react / react/react-native

TextInput placeholder in ANDROID 14 not respect fontFamily custom

Open
#45,853 9 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

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

Description

Description

When installing custom font like Robot in device and configuration, the placeholder not applying the font the other components working but specific placeholder of TextInputs not working

Steps to reproduce
  • Configure font Roboto
  • Define style fontFamili in TextInput
    PS: only crash in Android 14
React Native Version

0.73.0

Affected Platforms

Runtime - Android

Output of npx react-native info
System:
  OS: Linux 5.4 Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)
  CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10210U CPU @ 1.60GHz
  Memory: 8.01 GB / 23.29 GB
  Shell:
    version: 5.0.17
    path: /bin/bash
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 20.10.0
    path: /opt/node-v20.10.0-linux-x64/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.18
    path: /usr/local/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.2.3
    path: /opt/node-v20.10.0-linux-x64/bin/npm
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK:
    API Levels:
      - "23"
      - "28"
      - "29"
      - "30"
      - "31"
      - "32"
      - "33"
      - "34"
    Build Tools:
      - 28.0.3
      - 29.0.2
      - 29.0.3
      - 30.0.0
      - 30.0.1
      - 30.0.2
      - 30.0.3
      - 31.0.0
      - 33.0.0
      - 33.0.1
      - 34.0.0
      - 35.0.0
    System Images:
      - android-16 | Intel x86 Atom
      - android-21 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      - android-24 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
      - android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      - android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64
      - android-30 | Android TV Intel x86 Atom
      - android-30 | China version of Wear OS 3 Intel x86 Atom
      - android-30 | Wear OS 3 ARM 64 v8a
      - android-30 | Wear OS 3 Intel x86 Atom
      - android-30 | ARM 64 v8a
      - android-30 | Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-30 | Google TV Intel x86 Atom
      - android-30 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
      - android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      - android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-30 | Google Play ARM 64 v8a
      - android-30 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
      - android-30 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64
      - android-32 | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-33 | Google APIs Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-33 | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-34 | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
    Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.10
    path: /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-17-oracle-x64/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 2.7.0
    path: /usr/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 18.2.0
    wanted: 18.2.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.73.6
    wanted: 0.73.6
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: false
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: false
Stacktrace or Logs
No Stacktrace
Reproducer

https://github.com/YuriLima23/IssuePlaceholder

Screenshots and Videos

image

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 by running the linked IssuePlaceholder reproducer with React Native 0.73.6 on Android 14, then inspect the TextInput Android entry point for how placeholder fontFamily is applied. Compare the placeholder with other TextInput content using the configured Roboto font; done means the placeholder respects fontFamily on Android 14 and the behavior is covered by a regression test.

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
38/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.