react-native: Placeholder's TextInput breaking lines after change on Android

Description

When component start, works fine. After change value from <TextInput /> and delete it, the placeholder appears, passes 1 second and it break line.

React Native version:

    OS: macOS 11.1
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1038NG7 CPU @ 2.00GHz
    Memory: 102.36 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 15.5.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 7.3.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.10.0 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 14.3, DriverKit 20.2, macOS 11.1, tvOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 28, 29, 30
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 30.0.3
      System Images: android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 4.1 AI-201.8743.12.41.6953283
    Xcode: 12.3/12C33 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 1.8.0_242-release - /usr/bin/javac
    Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1 
    react-native: 0.63.2 => 0.63.2 
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Steps To Reproduce

Access snack and set Android
Type on TextInput to disappear placeholder
Break placeholder

Expected Results

Placeholder not break line after disappear

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository:

https://snack.expo.io/z7tbAWsYc

About this issue

Original URL
State: open
Created 4 years ago
Reactions: 8
Comments: 17 (1 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Was able to repro in the snack.

Initial state
Type something
After deleting the text you just typed, the placeholder text no longer respects numberOfLines

+28

chrisglein on Jan 12, 2021

Adding a flex: 1 with my ‘width’ parameters to the style of the TextInput seems to correct the issues in my case.

MagnasiePro on Jun 1, 2022

Hi, I’m also running into this issue. Any updates on this by chance?

I don’t know if it helps others in the meantime, but I found by forcing the minWidth of the input to be large than to contentSize of the placeholder. For me, that ended up ‘95%’ of the container width (to account for padding). It was not the most ideal solution, but it was the simplest trying to resolve it until this was actually addressed.

SparkleFaerieCoder on Nov 9, 2021

It is also appear on Android version 10 (real device Samsung A7). React native version 0.64.2

Previously, the TextInput shows: “This is a tex…”. But now, the placeholder has multiple lines, which break the App’s UI

LuongTruong on Aug 14, 2021

same here

parthasarathi95 on Jun 9, 2023

anything update?

ghost on Oct 22, 2021

Since this does repro in Expo, is the problem that Expo is lagging behind on Android SDK maybe?

chrisglein on Mar 16, 2021

Still encountering this issue with longer placeholder text