[Android] Content jump in multiline `TextInput` when adding/removing line of text due to delayed layout update happening after content update
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Description
Description
When adding a new line of text in multiline TextInput component (e.g. after pressing Enter), there's a slight delay between updating the content of the text and updating the height of the component (i.e. layout) on Android with New Architecture enabled, on both New and Old Architecture.
This causes a content jump (to the top and back to the bottom) visible for one or more frames.
Before adding newline (correct):
After pressing "Enter" (incorrect frame):
After one or more frames (correct):
Video recording:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c0e529dc-58f6-45f3-a782-e8d65eb23ab4
Note that there's also an issue with measuring the height of the last line of the text if it's empty but it's already fixed by @j-piasecki in https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/42331 as well as by @NickGerleman in https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/46613 but the issue with content jump still persists.
Steps to reproduce
import {StyleSheet, View, TextInput} from 'react-native';
import React from 'react';
export default function App() {
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<TextInput multiline style={styles.input} />
</View>
);
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
alignItems: 'center',
},
input: {
fontSize: 20,
borderWidth: 1,
borderColor: 'black',
width: 300,
marginTop: 100,
padding: 0,
},
});
React Native Version
0.76.0-rc.3
Affected Platforms
Runtime - Android
Areas
Fabric - The New Renderer
Output of npx react-native info
System:
OS: macOS 15.0
CPU: (12) arm64 Apple M3 Pro
Memory: 99.83 MB / 18.00 GB
Shell:
version: "5.9"
path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node:
version: 18.19.0
path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.19.0/bin/node
Yarn:
version: 3.6.4
path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.19.0/bin/yarn
npm:
version: 10.2.3
path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.19.0/bin/npm
Watchman:
version: 2024.09.23.00
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods:
version: 1.14.3
path: /Users/tomekzaw/.rbenv/shims/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms:
- DriverKit 24.0
- iOS 18.0
- macOS 15.0
- tvOS 18.0
- visionOS 2.0
- watchOS 11.0
Android SDK:
API Levels:
- "30"
- "31"
- "33"
- "34"
- "35"
Build Tools:
- 30.0.2
- 30.0.3
- 31.0.0
- 33.0.0
- 33.0.1
- 34.0.0
- 35.0.0
System Images:
- android-33 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
- android-34 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2024.1 AI-241.18034.62.2412.12266719
Xcode:
version: 16.0/16A242d
path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java:
version: 17.0.12
path: /usr/bin/javac
Ruby:
version: 2.7.8
path: /Users/tomekzaw/.rbenv/shims/ruby
npmPackages:
"@react-native-community/cli":
installed: 15.0.0-alpha.2
wanted: 15.0.0-alpha.2
react:
installed: 18.3.1
wanted: 18.3.1
react-native:
installed: 0.76.0-rc.3
wanted: 0.76.0-rc.3
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
"*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
hermesEnabled: true
newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
hermesEnabled: Not found
newArchEnabled: false
Stacktrace or Logs
No crash or failure
Reproducer
https://github.com/tomekzaw/repro-new-arch-android-textinput
Screenshots and Videos
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/18ac93c6-bf15-4cac-b689-760097d75ff7
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 by running the linked repro-new-arch-android-textinput project on Android and reproducing the multiline TextInput jump when pressing Enter. Read the TextInput and Fabric Android layout paths, along with related PRs 42331 and 46613; done means the content stays at the expected position without an intermediate jump after adding or removing a line.
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
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100