react / react/react-native

iOS only: `onChangeText` of `TextInput` is fired with text longer than `maxLength`

Open
#41,893 2 comments 2 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Component: TextInput Issue: Author Provided Repro Platform: iOS Resolution: PR Submitted
Dominant language
C++
Stars
127k
Forks
25.3k
Avg merge
1d 23h
Merged PRs (30d)
4

Description

Description

We noticed that sometimes the onChangeText event of TextInput was fired with text longer than maxLength. According to the doc, this behaviour seems to be unexpected.

maxLength:
Limits the maximum number of characters that can be entered.

This happens only on iOS relating to autocompletion.

Steps to reproduce

Here is a snack link to reproduce the issue: https://snack.expo.dev/@yupeng_li/textinput

It contains only a TextInput component and maxLength is set to 3. If you type in bef and let the autocomplete suggestion come up, you will see an alert triggered by onChangeText when text is longer the maxLength.

In the screenshot below, the text returned is "Before", and the text displayed in the input is "ore".

image

React Native Version

0.71.14

Affected Platforms

Runtime - iOS

Output of npx react-native info
info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
    OS: macOS 14.1.2
    CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
    Memory: 81.80 MB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 18.17.0 - ~/Library/Caches/fnm_multishells/24849_1670237417415/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.19 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 9.6.7 - ~/Library/Caches/fnm_multishells/24849_1670237417415/bin/npm
    Watchman: 2023.10.09.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: Not Found
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: DriverKit 23.0, iOS 17.0, macOS 14.0, tvOS 17.0, watchOS 10.0
    Android SDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 2022.3 AI-223.8836.35.2231.10671973
    Xcode: 15.0.1/15A507 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.19 - /Users/yupeng/.sdkman/candidates/java/11.0.19-tem/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
    react-native: 0.71.14 => 0.71.14
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found
info React Native v0.73.0 is now available (your project is running on v0.71.14).
info Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.73.0
info Diff: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.71.14
info For more info, check out "https://reactnative.dev/docs/upgrading".
Stacktrace or Logs
No stacktrace
Reproducer

https://snack.expo.dev/@yupeng_li/textinput

Screenshots and Videos

No response

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked Snack reproducer and the TextInput onChangeText/maxLength behavior on iOS, especially when autocomplete inserts text. Trace the iOS TextInput entry point to determine why the callback receives "Before" while the field displays "ore". Done means autocomplete cannot make onChangeText report text longer than maxLength, with the reproducer behavior corrected.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ios, react-native
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.