janicduplessis · Sep 21, 2026
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/InputAccessoryView.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/InputAccessoryView.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-import SafeAreaView from '../../Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView';
+import SafeAreaView from '../../../src/private/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaView_INTERNAL_DO_NOT_USE';
 import StyleSheet, {
   type ColorValue,
   type ViewStyleProp,

diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/View/__tests__/ViewSafeAreaInsets-itest.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/View/__tests__/ViewSafeAreaInsets-itest.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import '@react-native/fantom/src/setUpDefaultReactNativeEnvironment';
 
 import type {HostInstance} from 'react-native';
 
+import SafeAreaView from '../../../../src/private/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaView_INTERNAL_DO_NOT_USE';
 import * as Fantom from '@react-native/fantom';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import {createRef} from 'react';
@@ -116,3 +117,41 @@ describe('experimental_onSafeAreaInsetsChange', () => {
     ).toEqual(<rn-view experimental_onSafeAreaInsetsChange="true" />);
   });
 });
+
+describe('<SafeAreaView>', () => {
+  it('applies the insets it receives as padding', () => {
+    const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+    const nodeRef = createRef<HostInstance>();
+
+    Fantom.runTask(() => {
+      root.render(<SafeAreaView collapsable={false} ref={nodeRef} />);
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      root
+        .getRenderedOutput({
+          props: ['paddingTop', 'paddingRight', 'paddingBottom', 'paddingLeft'],
+        })
+        .toJSX(),
+    ).toEqual(<rn-view />);
+
+    Fantom.dispatchNativeEvent(nodeRef, 'safeAreaInsetsChange', {
+      insets: INSETS,
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      root
+        .getRenderedOutput({
+          props: ['paddingTop', 'paddingRight', 'paddingBottom', 'paddingLeft'],
+        })
+        .toJSX(),
+    ).toEqual(
+      <rn-view
+        paddingBottom="34"
+        paddingLeft="0"
+        paddingRight="0"
+        paddingTop="44"
+      />,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/LogBox/UI/LogBoxInspectorFooterButton.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/LogBox/UI/LogBoxInspectorFooterButton.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-import SafeAreaView from '../../Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView';
+import SafeAreaView from '../../../src/private/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaView_INTERNAL_DO_NOT_USE';
 import View from '../../Components/View/View';
 import StyleSheet from '../../StyleSheet/StyleSheet';
 import Text from '../../Text/Text';

diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/LogBox/UI/LogBoxInspectorHeader.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/LogBox/UI/LogBoxInspectorHeader.js
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-import type {ViewProps} from '../../Components/View/ViewPropTypes';
 import type {LogLevel} from '../Data/LogBoxLog';
 
-import SafeAreaView from '../../Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView';
+import SafeAreaView from '../../../src/private/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaView_INTERNAL_DO_NOT_USE';
 import View from '../../Components/View/View';
 import StyleSheet from '../../StyleSheet/StyleSheet';
 import Text from '../../Text/Text';
@@ -27,13 +26,10 @@ type Props = Readonly<{
   level: LogLevel,
 }>;
 
-const LogBoxInspectorHeaderSafeArea: React.ComponentType<ViewProps> =
-  Platform.OS === 'android' ? View : SafeAreaView;
-
 export default function LogBoxInspectorHeader(props: Props): React.Node {
   if (props.level === 'syntax') {
     return (
-      <LogBoxInspectorHeaderSafeArea style={styles[props.level]}>
+      <SafeAreaView style={styles[props.level]}>
         <View style={styles.header}>
           <View style={styles.title}>
             <Text
@@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ export default function LogBoxInspectorHeader(props: Props): React.Node {
             </Text>
           </View>
         </View>
-      </LogBoxInspectorHeaderSafeArea>
+      </SafeAreaView>
     );
   }
 
@@ -56,7 +52,7 @@ export default function LogBoxInspectorHeader(props: Props): React.Node {
   const titleText = `Log ${props.selectedIndex + 1} of ${props.total}`;
 
   return (
-    <LogBoxInspectorHeaderSafeArea style={styles[props.level]}>
+    <SafeAreaView style={styles[props.level]}>
       <View style={styles.header}>
         <LogBoxInspectorHeaderButton
           id="logbox_header_button_prev"
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ export default function LogBoxInspectorHeader(props: Props): React.Node {
           onPress={() => props.onSelectIndex(nextIndex)}
         />
       </View>
-    </LogBoxInspectorHeaderSafeArea>
+    </SafeAreaView>
   );
 }
 

diff --git a/...-native/Libraries/LogBox/__tests__/__snapshots__/LogBoxNotificationContainer-test.js.snap b/...-native/Libraries/LogBox/__tests__/__snapshots__/LogBoxNotificationContainer-test.js.snap
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
 exports[`LogBoxNotificationContainer should render both an error and warning notification 1`] = `
-<SafeAreaView
+<View
+  experimental_onSafeAreaInsetsChange={[Function]}
   style={
-    Object {
-      "alignItems": "center",
-      "bottom": 20,
-      "left": 10,
-      "pointerEvents": "box-none",
-      "position": "absolute",
-      "right": 10,
-    }
+    Array [
+      Object {
+        "alignItems": "center",
+        "bottom": 20,
+        "left": 10,
+        "pointerEvents": "box-none",
+        "position": "absolute",
+        "right": 10,
+      },
+      null,
+    ]
   }
 >
   <View
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ exports[`LogBoxNotificationContainer should render both an error and warning not
       totalLogCount={1}
     />
   </View>
-</SafeAreaView>
+</View>
 `;
 
 exports[`LogBoxNotificationContainer should render null with no logs 1`] = `null`;
@@ -119,16 +123,20 @@ exports[`LogBoxNotificationContainer should render selected fatal error even whe
 exports[`LogBoxNotificationContainer should render selected syntax error even when disabled 1`] = `null`;
 
 exports[`LogBoxNotificationContainer should render the latest error notification 1`] = `
-<SafeAreaView
+<View
+  experimental_onSafeAreaInsetsChange={[Function]}
   style={
-    Object {
-      "alignItems": "center",
-      "bottom": 20,
-      "left": 10,
-      "pointerEvents": "box-none",
-      "position": "absolute",
-      "right": 10,
-    }
+    Array [
+      Object {
+        "alignItems": "center",
+        "bottom": 20,
+        "left": 10,
+        "pointerEvents": "box-none",
+        "position": "absolute",
+        "right": 10,
+      },
+      null,
+    ]
   }
 >
   <View
@@ -178,20 +186,24 @@ exports[`LogBoxNotificationContainer should render the latest error notification
       totalLogCount={2}
     />
   </View>
-</SafeAreaView>
+</View>
 `;
 
 exports[`LogBoxNotificationContainer should render the latest warning notification 1`] = `
-<SafeAreaView
+<View
+  experimental_onSafeAreaInsetsChange={[Function]}
   style={
-    Object {
-      "alignItems": "center",
-      "bottom": 20,
-      "left": 10,
-      "pointerEvents": "box-none",
-      "position": "absolute",
-      "right": 10,
-    }
+    Array [
+      Object {
+        "alignItems": "center",
+        "bottom": 20,
+        "left": 10,
+        "pointerEvents": "box-none",
+        "position": "absolute",
+        "right": 10,
+      },
+      null,
+    ]
   }
 >
   <View
@@ -241,5 +253,5 @@ exports[`LogBoxNotificationContainer should render the latest warning notificati
       totalLogCount={2}
     />
   </View>
-</SafeAreaView>
+</View>
 `;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactNativeApi.d.ts b/packages/react-native/ReactNativeApi.d.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<2ceaa8e472a53fc667994edb63ccd995>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<1faa2820bf867aa599cdd390c5c90b00>>
  *
  * This file was generated by scripts/js-api/build-types/index.js.
  */
@@ -5968,7 +5968,8 @@ export {
   RootViewStyleProvider, // d5909148
   Runnable, // 594dd93a
   Runnables, // 4367c557
-  SafeAreaInsetsChangeEvent, // cedb5309
+  SafeAreaInsets, // 64d7a605
+  SafeAreaInsetsChangeEvent, // 4ffd35e5
   SafeAreaView, // d917b6ec
   SafeAreaViewInstance, // 2b5d4391
   ScaledSize, // 07e417c7

diff --git a/packages/react-native/index.js.flow b/packages/react-native/index.js.flow
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ export type {
   NativeTouchEvent,
   NativeUIEvent,
   ResponderSyntheticEvent,
+  SafeAreaInsets,
   SafeAreaInsetsChangeEvent,
   ScrollEvent,
   TargetedEvent,

diff --git a/...ages/react-native/src/private/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaView_INTERNAL_DO_NOT_USE.js b/...ages/react-native/src/private/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaView_INTERNAL_DO_NOT_USE.js
@@ -9,23 +9,62 @@
  */
 
 import type {ViewProps} from '../../../../Libraries/Components/View/ViewPropTypes';
+import type {
+  SafeAreaInsets,
+  SafeAreaInsetsChangeEvent,
+} from '../../../../Libraries/Types/CoreEventTypes';
+import type {HostInstance} from '../../types/HostInstance';
 
 import View from '../../../../Libraries/Components/View/View';
-import UIManager from '../../../../Libraries/ReactNative/UIManager';
-import Platform from '../../../../Libraries/Utilities/Platform';
+import I18nManager from '../../../../Libraries/ReactNative/I18nManager';
 import * as React from 'react';
+import {useCallback, useMemo, useState} from 'react';
 
-const exported: component(
-  ref?: React.RefSetter<React.ElementRef<typeof View>>,
-  ...ViewProps
-) = Platform.select({
-  ios: require('../../../../src/private/components/safeareaview/specs/RCTSafeAreaViewNativeComponent')
-    .default,
-  android: UIManager.hasViewManagerConfig('RCTSafeAreaView')
-    ? require('../../../../src/private/components/safeareaview/specs/RCTSafeAreaViewNativeComponent')
-        .default
-    : View,
-  default: View,
-});
+/**
+ * Renders its children within the safe area of the device, by applying the part
+ * of the view that is covered by the system UI as padding.
+ */
+component SafeAreaView(
+  ref?: React.RefSetter<HostInstance>,
+  ...props: ViewProps
+) {
+  const {style, experimental_onSafeAreaInsetsChange, ...otherProps} = props;
+  const [insets, setInsets] = useState<?SafeAreaInsets>(null);
+
+  const handleSafeAreaInsetsChange = useCallback(
+    (event: SafeAreaInsetsChangeEvent) => {
+      setInsets(event.nativeEvent.insets);
+      experimental_onSafeAreaInsetsChange?.(event);
+    },
+    [experimental_onSafeAreaInsetsChange],
+  );
+
+  const paddingStyle = useMemo(() => {
+    if (insets == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    // Insets are physical edges, but Yoga remaps paddingLeft/paddingRight to
+    // start/end when I18nManager's swapLeftAndRightInRTL is on, which would
+    // pad the mirror-image edge in RTL. Swap the values so the physical edge
+    // keeps its inset.
+    const {isRTL, doLeftAndRightSwapInRTL} = I18nManager.getConstants();
+    const swap = isRTL && doLeftAndRightSwapInRTL;
+    return {
+      paddingTop: insets.top,
+      paddingRight: swap ? insets.left : insets.right,
+      paddingBottom: insets.bottom,
+      paddingLeft: swap ? insets.right : insets.left,
+    };
+  }, [insets]);
+
+  return (
+    <View
+      {...otherProps}
+      ref={ref}
+      experimental_onSafeAreaInsetsChange={handleSafeAreaInsetsChange}
+      style={[style, paddingStyle]}
+    />
+  );
+}
 
-export default exported;
+export default SafeAreaView;
diff --git a/...eAreaView/__tests__/SafeAreaView-itest.js → ...eareaview/__tests__/SafeAreaView-itest.js b/...eAreaView/__tests__/SafeAreaView-itest.js → ...eareaview/__tests__/SafeAreaView-itest.js
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 
 import '@react-native/fantom/src/setUpDefaultReactNativeEnvironment';
 
+import SafeAreaView from '../SafeAreaView_INTERNAL_DO_NOT_USE';
 import * as Fantom from '@react-native/fantom';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import {SafeAreaView, Text} from 'react-native';
+import {Text} from 'react-native';
 
 describe('<SafeAreaView>', () => {
   it('renders with children', () => {

diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/devsupport/devmenu/elementinspector/InspectorPanel.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/devsupport/devmenu/elementinspector/InspectorPanel.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import type {ElementsHierarchy, InspectedElement} from './Inspector';
 
-import SafeAreaView from '../../../../../Libraries/Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView';
+import SafeAreaView from '../../../components/safeareaview/SafeAreaView_INTERNAL_DO_NOT_USE';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 const ScrollView =