React Native FlatList keyboardShouldPersistTaps not persisting

I have a very frustrating situation. Trying to get keyboard to disappear and detect onPress event handler in child row.

Here is what my code looks like:

  _renderRow = (prediction) => {
    return (
      <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => {
        Keyboard.dismiss();
        this.setState({ location: prediction.description });
      }}>
        <View style={styles.listItemContainer}>
          <Text>{prediction.description}</Text>
        </View>
      </TouchableOpacity>
    )
  }

  render() {
    return (
    <View style={styles.wrapper}>
      {/* style={[this.state.predictions.length > 0 ? styles.searchContainerSuggest : styles.searchContainer]} */}
      <View style={styles.searchContainerSuggest}>
        <View style={{paddingLeft: 10, height: 45, display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'center'}}>
          <TextInput
            placeholder="Enter location"
            value={this.state.location}
            onChangeText={location => this.onChangeLocation(location)}
            style={styles.textInput}
          />
        </View>
        {this.state.predictions.length && this.state.location !== '' ?
          <FlatList
            keyboardShouldPersistTaps={'handled'}
            refreshing={!this.state.loaded}
            initialNumToRender={10}
            enableEmptySections={true}
            data={this.state.predictions}
            keyExtractor={(_, index) => index.toString()}
            renderItem={ ({item: prediction}) => this._renderRow(prediction) } />
            : null}
      </View>
    </View>
    );
  }

I probably need a helping hand or two with regards to how to debug this issue.

Looked up several examples on how to deal with hiding the keyboard and allowing a particular selection to be pressed at the same time.

I thought that keyboardShouldPersistTaps would allow for the child selection to be selected. Upon selection, the onPress event handler will trigger and that will be where I call Keyboard.dismiss() to hide the keyboard. Does not seem to work.