I\'m actually developing an app with react native and i\'m testing with my one plus 6 and it has a notch. The SafeAreaView is a solution for the iPhone X but for Android, it
Well, I had the same problem. I solved this using this lib React Native Status Bar Height, and I recommend because it´s a piece of cake to use.
And if you are using style-components you can add the getStatusBarHeight() on your styles.js like i=I did on the example below:
import styled from 'styled-components/native';
import { getStatusBarHeight} from 'react-native-status-bar-height';
export const Background = styled.View`
flex:1;
background:#131313;
margin-top: ${getStatusBarHeight()};
`