2017 Answer

The KeyboardAvoidingView is probably the best way to go now. Check out the docs here. It is really simple compared to Keyboard module which gives Developer more control to perform animations. Spencer Carli demonstrated all the possible ways on his medium blog.

2015 Answer

The correct way to do this in react-native does not require external libraries, takes advantage of native code, and includes animations.

First define a function that will handle the onFocus event for each TextInput (or any other component you would like to scroll to):

// Scroll a component into view. Just pass the component ref string.
inputFocused (refName) {
  setTimeout(() => {
    let scrollResponder = this.refs.scrollView.getScrollResponder();
    scrollResponder.scrollResponderScrollNativeHandleToKeyboard(
      React.findNodeHandle(this.refs[refName]),
      110, //additionalOffset
      true
    );
  }, 50);
}

Then, in your render function:

render () {
  return (
    <ScrollView ref='scrollView'>
        <TextInput ref='username' 
                   onFocus={this.inputFocused.bind(this, 'username')}
    </ScrollView>
  )
}

This uses the RCTDeviceEventEmitter for keyboard events and sizing, measures the position of the component using RCTUIManager.measureLayout, and calculates the exact scroll movement required in scrollResponderInputMeasureAndScrollToKeyboard.

You may want to play around with the additionalOffset parameter, to fit the needs of your specific UI design.

Facebook open sourced KeyboardAvoidingView in react native 0.29 to solve this problem. Documentation and usage example can be found here.

We combined some of the code form react-native-keyboard-spacer and the code from @Sherlock to create a KeyboardHandler component that can be wrapped around any View with TextInput elements. Works like a charm! :-)

/**
 * Handle resizing enclosed View and scrolling to input
 * Usage:
 *    <KeyboardHandler ref='kh' offset={50}>
 *      <View>
 *        ...
 *        <TextInput ref='username'
 *          onFocus={()=>this.refs.kh.inputFocused(this,'username')}/>
 *        ...
 *      </View>
 *    </KeyboardHandler>
 * 
 *  offset is optional and defaults to 34
 *  Any other specified props will be passed on to ScrollView
 */
'use strict';

var React=require('react-native');
var {
  ScrollView,
  View,
  DeviceEventEmitter,
}=React;


var myprops={ 
  offset:34,
}
var KeyboardHandler=React.createClass({
  propTypes:{
    offset: React.PropTypes.number,
  },
  getDefaultProps(){
    return myprops;
  },
  getInitialState(){
    DeviceEventEmitter.addListener('keyboardDidShow',(frames)=>{
      if (!frames.endCoordinates) return;
      this.setState({keyboardSpace: frames.endCoordinates.height});
    });
    DeviceEventEmitter.addListener('keyboardWillHide',(frames)=>{
      this.setState({keyboardSpace:0});
    });

    this.scrollviewProps={
      automaticallyAdjustContentInsets:true,
      scrollEventThrottle:200,
    };
    // pass on any props we don't own to ScrollView
    Object.keys(this.props).filter((n)=>{return n!='children'})
    .forEach((e)=>{if(!myprops[e])this.scrollviewProps[e]=this.props[e]});

    return {
      keyboardSpace:0,
    };
  },
  render(){
    return (
      <ScrollView ref='scrollView' {...this.scrollviewProps}>
        {this.props.children}
        <View style={{height:this.state.keyboardSpace}}></View>
      </ScrollView>
    );
  },
  inputFocused(_this,refName){
    setTimeout(()=>{
      let scrollResponder=this.refs.scrollView.getScrollResponder();
      scrollResponder.scrollResponderScrollNativeHandleToKeyboard(
        React.findNodeHandle(_this.refs[refName]),
        this.props.offset, //additionalOffset
        true
      );
    }, 50);
  }
}) // KeyboardHandler

module.exports=KeyboardHandler;