[Android] textAlignVertical doesn't work on nested text

This issue has already been reported (#18790), but closed for "stalling". As of React Native 0.63.3, the bug still exists.

Description

textAlignVertical works fine when set on the top-most Text component. However, if you have any nested texts (a common use case), you can not override the alignVertical in the child Text component.

React Native version:

System:
OS: Linux 5.4 Manjaro Linux
CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8809G CPU @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 1.54 GB / 31.29 GB
Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 14.15.0 - /tmp/xfs-2fbb69bb/node
Yarn: 2.2.2 - /tmp/xfs-2fbb69bb/yarn
npm: 6.14.8 - /usr/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/bin/watchman
SDKs:
Android SDK:
API Levels: 28, 29
Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.0, 29.0.2, 29.0.3, 30.0.0, 30.0.1
System Images: android-22 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-23 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 4.1 AI-201.8743.12.41.6858069
Languages:
Java: 1.8.0_265 - /usr/bin/javac
Python: 3.8.6 - /usr/bin/python
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1
react-native: ^0.63.3 => 0.63.3
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Steps To Reproduce

Create an app which renders the following component:

export default function App() {
  return (
      <Text>
        <Text>This is text</Text>
        <Text style={{textAlignVertical: 'top', fontSize: 10}}>sup!</Text>
      </Text>
  );
}

Expected Results

The "sup!" Text node should be aligned to the top edge of the line. Instead, "sup!" is aligned with the baseline:

Web (expected)

Android

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

https://snack.expo.io/@jsamr/android-textalignvertical

Inizia eseguendo l’esempio Snack fornito o il componente dai passaggi per la riproduzione su React Native 0.63.3 e confronta Android con il comportamento web previsto. Traccia quindi il comportamento di allineamento di Text annidato su Android e verifica che il nodo figlio “sup!” si allinei al bordo superiore della riga senza compromettere l’allineamento di Text di primo livello.