diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollContentView.java b/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollContentView.java
index a4acb0c1e13..9543c1b09ab 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollContentView.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollContentView.java
@@ -11,13 +11,45 @@
  */
 public class InvertedScrollContentView extends ReactViewGroup {
 
+  private boolean mIsInvertedContent = false;
+
   public InvertedScrollContentView(android.content.Context context) {
     super(context);
   }
 
+  public void setIsInvertedContent(boolean isInverted) {
+    mIsInvertedContent = isInverted;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void addChildrenForAccessibility(ArrayList<View> outChildren) {
     super.addChildrenForAccessibility(outChildren);
-    Collections.reverse(outChildren);
+    if (mIsInvertedContent) {
+      Collections.reverse(outChildren);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void addFocusables(ArrayList<View> views, int direction, int focusableMode) {
+    super.addFocusables(views, direction, focusableMode);
+    if (mIsInvertedContent) {
+      // Find indices of focusables that are children of this view
+      ArrayList<Integer> childIndices = new ArrayList<>();
+      for (int i = 0; i < views.size(); i++) {
+        View v = views.get(i);
+        if (v.getParent() == this) {
+          childIndices.add(i);
+        }
+      }
+      // Reverse only the sublist of children focusables
+      int n = childIndices.size();
+      for (int i = 0; i < n / 2; i++) {
+        int idx1 = childIndices.get(i);
+        int idx2 = childIndices.get(n - 1 - i);
+        View temp = views.get(idx1);
+        views.set(idx1, views.get(idx2));
+        views.set(idx2, temp);
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollContentViewManager.java b/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollContentViewManager.java
index d30f9fc84c2..095c2463424 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollContentViewManager.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollContentViewManager.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.views.view.ReactViewManager;
 
 /**
@@ -22,4 +23,9 @@ public String getName() {
   public InvertedScrollContentView createViewInstance(ThemedReactContext context) {
     return new InvertedScrollContentView(context);
   }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "isInvertedContent")
+  public void setIsInvertedContent(InvertedScrollContentView view, boolean isInverted) {
+    view.setIsInvertedContent(isInverted);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollView.java b/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollView.java
index def585a7511..673a72cf79d 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollView.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/chat/rocket/reactnative/scroll/InvertedScrollView.java
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 // When a FlatList is inverted (inverted={true}), React Native uses scaleY: -1 transform which
 // visually inverts the list but Android still reports children in array order. This view overrides
-// addChildrenForAccessibility to reverse the order so TalkBack matches the visual order.
+// addChildrenForAccessibility to reverse the order so TalkBack matches the visual order, and also
+// adjusts keyboard/D-pad focus navigation to behave like a non-inverted list.
 
 public class InvertedScrollView extends ReactScrollView {
 
@@ -21,11 +22,54 @@ public InvertedScrollView(ReactContext context) {
   
   // Set whether this ScrollView is used for an inverted virtualized list. When true, we reverse the
   // accessibility traversal order to match the visual order.
-  
+
   public void setIsInvertedVirtualizedList(boolean isInverted) {
     mIsInvertedVirtualizedList = isInverted;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public View focusSearch(View focused, int direction) {
+    if (mIsInvertedVirtualizedList) {
+      switch (direction) {
+        case View.FOCUS_DOWN:
+          direction = View.FOCUS_UP;
+          break;
+        case View.FOCUS_UP:
+          direction = View.FOCUS_DOWN;
+          break;
+        case View.FOCUS_FORWARD:
+          direction = View.FOCUS_BACKWARD;
+          break;
+        case View.FOCUS_BACKWARD:
+          direction = View.FOCUS_FORWARD;
+          break;
+        default:
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+    return super.focusSearch(focused, direction);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void addFocusables(ArrayList<View> views, int direction, int focusableMode) {
+    int initialSize = views.size();
+
+    super.addFocusables(views, direction, focusableMode);
+
+    if (!mIsInvertedVirtualizedList) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (direction == View.FOCUS_FORWARD || direction == View.FOCUS_BACKWARD) {
+      int newSize = views.size();
+      int addedCount = newSize - initialSize;
+      if (addedCount > 1) {
+        java.util.List<View> subList = views.subList(initialSize, newSize);
+        Collections.reverse(subList);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void addChildrenForAccessibility(ArrayList<View> outChildren) {
     super.addChildrenForAccessibility(outChildren);
diff --git a/app/views/RoomView/List/components/InvertedScrollView.tsx b/app/views/RoomView/List/components/InvertedScrollView.tsx
index c160fbcc42a..89bc255ebc3 100644
--- a/app/views/RoomView/List/components/InvertedScrollView.tsx
+++ b/app/views/RoomView/List/components/InvertedScrollView.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
 });
 
 type ScrollViewPropsWithRef = ScrollViewProps & React.RefAttributes<NativeScrollInstance | null>;
+type InvertedScrollViewProps = ScrollViewProps & { inverted?: boolean };
 type NativeScrollInstance = React.ComponentRef<NonNullable<typeof NativeInvertedScrollView>>;
 interface IScrollableMethods {
 	scrollTo(options?: { x?: number; y?: number; animated?: boolean }): void;
@@ -44,11 +45,11 @@ export type InvertedScrollViewRef = NativeScrollInstance & IScrollableMethods;
 
 const NativeInvertedScrollView = requireNativeComponent<ScrollViewProps>('InvertedScrollView');
 
-const NativeInvertedScrollContentView = requireNativeComponent<ViewProps & { removeClippedSubviews?: boolean }>(
-	'InvertedScrollContentView'
-);
+const NativeInvertedScrollContentView = requireNativeComponent<
+	ViewProps & { removeClippedSubviews?: boolean; isInvertedContent?: boolean }
+>('InvertedScrollContentView');
 
-const InvertedScrollView = forwardRef<InvertedScrollViewRef, ScrollViewProps>((props, externalRef) => {
+const InvertedScrollView = forwardRef<InvertedScrollViewRef, InvertedScrollViewProps>((props, externalRef) => {
 	const internalRef = useRef<NativeScrollInstance | null>(null);
 
 	useLayoutEffect(() => {
@@ -136,13 +137,16 @@ const InvertedScrollView = forwardRef<InvertedScrollViewRef, ScrollViewProps>((p
 		return null;
 	}
 	const ScrollView = NativeInvertedScrollView as React.ComponentType<ScrollViewPropsWithRef>;
-	const ContentView = NativeInvertedScrollContentView as React.ComponentType<ViewProps & { removeClippedSubviews?: boolean }>;
-
+	const ContentView = NativeInvertedScrollContentView as React.ComponentType<
+		ViewProps & { removeClippedSubviews?: boolean; isInvertedContent?: boolean }
+	>;
+	console.log('props.inverted', props.inverted);
 	return (
 		<ScrollView ref={setRef} {...restWithoutStyle} style={StyleSheet.compose(baseStyle, style)} horizontal={horizontal}>
 			<ContentView
 				{...contentSizeChangeProps}
 				removeClippedSubviews={hasStickyHeaders ? false : removeClippedSubviews}
+				isInvertedContent={!!props.inverted}
 				collapsable={false}
 				collapsableChildren={!preserveChildren}
 				style={contentContainerStyleArray as StyleProp<ViewStyle>}>
diff --git a/app/views/RoomView/List/components/List.tsx b/app/views/RoomView/List/components/List.tsx
index 7ffe0135587..64ee74a8e79 100644
--- a/app/views/RoomView/List/components/List.tsx
+++ b/app/views/RoomView/List/components/List.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
-import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
+import { Platform, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
 import Animated, { runOnJS, useAnimatedScrollHandler } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
 import { isIOS } from '../../../../lib/methods/helpers';
@@ -22,6 +22,41 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
 const List = ({ listRef, jumpToBottom, ...props }: IListProps) => {
 	const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false);
 	const { isAutocompleteVisible } = useRoomContext();
+	const { data, renderItem, ...flatListProps } = props;
+
+	const renderItemWithFocus: IListProps['renderItem'] = info => {
+		if (!renderItem) {
+			return null as any;
+		}
+
+		if (Platform.OS !== 'android') {
+			return renderItem(info);
+		}
+
+		const total = data?.length ?? 0;
+		const { index } = info;
+		const itemId = `room-message-${index}`;
+
+		const nextFocusUp = index < total - 1 ? `room-message-${index + 1}` : undefined;
+		const nextFocusDown = index > 0 ? `room-message-${index - 1}` : undefined;
+
+		return (
+			<View
+				nativeID={itemId}
+				focusable
+				{...(Platform.OS === 'android'
+					? {
+							// @ts-ignore Android-only props not in ViewProps types
+							nextFocusUp,
+							// @ts-ignore Android-only props not in ViewProps types
+							nextFocusDown
+					  }
+					: null)}>
+				{renderItem(info)}
+			</View>
+		);
+	};
+
 	const scrollHandler = useAnimatedScrollHandler({
 		onScroll: event => {
 			if (event.contentOffset.y > SCROLL_LIMIT) {
@@ -36,15 +71,18 @@ const List = ({ listRef, jumpToBottom, ...props }: IListProps) => {
 		<View style={styles.list}>
 			{/* @ts-ignore */}
 			<Animated.FlatList
+				{...flatListProps}
 				accessibilityElementsHidden={isAutocompleteVisible}
 				importantForAccessibility={isAutocompleteVisible ? 'no-hide-descendants' : 'yes'}
 				testID='room-view-messages'
 				ref={listRef}
 				keyExtractor={item => item.id}
+				data={data}
+				renderItem={renderItemWithFocus}
 				contentContainerStyle={styles.contentContainer}
 				style={styles.list}
-				inverted
-				renderScrollComponent={isIOS ? undefined : props => <InvertedScrollView {...props} />}
+				inverted={props.inverted || true}
+				renderScrollComponent={isIOS ? undefined : scrollProps => <InvertedScrollView {...scrollProps} />}
 				removeClippedSubviews={isIOS}
 				initialNumToRender={7}
 				onEndReachedThreshold={0.5}
@@ -52,7 +90,6 @@ const List = ({ listRef, jumpToBottom, ...props }: IListProps) => {
 				windowSize={10}
 				scrollEventThrottle={16}
 				onScroll={scrollHandler}
-				{...props}
 				{...scrollPersistTaps}
 			/>
 			<NavBottomFAB visible={visible} onPress={jumpToBottom} />