meliorence / meliorence/react-native-snap-carousel
Extra Padding Between Carousel and parent View with marginTop
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Description
Is this a bug report, a feature request, or a question?
Question
Have you followed the required steps before opening a bug report?
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- I have read the guidelines regarding bug report.
- I have reviewed the documentation in its entirety, including the dedicated documentations 📚.
- I have searched for existing issues and made sure that the problem hasn't already been reported.
- I am using the latest plugin version.
- I am following the issue template closely in order to produce a useful bug report.
Have you made sure that it wasn't a React Native bug?
Yes
Is the bug specific to iOS or Android? Or can it be reproduced on both platforms?
Currently tested it with only Android
Is the bug reproductible in a production environment (not a debug one)?
Haven't tried in production environment
Environment
Environment:
React: 16.9.0
React native: 0.61.2
react-native-snap-carousel: ^3.8.4
Target Platform:
Android (6.0)
Expected Behavior
When I use marginTop in my parent View of Horizontal Carousel, I am getting some extra padding in the bottom. The padding increases as I increase the marginTop.

I already tried the suggestions mentioned in https://github.com/archriss/react-native-snap-carousel/issues/489 and it didn't resolve the problem.
Actual Behavior
There shouldn't be any padding at the bottom when I use marginTop in style of my parent View.
Reproducible Demo
https://snack.expo.io/B1S-Ht96B
Steps to Reproduce
- Change marginTop value from 0 to 50%
- You will observe the bottom padding keeps increasing with the same
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked Expo Snack and reproduce the Android behavior using the stated React Native and carousel versions. Compare the layout with marginTop set to 0 and 50%, and review the related issue #489 for context. Done means identifying the source of the increasing bottom space and confirming whether the component or its usage needs a documented or code-level change.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react-native
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100