Is it normal for ime insets on iOS to be a bit laggy? I have a bottom-fixed query bar that lags behi...

# compose-ios

[Garrison Henkle]

Is it normal for ime insets on iOS to be a bit laggy? I have a bottom-fixed query bar that lags behind the iOS keyboard open animation for several frames. It’s not terrible, but it’s not smooth.

[Garrison Henkle]

This is a simulator, but it’s more pronounced on my iPhone SE 2020

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[andrew]

Is this using imePadding

[Garrison Henkle]

I’m using a box right now:

Box(modifier = Modifier
    .fillMaxWidth()
    .windowInsetsTopHeight(insets = WindowInsets.safeDrawing)
    .background(color = theme.colors.backgroundPrimary),
)

[Garrison Henkle]

And one on the bottom too

[andrew]

replace windowInsetsTopHeight with imePadding maybe

[andrew]

For the bottom bar

[andrew]

You should also consume the bottom inset separately

[Garrison Henkle]

I think it’s a bit smoother now? Still trying to get the gesture bar area padding to go away when the keyboard open.

[Garrison Henkle]

I think it’s about the same with imePadding. It’s hard to tell on a simulator, but an iPhone SE 2020 definitely shows a bit of lag still.

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

on the ios simulator you can set an animation delay and see how compose insets track system keyboard

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

(set it in the top menu of the simulator)

[Simone]

Hey @Garrison Henkle. Sry to bother you. But do you remember if you found a final solution for this?

[Garrison Henkle]

Sorry I haven't been on the slack recently so I just saw this. At the time, I think the way I structured my screen was the issue, and I was able to mostly resolve the issue by refactoring it and updating to the latest version of Compose. I left the company and can't double check the code, though, so there may have been something else I did that I can't recall.