Keyboard.dismiss and TextInput.blur not working if used with FlatList

[Elijen]

Environment

Environment:
OS: macOS 10.14
Node: 10.1.0
Yarn: 0.27.5
npm: 6.1.0
Watchman: 4.7.0
Xcode: Xcode 9.4.1 Build version 9F2000
Android Studio: 2.3 AI-162.4069837

Packages: (wanted => installed)
react: 16.3.1 => 16.3.1
react-native: https://github.com/expo/react-native/archive/sdk-28.0.0.tar.gz => 0.55.4

Description

Keyboard.dismiss and TextInput.blur sometimes does not have any effect.

Reproducible Demo

https://snack.expo.io/@peller/keyboard-dismiss-bug

1. Press TextInput.focus() button
2. Manually focus the 1st or the 3rd input by tapping it
3. TextInput.blur() or Keyboard.dismiss() buttons now won't work.

[Elijen]

The original issue with lacking information: #19162

[Elijen]

This does not happen if keyboardShouldPersistTaps="always" prop is set on the FlatList (even though onPress that is calling Keyboard.dismiss() is called for both never and always values).

[stale]

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[Elijen]

@react-native-bot Go away, bot! 💩

[UZIhuhuhu]

I also encountered this problem.

[UZIhuhuhu]

You can introduce a state to turn off autoFocus

[stale]

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[stale]

Closing this issue after a prolonged period of inactivity. If this issue is still present in the latest release, please feel free to create a new issue with up-to-date information.