diff --git a/packages/stack/src/navigators/createStackNavigator.tsx b/packages/stack/src/navigators/createStackNavigator.tsx
index 6676ce86..6b3579bd 100644
--- a/packages/stack/src/navigators/createStackNavigator.tsx
+++ b/packages/stack/src/navigators/createStackNavigator.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { StackRouter, createNavigator } from '@react-navigation/core';
-import { createKeyboardAwareNavigator } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import { Platform } from 'react-native';
 import StackView from '../views/Stack/StackView';
 import {
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   NavigationProp,
   Screen,
 } from '../types';
+import KeyboardManager from '../views/KeyboardManager';
 
 function createStackNavigator(
   routeConfigMap: {
@@ -26,13 +27,19 @@ function createStackNavigator(
 ) {
   const router = StackRouter(routeConfigMap, stackConfig);
 
-  // Create a navigator with StackView as the view
-  let Navigator = createNavigator(StackView, router, stackConfig);
-  if (!stackConfig.disableKeyboardHandling && Platform.OS !== 'web') {
-    Navigator = createKeyboardAwareNavigator(Navigator, stackConfig);
+  if (stackConfig.disableKeyboardHandling || Platform.OS === 'web') {
+    return createNavigator(StackView, router, stackConfig);
   }
 
-  return Navigator;
+  return createNavigator(
+    navigatorProps => (
+      <KeyboardManager>
+        {props => <StackView {...props} {...navigatorProps} />}
+      </KeyboardManager>
+    ),
+    router,
+    stackConfig
+  );
 }
 
 export default createStackNavigator;
diff --git a/packages/stack/src/views/KeyboardManager.tsx b/packages/stack/src/views/KeyboardManager.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01721bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stack/src/views/KeyboardManager.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { TextInput, Keyboard } from 'react-native';
+
+type Props = {
+  children: (props: {
+    onPageChangeStart: () => void;
+    onPageChangeConfirm: () => void;
+    onPageChangeCancel: () => void;
+  }) => React.ReactNode;
+};
+
+export default class KeyboardManager extends React.Component<Props> {
+  // Numeric id of the previously focused text input
+  // When a gesture didn't change the tab, we can restore the focused input with this
+  private previouslyFocusedTextInput: number | null = null;
+
+  private handlePageChangeStart = () => {
+    const input = TextInput.State.currentlyFocusedField();
+
+    // When a page change begins, blur the currently focused input
+    TextInput.State.blurTextInput(input);
+
+    // Store the id of this input so we can refocus it if change was cancelled
+    this.previouslyFocusedTextInput = input;
+  };
+
+  private handlePageChangeConfirm = () => {
+    Keyboard.dismiss();
+
+    // Cleanup the ID on successful page change
+    this.previouslyFocusedTextInput = null;
+  };
+
+  private handlePageChangeCancel = () => {
+    // The page didn't change, we should restore the focus of text input
+    const input = this.previouslyFocusedTextInput;
+
+    if (input) {
+      TextInput.State.focusTextInput(input);
+    }
+
+    this.previouslyFocusedTextInput = null;
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    return this.props.children({
+      onPageChangeStart: this.handlePageChangeStart,
+      onPageChangeConfirm: this.handlePageChangeConfirm,
+      onPageChangeCancel: this.handlePageChangeCancel,
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/Stack.tsx b/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/Stack.tsx
index ddafc88f..3e520a31 100755
--- a/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/Stack.tsx
+++ b/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/Stack.tsx
@@ -46,13 +46,9 @@ type Props = {
   renderHeader: (props: HeaderContainerProps) => React.ReactNode;
   renderScene: (props: { route: Route }) => React.ReactNode;
   headerMode: HeaderMode;
-  onTransitionStart?: (
-    current: { index: number },
-    previous: { index: number }
-  ) => void;
-  onGestureBegin?: () => void;
-  onGestureCanceled?: () => void;
-  onGestureEnd?: () => void;
+  onPageChangeStart?: () => void;
+  onPageChangeConfirm?: () => void;
+  onPageChangeCancel?: () => void;
 };
 
 type State = {
@@ -258,20 +254,10 @@ export default class Stack extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     }));
   };
 
-  private handleTransitionStart = ({
-    route,
-    current,
-    previous,
-  }: {
-    route: Route;
-    current: { index: number };
-    previous: { index: number };
-  }) => {
-    const { onTransitionStart, descriptors } = this.props;
+  private handleTransitionStart = ({ route }: { route: Route }) => {
+    const { descriptors } = this.props;
     const descriptor = descriptors[route.key];
 
-    onTransitionStart && onTransitionStart(current, previous);
-
     descriptor &&
       descriptor.options.onTransitionStart &&
       descriptor.options.onTransitionStart();
@@ -300,9 +286,9 @@ export default class Stack extends React.Component<Props, State> {
       renderHeader,
       renderScene,
       headerMode,
-      onGestureBegin,
-      onGestureCanceled,
-      onGestureEnd,
+      onPageChangeStart,
+      onPageChangeConfirm,
+      onPageChangeCancel,
     } = this.props;
 
     const { scenes, layout, progress, floatingHeaderHeights } = this.state;
@@ -386,9 +372,9 @@ export default class Stack extends React.Component<Props, State> {
                   cardShadowEnabled={cardShadowEnabled}
                   cardStyle={cardStyle}
                   gesturesEnabled={index !== 0 && getGesturesEnabled({ route })}
-                  onGestureBegin={onGestureBegin}
-                  onGestureCanceled={onGestureCanceled}
-                  onGestureEnd={onGestureEnd}
+                  onPageChangeStart={onPageChangeStart}
+                  onPageChangeConfirm={onPageChangeConfirm}
+                  onPageChangeCancel={onPageChangeCancel}
                   gestureResponseDistance={gestureResponseDistance}
                   floatingHeaderHeight={floatingHeaderHeights[route.key]}
                   hasCustomHeader={header === null}
diff --git a/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/StackItem.tsx b/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/StackItem.tsx
index 69904b6f..7a2cec83 100644
--- a/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/StackItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/StackItem.tsx
@@ -33,15 +33,11 @@ type Props = TransitionPreset & {
   onOpenRoute: (props: { route: Route }) => void;
   onCloseRoute: (props: { route: Route }) => void;
   onGoBack: (props: { route: Route }) => void;
-  onTransitionStart?: (props: {
-    route: Route;
-    current: { index: number };
-    previous: { index: number };
-  }) => void;
+  onTransitionStart?: (props: { route: Route }) => void;
   onTransitionEnd?: (props: { route: Route }) => void;
-  onGestureBegin?: () => void;
-  onGestureCanceled?: () => void;
-  onGestureEnd?: () => void;
+  onPageChangeStart?: () => void;
+  onPageChangeConfirm?: () => void;
+  onPageChangeCancel?: () => void;
   gestureResponseDistance?: {
     vertical?: number;
     horizontal?: number;
@@ -68,15 +64,21 @@ export default class StackItem extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   };
 
   private handleTransitionStart = ({ closing }: { closing: boolean }) => {
-    const { index, scene, onTransitionStart, onGoBack } = this.props;
+    const {
+      scene,
+      onTransitionStart,
+      onPageChangeConfirm,
+      onPageChangeCancel,
+      onGoBack,
+    } = this.props;
 
-    onTransitionStart &&
-      onTransitionStart({
-        route: scene.route,
-        previous: { index: closing ? index - 1 : index },
-        current: { index },
-      });
+    if (closing) {
+      onPageChangeConfirm && onPageChangeConfirm();
+    } else {
+      onPageChangeCancel && onPageChangeCancel();
+    }
 
+    onTransitionStart && onTransitionStart({ route: scene.route });
     closing && onGoBack({ route: scene.route });
   };
 
@@ -96,9 +98,8 @@ export default class StackItem extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
       cardShadowEnabled,
       cardStyle,
       gesturesEnabled,
-      onGestureBegin,
-      onGestureCanceled,
-      onGestureEnd,
+      onPageChangeStart,
+      onPageChangeCancel,
       gestureResponseDistance,
       floatingHeaderHeight,
       hasCustomHeader,
@@ -129,9 +130,8 @@ export default class StackItem extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
         shadowEnabled={cardShadowEnabled}
         gesturesEnabled={gesturesEnabled}
         onTransitionStart={this.handleTransitionStart}
-        onGestureBegin={onGestureBegin}
-        onGestureCanceled={onGestureCanceled}
-        onGestureEnd={onGestureEnd}
+        onGestureBegin={onPageChangeStart}
+        onGestureCanceled={onPageChangeCancel}
         gestureResponseDistance={gestureResponseDistance}
         transitionSpec={transitionSpec}
         styleInterpolator={cardStyleInterpolator}
diff --git a/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/StackView.tsx b/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/StackView.tsx
index 8888fb98..393e85c6 100644
--- a/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/StackView.tsx
+++ b/packages/stack/src/views/Stack/StackView.tsx
@@ -16,13 +16,9 @@ type Props = {
   navigation: NavigationProp;
   descriptors: SceneDescriptorMap;
   navigationConfig: NavigationStackConfig;
-  onTransitionStart?: (
-    current: { index: number },
-    previous: { index: number }
-  ) => void;
-  onGestureBegin?: () => void;
-  onGestureCanceled?: () => void;
-  onGestureEnd?: () => void;
+  onPageChangeStart?: () => void;
+  onPageChangeConfirm?: () => void;
+  onPageChangeCancel?: () => void;
   screenProps?: unknown;
 };
 
@@ -275,10 +271,9 @@ class StackView extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     const {
       navigation,
       navigationConfig,
-      onTransitionStart,
-      onGestureBegin,
-      onGestureCanceled,
-      onGestureEnd,
+      onPageChangeStart,
+      onPageChangeConfirm,
+      onPageChangeCancel,
     } = this.props;
 
     const { mode = 'card', ...config } = navigationConfig;
@@ -298,10 +293,9 @@ class StackView extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         onGoBack={this.handleGoBack}
         onOpenRoute={this.handleOpenRoute}
         onCloseRoute={this.handleCloseRoute}
-        onTransitionStart={onTransitionStart}
-        onGestureBegin={onGestureBegin}
-        onGestureCanceled={onGestureCanceled}
-        onGestureEnd={onGestureEnd}
+        onPageChangeStart={onPageChangeStart}
+        onPageChangeConfirm={onPageChangeConfirm}
+        onPageChangeCancel={onPageChangeCancel}
         renderHeader={this.renderHeader}
         renderScene={this.renderScene}
         headerMode={headerMode}