diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/KeyboardHandlingExample.js b/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/KeyboardHandlingExample.js
index 7a0674a5..01e2ce76 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/KeyboardHandlingExample.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/KeyboardHandlingExample.js
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ class ScreenOne extends React.Component {
 }
 
 class ScreenTwo extends React.Component {
-  static navigationOptions = {
-    title: 'Screen w/ Input',
-  };
+  static navigationOptions = ({ navigation }) => ({
+    title: navigation.getParam('inputValue', 'Screen w/ Input'),
+  });
 
   componentDidMount() {
     InteractionManager.runAfterInteractions(() => {
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class ScreenTwo extends React.Component {
         <View style={{ alignSelf: 'center', paddingVertical: 20 }}>
           <TextInput
             ref={c => (this._textInput = c)}
+            onChangeText={inputValue => navigation.setParams({ inputValue })}
             style={{
               backgroundColor: 'white',
               height: 24,
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/src/navigators/createKeyboardAwareNavigator.js b/packages/react-navigation/src/navigators/createKeyboardAwareNavigator.js
index 8da2d5bf..5b76a5ac 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/src/navigators/createKeyboardAwareNavigator.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/src/navigators/createKeyboardAwareNavigator.js
@@ -39,10 +39,16 @@ export default Navigator =>
     };
 
     _handleTransitionStart = (transitionProps, prevTransitionProps) => {
-      const currentField = TextInput.State.currentlyFocusedField();
-      if (currentField) {
-        TextInput.State.blurTextInput(currentField);
+      // TODO: We should not even have received the transition start event
+      // in the case where the index did not change, I believe. We
+      // should revisit this after 2.0 release.
+      if (transitionProps.index !== prevTransitionProps.index) {
+        const currentField = TextInput.State.currentlyFocusedField();
+        if (currentField) {
+          TextInput.State.blurTextInput(currentField);
+        }
       }
+
       this.props.onTransitionStart &&
         this.props.onTransitionStart(transitionProps, prevTransitionProps);
     };