Android: borderStyle: 'dotted' | 'dashed' breaks when backgroundColor has opacity (Expo SDK 54)
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Description
Description
When using borderStyle: 'dotted' or borderStyle: 'dashed' on a View, the border renders correctly only if the background color is fully opaque.
If the View has a borderColor with opacity (e.g. rgba(...) or a color with alpha), the border style does not render correctly (or is not applied at all).
This issue happens only on Android and seems to be a regression introduced in Expo SDK 54.
The same code works correctly in Expo SDK 53.
Snack (Android only):
👉 https://snack.expo.dev/@iamarad/border-style-issue?platform=android
Steps to reproduce
- Create a View
- Apply:
- borderWidth
- borderStyle: 'dotted' or borderStyle: 'dashed'
- Set a backgroundColor with opacity (e.g. rgba(0,0,0,0.1))
- Run on Android
React Native Version
0.81.4
Affected Platforms
Runtime - Android
Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info
System:
OS: Windows 11 10.0.26200
CPU: (16) x64 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13400
Memory: 3.94 GB / 15.75 GB
Binaries:
Node:
version: 20.18.0
path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
Yarn:
version: 1.22.22
path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.CMD
npm:
version: 11.0.0
path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
Android SDK: Not Found
Windows SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: AI-251.27812.49.2514.14217341
Visual Studio: Not Found
Languages:
Java: 17.0.12
Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
"@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
react:
installed: 19.1.0
wanted: 19.1.0
react-native:
installed: 0.81.4
wanted: 0.81.4
react-native-windows: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
"*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
hermesEnabled: true
newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
hermesEnabled: Not found
newArchEnabled: Not found
Stacktrace or Logs
Not available!
MANDATORY Reproducer
https://snack.expo.dev/@iamarad/border-style-issue?platform=android
Screenshots and Videos
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First steps
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- 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 mandatory Snack on Android with React Native 0.81.4 and Expo SDK 54, then compare the same borderStyle and translucent background behavior in SDK 53. Trace the Android rendering path for dotted and dashed View borders; done means both styles render correctly when the backgroundColor uses rgba or alpha.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, react-native
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100