React Native 0.78 ListItem.Accordion Each child in a list should have a unique "key" prop.

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I directly copied the following code in React Native 0.78 version

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“Each child in a list should have a unique "key" prop. Check the render method of View. It was passed a child from PadView.”

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I have already set the key, but this error still occurred
“Each child in a list should have a unique "key" prop. Check the render method of View. It was passed a child from PadView.”

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“Each child in a list should have a unique "key" prop. Check the render method of `View`. It was passed a child from PadView.”

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Local Dependencies:

@rneui/base : ^4.0.0-rc.8
@rneui/themed : ^4.0.0-rc.8
react : 18.3.1
react-native : 0.78.0
@types/react : ^19

@rneui/base : ^4.0.0-rc.8
@rneui/themed : ^4.0.0-rc.8
react : 19
react-native : 0.78.0
@types/react : ^19

I upgraded my project from rn0.68 to rn0.78 along with rneui upgrade and have same issue.

It seems if multiple items are under <ListItem>, the warning is displayed. Here are simplified demonstrations of the issue. To demonstrate the problem, I added keys at all levels.
Example 1:

<FlatList
	keyExtractor={(item) => item.itemID}
	data={[{itemID: "aaaa"}]}
	renderItem={({ item }) => {
		return (
		<ListItem 			key={"item" + item.itemID}     >
			<ListItem.Title 	key={"title" + item.itemID}	>{"bcd"}</ListItem.Title>
			<ListItem.Subtitle 	key={"Subtitle" + item.itemID}>{"bcd"}</ListItem.Subtitle>
		</ListItem>);
	}}
/>

Example 2:

<FlatList
	keyExtractor={(item) => item.itemID}
	data={[{itemID: "aaaa"}]}
	renderItem={({ item }) => {
		return (
		<ListItem 			key={"item" + item.itemID}>
			<Avatar 		key={"avatar" + item.itemID} 	title="abc" />
			<ListItem.Content 	key={"content" + item.itemID}></ListItem.Content>
		</ListItem>);
	}}
/>

Quick fix with patch-package https://github.com/ds300/patch-package#readme

diff --git a/node_modules/@rneui/base/dist/ListItem/components/PadView.js b/node_modules/@rneui/base/dist/ListItem/components/PadView.js
index 0e90243..d352736 100644
--- a/node_modules/@rneui/base/dist/ListItem/components/PadView.js
+++ b/node_modules/@rneui/base/dist/ListItem/components/PadView.js
@@ -11,13 +11,30 @@ var __rest = (this && this.__rest) || function (s, e) {
 };
 import React, { useRef } from 'react';
 import { View } from 'react-native';
+
 export const PadView = (_a) => {
     var { children, pad, Component } = _a, props = __rest(_a, ["children", "pad", "Component"]);
     const _root = useRef(null);
     const length = React.Children.count(children);
     const Container = Component || View;
-    return (React.createElement(Container, Object.assign({}, props, { ref: _root, testID: "RNE__LISTITEM__padView" }), React.Children.map(children, (child, index) => child && [
-        child,
-        index !== length - 1 && React.createElement(View, { style: { paddingLeft: pad } }),
-    ])));
+    
+    return (
+        React.createElement(
+            Container, 
+            Object.assign({}, props, { ref: _root, testID: "RNE__LISTITEM__padView" }), 
+            React.Children.map(children, (child, index) => 
+                child && [
+                    React.cloneElement(child, { key: `child-${index}` }),
+                    index !== length - 1 && 
+                        React.createElement(
+                            View, 
+                            { 
+                                style: { paddingLeft: pad }, 
+                                key: `separator-${index}` 
+                            }
+                        ),
+                ]
+            )
+        )
+    );
 };
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@FTW-001 This library is no longer maintained and if you wish you can use fork of this library where this issues is fixed and also some other issues are also fixed there.

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There was a post from one of the mods in this thread (#3925) that says that they intend to revive it.

I replaced ListItem.Accordion with your a custom Accordion component using Expo-compatible components like Pressable, Animated, and View.

// components/AccordionItem.tsx

import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
import {
    View,
    Text,
    Pressable,
    LayoutAnimation,
    Platform,
    UIManager,
    Animated,
} from 'react-native'

if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
    UIManager.setLayoutAnimationEnabledExperimental?.(true)
}

interface AccordionItemProps {
    title: string
    description: string
    isExpanded: boolean
    onPress: () => void
}

const AccordionItem: React.FC<AccordionItemProps> = ({
    title,
    description,
    isExpanded,
    onPress,
}) => {
    const rotateAnim = useRef(new Animated.Value(0)).current

    useEffect(() => {
        Animated.timing(rotateAnim, {
            toValue: isExpanded ? 1 : 0,
            duration: 200,
            useNativeDriver: true,
        }).start()
    }, [isExpanded, rotateAnim])

    const rotation = rotateAnim.interpolate({
        inputRange: [0, 1],
        outputRange: ['0deg', '180deg'],
    })

    const handlePress = () => {
        LayoutAnimation.configureNext(LayoutAnimation.Presets.easeInEaseOut)
        onPress()
    }

    return (
        <View className="bg-white border-b border-gray-200">
            <Pressable
                onPress={handlePress}
                className="flex-row items-center justify-between px-4 py-3"
                accessibilityRole="button"
                accessibilityState={{ expanded: isExpanded }}
            >
                <Text className="flex-1 text-base font-semibold text-black">
                    {title}
                </Text>
                <Animated.View style={{ transform: [{ rotate: rotation }] }}>
                    <Ionicons name="chevron-down" size={20} color="black" />
                </Animated.View>
            </Pressable>
            {isExpanded && (
                <View className="px-4 py-3 bg-gray-100">
                    <Text className="leading-6 text-black">{description}</Text>
                </View>
            )}
        </View>
    )
}

export default AccordionItem```

// in the component

``` const handleAccordionPress = (index: number) => {
        const newLoadingStates = loadingStates.map((_, i) => i === index)
        setLoadingStates(newLoadingStates)
        setExpandedIndex((prevIndex) => (prevIndex === index ? null : index))
        setTimeout(() => {
            setLoadingStates(loadingStates.map(() => false))

            // Check if the last accordion is expanded
            if (index === steps.length - 1 && scrollViewRef.current) {
                // Scroll to the end of the ScrollView
                scrollViewRef.current.scrollToEnd({ animated: true })
            }
        }, 100)
    }

 <View className="bg-white shadow-sm pb-[80px]">
                        {steps.map((item, index) => (
                            <AccordionItem
                                key={item.id}
                                title={item.title}
                                description={item.description}
                                isExpanded={expandedIndex === index}
                                onPress={() => handleAccordionPress(index)}
                            />
                        ))}
                    </View>```

Seems like there was some additional formatting to the patch file in claudiozam's comment above.
Here is a super minimal diff generated by patch-package - all it adds is the ", key: PadView-${index}" to the View component.
This solved the issue for me on Accordion and also the @rneui/themed ListItem I was using elsewhere. Not 100% sure why this wasn't a problem with react 18 though.

diff --git a/node_modules/@rneui/base/dist/ListItem/components/PadView.js b/node_modules/@rneui/base/dist/ListItem/components/PadView.js
index 0e90243..3f743bd 100644
--- a/node_modules/@rneui/base/dist/ListItem/components/PadView.js
+++ b/node_modules/@rneui/base/dist/ListItem/components/PadView.js
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ export const PadView = (_a) => {
     const Container = Component || View;
     return (React.createElement(Container, Object.assign({}, props, { ref: _root, testID: "RNE__LISTITEM__padView" }), React.Children.map(children, (child, index) => child && [
         child,
-        index !== length - 1 && React.createElement(View, { style: { paddingLeft: pad } }),
+        index !== length - 1 && React.createElement(View, { style: { paddingLeft: pad }, key: `PadView-${index}` }),
     ])));
 };

This is fixed on the current next branch by commit 301f2af, which gives every generated PadView spacer a stable key. I also reran the focused ListItem suite against React 19.1.0 with an explicit console.error assertion for the unique-key warning; the two-child Title/Subtitle case is clean (13/13 tests pass). The fix shipped after 4.0.0-rc.8, first in v5.0.0-beta.1 and now in stable v5.0.0, so upgrading to v5 should resolve this issue. It can likely be closed.

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React Native 0.78 ListItem.Accordion Each child in a list should have a unique "key" prop. #3968

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