Pressable Ripple Animation goes beyond curved border
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Description
Description
When trying to create a Pressable that has a borderRadius style, the ripple animation goes beyond the curved borders. This issue seems to have existed for quite some time, while current solutions include wrapping the pressable in a view and applying borderRadius on that, is there a better way to fix this?

Gif source: StackOverflow Question
This stackoverflow link includes more information as well.
Version
0.69.1
Output of npx react-native info
System:
OS: Windows 10 10.0.22000
CPU: (8) x64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1185G7 @ 3.00GHz
Memory: 12.43 GB / 31.71 GB
Binaries:
Node: 14.20.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
Yarn: 1.22.19 - ~\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
npm: 6.14.17 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
Android SDK: Not Found
Windows SDK:
AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense: Enabled
Versions: 10.0.19041.0
IDEs:
Android Studio: AI-212.5712.43.2112.8609683
Visual Studio: 16.11.32802.440 (Visual Studio Community 2019)
Languages:
Java: 11.0.15 - C:\Program Files\OpenJDK\openjdk-11.0.15_10\bin\javac.EXE
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 18.0.0 => 18.0.0
react-native: 0.69.1 => 0.69.1
react-native-windows: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found
Steps to reproduce
<Pressable
android_ripple={{ color: 'red', borderless: false }}
style={{ backgroundColor: 'blue', borderRadius: 10 }}>
<Text style={{ alignSelf: 'center' }}>Button</Text>
</Pressable>
Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository
Same as above
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Pressable reproduction using android_ripple, borderRadius, and borderless: false, then review the linked Stack Overflow example and issue discussion for relevant implementation context. Done means the ripple remains clipped to the Pressable's curved border without requiring a wrapper view.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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
- 42/100