onKeyDownListener doesn't capture any event

[Emilien1982]

Device: DataLogic Memor 10
Android 8.1.0
RN 0.73
react-native-keyevent 0.3.2

My code:

useEffect( () => {
    KeyEvent.onKeyDownListener(handleKeyDown);
    return () => KeyEvent.removeKeyDownListener();
  }, []);
...
const handleKeyDown = (e) => {
    console.log( e )
  }

My callback is never fired.
I use an external bluetooth keyboard
And I also tried on Samsung S21 (Android 14). Nothing works.

Looks like I 'm the only one who have this issue. Did I miss something on install?
With RN 0.73, no need to manually link.
I'm a bit confused by the Configuration part of the doc because I didn't found MainActivity.java. I found MainActivity.kt, I tried to add the "overide onKeyDown" part. But no effect.

Any idea ?

[ancaaivanoaei]

This is also reproducing on RN 0.74, react-native-keyevent 0.3.2 for me. Did you find any workaround for this?

[Emilien1982]

No ...

[Rananjaya]

same here

[Manoj-Crayond]

This worked for me #84

[tlow92]

After having issues with expo 52 with this, I wrote a new module that does not need any setup.
In case you want to try it https://github.com/tlow92/expo-key-event
Let me know if you face any issues