feat: add hideOnKeyboardDismiss prop to control suggestion visibility on keyboard dismiss

Author: amitpdev

README.md

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ A customizable React Native TextInput component for Google Places Autocomplete u
 
 ## Features
 
-- 🎨 Fully customizable UI
-- ⌨️ Debounced search
-- 🗑️ Clear button (x)
-- 🔄 Loading indicator
-- 📱 Keyboard-aware
-- 🔍 Custom place types filtering
-- 🌍 RTL support
-- 🌐 Multi-language support
-- 🎯 TypeScript support
+- Fully customizable UI
+- Debounced search
+- Clear button (x)
+- Loading indicator
+- Keyboard-aware
+- Custom place types filtering
+- RTL support
+- Multi-language support
+- TypeScript support
 
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@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ const StyledExample = () => {
 | showLoadingIndicator | boolean | No | true | Show/hide loading indicator |
 | showClearButton | boolean | No | true | Show/hide the input clear button |
 | forceRTL | boolean | No | undefined | Force RTL layout direction |
+hideOnKeyboardDismiss | boolean | No | false | Hide suggestions when keyboard is dismissed
 | **Event Handlers** |
 | onPlaceSelect | (place: Place \| null) => void | Yes | - | Callback when place is selected |
 | onTextChange | (text: string) => void | No | - | Callback triggered on text input changes |

src/GooglePlacesTextInput.js

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const GooglePlacesTextInput = forwardRef(
       showClearButton = true,
       forceRTL = undefined,
       style = {},
+      hideOnKeyboardDismiss = false,
     },
     ref
   ) => {
@@ -60,15 +61,19 @@ const GooglePlacesTextInput = forwardRef(
 
     // Add keyboard listener
     useEffect(() => {
-      const keyboardDidHideSubscription = Keyboard.addListener(
-        'keyboardDidHide',
-        () => setShowSuggestions(false)
-      );
+      if (hideOnKeyboardDismiss) {
+        const keyboardDidHideSubscription = Keyboard.addListener(
+          'keyboardDidHide',
+          () => setShowSuggestions(false)
+        );
 
-      return () => {
-        keyboardDidHideSubscription.remove();
-      };
-    }, []);
+        return () => {
+          keyboardDidHideSubscription.remove();
+        };
+      }
+      // Return empty cleanup function if not using the listener
+      return () => {};
+    }, [hideOnKeyboardDismiss]);
 
     // Expose methods to parent through ref
     useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({

src/index.d.ts

@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ export interface GooglePlacesTextInputProps extends TextInputProps {
    * Whether to disable suggestions dropdown
    */
   disableSuggestions?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether to hide suggestions when keyboard is dismissed
+   * @default false
+   */
+  hideOnKeyboardDismiss?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface GooglePrediction {