zIndex not properly working in List

[TheNoim]

Is this a bug report?

Yes

Have you read the Contributing Guidelines?

Yes

Environment

 Environment:
  OS:  macOS High Sierra 10.13.1
  Node:  8.9.1
  Yarn:  1.3.2
  npm:  5.5.1
  Watchman:  4.9.0
  Xcode:  Xcode 9.0 Build version 9A235
  Android Studio:  3.0 AI-171.4408382

Packages: (wanted => installed)
  react: 16.0.0-alpha.12 => 16.0.0-alpha.12
  react-native: 0.50.3 => 0.50.3

  Target Platform: iOS (11.2)

Steps to Reproduce

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1. Make a list (FlatList or Array.map, it happens with both)
2. The renderItem should get an onPress event
3. The onPress event changes the style to a high zIndex and position absolute

Expected Behavior

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I expect that the component with the high zIndex is over every other component.

Actual Behavior

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It seems like it ignores the zIndex property. The behavior is exactly like I would not apply any zIndex. I can remove the zIndex and I get the same result.
Google Drive Link to a screenshot.

Reproducible Demo

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Github Demo Project It is an expo project, but It happens also on an ejected rn project. This is just an extract out of my current rn project.
Expo Link
Google Drive Video which show the issue

[yossisal]

@janicduplessis I was wondering if this is related to some other z-index issues you were looking at? Your help is much appreciated!!
It seems that z-Index and elevation are ignored inside VirtualList and its sub classes.

[TheNoim]

Any progress so far?

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Maybe the issue has been fixed in a recent release, or perhaps it is not affecting a lot of people. If you think this issue should definitely remain open, please let us know why. Thank you for your contributions.

[TheNoim]

Z-Index is a very important prop for structuring your ui, so I think this definitely should get fixed.

[react-native-bot]

Thanks for posting this! It looks like you may not be using the latest version of React Native, v0.53.0, released on January 2018. Can you make sure this issue can still be reproduced in the latest version?

I am going to close this, but please feel free to open a new issue if you are able to confirm that this is still a problem in v0.53.0 or newer.

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[ethanyuwang]

Having the same issue here

[SurajMDurgad]

Even I'm having the same issue!

[SophieCooperman]

Having same issue using react-native 0.55.3