useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior(): Boolean
-
   @DoNotStrip public fun useFabricInterop(): Boolean
 
   @DoNotStrip public fun useNativeViewConfigsInBridgelessMode(): Boolean

packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
 import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo;
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection;
@@ -146,9 +147,6 @@ public class ReactEditText extends AppCompatEditText {
 
   public ReactEditText(Context context) {
     super(context);
-    if (!ReactNativeFeatureFlags.useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior()) {
-      setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
-    }
 
     mInputMethodManager =
         (InputMethodManager)
@@ -191,9 +189,7 @@ public boolean performAccessibilityAction(View host, int action, Bundle args) {
                 // selection on accessibility click to undo that.
                 setSelection(length);
               }
-              return ReactNativeFeatureFlags.useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior()
-                  ? requestFocusProgramatically()
-                  : requestFocusInternal();
+              return requestFocusProgramatically();
             }
             return super.performAccessibilityAction(host, action, args);
           }
@@ -341,29 +337,28 @@ public boolean onTextContextMenuItem(int id) {
     return super.onTextContextMenuItem(id);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void clearFocus() {
-    boolean useStockFocusBehavior = ReactNativeFeatureFlags.useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior();
-    if (!useStockFocusBehavior) {
-      setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
+  public void clearFocusAndMaybeRefocus() {
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.P || !isInTouchMode()) {
+      super.clearFocus();
+    } else {
+      // Avoid refocusing to a new view on old versions of Android by default
+      // by preventing `requestFocus()` on the rootView from moving focus to any child.
+      // https://cs.android.com/android/_/android/platform/frameworks/base/+/bdc66cb5a0ef513f4306edf9156cc978b08e06e4
+      ViewGroup rootViewGroup = (ViewGroup)getRootView();
+      int oldDescendantFocusability = rootViewGroup.getDescendantFocusability();
+      rootViewGroup.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS);
+      super.clearFocus();
+      rootViewGroup.setDescendantFocusability(oldDescendantFocusability);
     }
-    super.clearFocus();
+
     hideSoftKeyboard();
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean requestFocus(int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect) {
-    // This is a no-op so that when the OS calls requestFocus(), nothing will happen. ReactEditText
-    // is a controlled component, which means its focus is controlled by JS, with two exceptions:
-    // autofocus when it's attached to the window, and responding to accessibility events. In both
-    // of these cases, we call requestFocusInternal() directly.
-    return ReactNativeFeatureFlags.useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior()
-        ? super.requestFocus(direction, previouslyFocusedRect)
-        : isFocused();
+    /* package */ void clearFocusFromJS() {
+    clearFocusAndMaybeRefocus();
   }
 
   private boolean requestFocusInternal() {
-    setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
     // We must explicitly call this method on the super class; if we call requestFocus() without
     // any arguments, it will call into the overridden requestFocus(int, Rect) above, which no-ops.
     boolean focused = super.requestFocus(View.FOCUS_DOWN, null);
@@ -656,15 +651,7 @@ public void maybeUpdateTypeface() {
 
   // VisibleForTesting from {@link TextInputEventsTestCase}.
   public void requestFocusFromJS() {
-    if (ReactNativeFeatureFlags.useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior()) {
-      requestFocusProgramatically();
-    } else {
-      requestFocusInternal();
-    }
-  }
-
-  /* package */ void clearFocusFromJS() {
-    clearFocus();
+    requestFocusProgramatically();
   }
 
   // VisibleForTesting from {@link TextInputEventsTestCase}.
@@ -1107,11 +1094,7 @@ public void onAttachedToWindow() {
     }
 
     if (mAutoFocus && !mDidAttachToWindow) {
-      if (ReactNativeFeatureFlags.useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior()) {
-        requestFocusProgramatically();
-      } else {
-        requestFocusInternal();
-      }
+      requestFocusProgramatically();
     }
 
     mDidAttachToWindow = true;

packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java

@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ protected void addEventEmitters(
             }
 
             if (shouldBlur) {
-              editText.clearFocus();
+              editText.clearFocusAndMaybeRefocus();
             }
 
             // Prevent default behavior except when we want it to insert a newline.

packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/featureflags/JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop.cpp

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<83b23039ed9fff5109ff3b532648baac>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<cf0734c38bab916ecaf361bc557b8802>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -261,12 +261,6 @@ class ReactNativeFeatureFlagsProviderHolder
     return method(javaProvider_);
   }
 
-  bool useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior() override {
-    static const auto method =
-        getReactNativeFeatureFlagsProviderJavaClass()->getMethod<jboolean()>("useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior");
-    return method(javaProvider_);
-  }
-
   bool useFabricInterop() override {
     static const auto method =
         getReactNativeFeatureFlagsProviderJavaClass()->getMethod<jboolean()>("useFabricInterop");
@@ -498,11 +492,6 @@ bool JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop::useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling(
   return ReactNativeFeatureFlags::useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling();
 }
 
-bool JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop::useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior(
-    facebook::jni::alias_ref<JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop> /*unused*/) {
-  return ReactNativeFeatureFlags::useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior();
-}
-
 bool JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop::useFabricInterop(
     facebook::jni::alias_ref<JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop> /*unused*/) {
   return ReactNativeFeatureFlags::useFabricInterop();
@@ -680,9 +669,6 @@ void JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop::registerNatives() {
       makeNativeMethod(
         "useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling",
         JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop::useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling),
-      makeNativeMethod(
-        "useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior",
-        JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop::useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior),
       makeNativeMethod(
         "useFabricInterop",
         JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop::useFabricInterop),

packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/featureflags/JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<efb0288fd19fb35e4582522c835301b4>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<f295d109e9a81ce2d2040a5fc89e9ada>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -141,9 +141,6 @@ class JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop
   static bool useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling(
     facebook::jni::alias_ref<JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop>);
 
-  static bool useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior(
-    facebook::jni::alias_ref<JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop>);
-
   static bool useFabricInterop(
     facebook::jni::alias_ref<JReactNativeFeatureFlagsCxxInterop>);
 

packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.cpp

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<661a4193f9ba7af0c963bc13751deb15>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<1c90106ded5dc5f08cdec4dede695341>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -174,10 +174,6 @@ bool ReactNativeFeatureFlags::useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling() {
   return getAccessor().useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling();
 }
 
-bool ReactNativeFeatureFlags::useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior() {
-  return getAccessor().useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior();
-}
-
 bool ReactNativeFeatureFlags::useFabricInterop() {
   return getAccessor().useFabricInterop();
 }

packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<53e965423f2957b37e0470c607cc45a4>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<ce2f5895234f1cfb30374c72db54ccce>>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -224,11 +224,6 @@ class ReactNativeFeatureFlags {
    */
   RN_EXPORT static bool useAlwaysAvailableJSErrorHandling();
 
-  /**
-   * If true, focusing in ReactEditText will mainly use stock Android requestFocus() behavior. If false it will use legacy custom focus behavior.
-   */
-  RN_EXPORT static bool useEditTextStockAndroidFocusBehavior();
-
   /**
    * Should this application enable the Fabric Interop Layer for Android? If yes, the application will behave so that it can accept non-Fabric components and render them on Fabric. This toggle is controlling extra logic such as custom event dispatching that are needed for the Fabric Interop Layer to work correctly.
    */