🔥[🐛] Reaction picker is fixed to portrait on iOS

[zbarbuto]

Issue

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Steps to reproduce

In a minimal chat app that supports landscape orientation, tapping and holding a message and opening the emoji picker does so rotated to portrait.

Screen.Recording.2026-07-06.at.12.40.55.pm.mov

Edit

As an amendment to this, the issue only appears to happen when the app supports portrait as well.

If we lock the app to landscape only i.e.:

	<key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations</key>
	<array>
		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
	</array>

Then the picker works in landscape - however we also briefly see an error after it is dismissed

Screen.Recording.2026-07-06.at.1.47.52.pm.mov

Expected behavior

The bottom sheet should be in the current orientation, as is the case on Android.

Project Related Information

Customization

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const user = {
  id: chatUserId,
  name: chatUserName,
};

function App() {
  const isDarkMode = useColorScheme() === 'dark';

  return (
    <SafeAreaProvider>
      <GestureHandlerRootView>
        <StatusBar barStyle={isDarkMode ? 'light-content' : 'dark-content'} />
        <ChatWrapper>
          <ChatChannel />
        </ChatWrapper>
      </GestureHandlerRootView>
    </SafeAreaProvider>
  );
}



export const ChatWrapper = ({ children }) => {
  const chatClient = useCreateChatClient({
    apiKey: chatApiKey,
    userData: user,
    tokenOrProvider: chatUserToken,
  });

  if (!chatClient) {
    return (
      <SafeAreaView>
        <Text>Loading chat ...</Text>
      </SafeAreaView>
    );
  }

  return (
    <SafeAreaView>
      <OverlayProvider>
        <Chat client={chatClient}>{children}</Chat>
      </OverlayProvider>
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
};

const ChatChannel = () => {
  const { client } = useChatContext();
  const channel = useRef(client.channel(channelType, channelId));
  return (
    <Channel channel={channel.current}>
      <MessageList />
      <MessageComposer />
    </Channel>
  );
};

export default App;

Offline support

• I have enabled offline support.
• The feature I'm having does not occur when offline support is disabled. (stripe out if not applicable)

Environment

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package.json:

{
  "name": "ReactNativeSandbox",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "android": "react-native run-android",
    "ios": "react-native run-ios",
    "lint": "eslint .",
    "start": "react-native start",
    "test": "jest"
  },
  "reanimated": {
    "staticFeatureFlags": {
      "FORCE_REACT_RENDER_FOR_SETTLED_ANIMATIONS": false
    }
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@react-native-community/netinfo": "12.0.1",
    "@react-native/new-app-screen": "0.85.0",
    "expo": "~56.0.0",
    "expo-image-manipulator": "~56.0.20",
    "react": "19.2.3",
    "react-native": "0.85.0",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "~2.31.1",
    "react-native-reanimated": "4.3.1",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "~5.7.0",
    "react-native-svg": "15.15.4",
    "react-native-teleport": "^1.1.10",
    "react-native-worklets": "0.8.3",
    "stream-chat-expo": "^9.6.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.25.3",
    "@babel/runtime": "^7.25.0",
    "@react-native-community/cli": "20.1.0",
    "@react-native-community/cli-platform-android": "20.1.0",
    "@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios": "20.1.0",
    "@react-native/babel-preset": "0.85.0",
    "@react-native/eslint-config": "0.85.0",
    "@react-native/metro-config": "0.85.0",
    "@react-native/typescript-config": "0.85.0",
    "@types/jest": "^29.5.13",
    "@types/react": "^19.2.0",
    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^19.1.0",
    "babel-preset-expo": "~56.0.0",
    "eslint": "^8.19.0",
    "jest": "^29.6.3",
    "prettier": "2.8.8",
    "react-test-renderer": "19.2.3",
    "typescript": "^5.8.3"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">= 22.11.0"
  }
}

react-native info output:

 OUTPUT GOES HERE

• Platform that you're experiencing the issue on:
  • iOS
  • Android
  • [] iOS but have not tested behavior on Android
  • Android but have not tested behavior on iOS
  • Both
• stream-chat-react-native version you're using that has this issue:
  • e.g. 5.4.3
• Device/Emulator info:
  • I am using a physical device
  • OS version:iOS 26.2
  • Device/Emulator: iPhone 16

Additional context

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