Android TextInput placeholder with custom font has incorrect height
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Description
Description
TextInput placeholders that do not use the default android font and differ in their wrap point from the default font may be cut off. For example, if the default font does not wrap, and the custom font is slightly wider and does wrap to the next line, the placeholder will NOT reflect this wrapping, and the TextInput will only be one line.
React Native version:
System:
OS: macOS 11.2.3
CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1068NG7 CPU @ 2.30GHz
Memory: 91.84 MB / 32.00 GB
Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 16.0.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 7.10.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 14.4, 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, 31.0.0
System Images: android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 4.1 AI-201.8743.12.41.6953283
Xcode: 12.4/12D4e - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: 11.0.10 - /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-11.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javac
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1
react-native: 0.64.1 => 0.64.1
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
*react-native*: Not Found
Steps To Reproduce
- Create text input with placeholder string that does not wrap with default font, but does wrap with custom font.
- Second line will not be visible.
Expected Results
Placeholder should adjust height according to its font.
Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository:
https://snack.expo.io/@computerjazz/textinput-android-bug
expected behavior (in this case placeholder text is long enough that it ALSO would wrap using default font)

actual behavior (placeholder text using "serif" font wraps to a 3rd line, but if it were to use the default font it would not wrap, and as a result placeholder gets cut off):

For reference, here's the same text using default font, note that it does not wrap to a 3rd line:

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Research direction
Reproduce the wrapping difference with the linked Snack, using the custom serif font and a placeholder that wraps differently from the default font. Then trace the Android React Native TextInput implementation responsible for placeholder sizing and verify that the placeholder height includes all wrapped lines.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, react-native
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100