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Image nested In Text with lineHeight specified overflows container

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Description

Description

An <Image> nested within <Text> with a lineHeight specified causes the image to overflow the parent container.

Workarounds attempted:

  • Specifying a fixed height on the image
  • Wrapping the image in a <View> with a fixed height and/or lineHeight
  • Wrapping the Image in another <Text> with a fixed height and/or lineHeight
  • Wrapping the image in another <Text> with lineHeight set to undefined or null

Expected behaviour:

To be able to nest images in Text with a non-default lineHeight.

(Please let me know if any more details are required for this issue. Thanks!)

Steps to reproduce

Please see expo snack.

Code below:

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <View style={styles.box}>
        <Text style={styles.text}>
          Hello
          <Image style={styles.image} source={require('./assets/snack-icon.png')} />
        </Text>
      </View>
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    backgroundColor: '#ecf0f1',
    padding: 8,
  },
  box: {
    backgroundColor: 'red',
  },
  text: {
    backgroundColor: 'blue',
    // lineHeight: 20,
  },
  image: {
    height: 300,
  }
});
React Native Version

0.76.0

Affected Platforms

Runtime - iOS, Runtime - Android

Output of npx react-native info
Please see expo snack.
Stacktrace or Logs
N/A
Reproducer

https://snack.expo.dev/@tomkelsey/image-nested-in-text-lineheight-bug

Alternative reproducer:
https://github.com/OzymandiasTheGreat/rn-view-in-text-bug

Screenshots and Videos

Without lineHeight specified:

Image

With lineHeight specified:
Image

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Research direction

Start with the App component and styles in the supplied Expo Snack and alternative reproducer, then compare the layout with and without a non-default lineHeight on iOS and Android. Done means an Image nested in Text remains within the parent container when lineHeight is specified on both platforms.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, react-native
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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