Unfocus a TextInput in React Native

Question

I\'m building an Android app with React Native.

How can you force a TextInput to \"unFocus\", meaning the cursor is blinking inside the text field. The

Answer 1

My use case was a little different. The user wouldn't enter a value directly in the input field. The field was mainly used to capture the user's attempt at entering a value and open a modal instead. I wanted to blur the field after the modal closed to reduce the extra tap the user would have to do later.

If using Hooks, you can do something as simple as

const inputRef = useRef(null);

Then just call this anywhere you need it.

inputRef.current.blur();