State not working with custom component

This issue is on iOS - not sure about Android.

1.0.137

I have the following simplified custom component, when I use it on a page the State doesn’t update:

class MyTestEntryState
{
    public string? Text { get; set; }
    public string? PlaceholderText { get; set; }
}

class MyTestEntry : Component<MyTestEntryState>
{
    public MyTestEntry Text(string? text)
    {
        SetState(state => state.Text = text);
        return this;
    }

    public MyTestEntry PlaceholderText(string? placeholderText)
    {
        SetState(state => state.PlaceholderText = placeholderText);
        return this;
    }

    public override Entry Render() => new Entry()
        .Text(State.Text ?? "")
        .Placeholder(State.PlaceholderText ?? "");
}

Render method on any Component Page:

1. Enter value in Source, see that the State updates in the “Destination” Entry.
2. Uncomment the custom component.
3. Enter value in Source, see that State stops updating - neither “Custom Destination” nor “Destination” updates.

    public override VisualNode Render() => new ContentPage
    {
        new Grid("48, 48, 48", "*")
        {
            // new MyTestEntry()
            //     .PlaceholderText("Custom Destination")
            //     .Text(State.SearchText)
            //     .GridRow(0),

            new Entry()
                .Placeholder("Destination")
                .Text(State.SearchText ?? "")
                .GridRow(1),

            new Entry()
                .Placeholder("Source")
                .Text(State.SearchText ?? "")
                .OnTextChanged((s, e) => SetState(state => state.SearchText = e.NewTextValue))
                .GridRow(2)
        }
    };

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Hi, you can’t update the state like that (State is not yet ready at that moment). Try this instead:

class MyTestEntryState
{
    public string? Text { get; set; }
    public string? PlaceholderText { get; set; }
}

class MyTestEntry : Component<MyTestEntryState>
{
    string? _text;
    string? _placeholderText;
    public MyTestEntry Text(string? text)
    {
        _text = text;
        return this;
    }

    public MyTestEntry PlaceholderText(string? placeholderText)
    {
        _placeholderText = placeholderText;
        return this;
    }

    protected override OnMountedOrPropsChanged()
    {
       State.Text = _text;
       State.PlaceholderText = _placeholderText;
       base.OnMountedOrPropsChanged();
    }
   
    public override Entry Render() => new Entry()
        .Text(State.Text ?? "")
        .Placeholder(State.PlaceholderText ?? "");
}

BUT: from what I see you don’t need at all a stateful component, like this:

class MyTestEntry : Component
{
    string? _text;
    string? _placeholderText;
    public MyTestEntry Text(string? text)
    {
        _text = text;
        return this;
    }

    public MyTestEntry PlaceholderText(string? placeholderText)
    {
        _placeholderText = placeholderText;
        return this;
    }

    protected override OnMountedOrPropsChanged()
    {
       State.Text = _text;
       State.PlaceholderText = _placeholderText;
       base.OnMountedOrPropsChanged();
    }
   
    public override Entry Render() => new Entry()
        .Text(_text ?? "")
        .Placeholder(_placeholderText ?? "");
}

or even better, not using a Component, everything could be down to:

public static class Theme
{
    //custom Entry with font, size color etc, reusable 
    public static Entry Entry(string text, string? placeholder = null) 
       => new Entry()
          .Text(_text)
          .Placeholder(_placeholderText ?? "");
}

Why are you using a stateful component?

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like this?

class MainPageState
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }

    public string LastName { get; set; }
}

class MainPage : Component<MainPageState>
{
    public override VisualNode Render()
    {
        return new ContentPage
        {
            new VStack(spacing: 10)
            {
                new MudEntry()
                    .Label("First Name")
                    .OnTextChanged(text => SetState(s => s.FirstName = text)),

                new MudEntry()
                    .Label("Last Name")
                    .OnTextChanged(text => SetState(s => s.LastName = text)),
            }
            .HFill()
            .VCenter()
            .Margin(50)
        };
    }
}

class MudEntryState
{
    public bool Focused { get; set; }

    public bool IsEmpty { get; set; } = true;
}

class MudEntry : Component<MudEntryState>
{
    private MauiControls.Entry _entryRef;
    private Action<string> _textChangedAction;
    private string _label;

    public MudEntry OnTextChanged(Action<string> textChangedAction)
    {
        _textChangedAction = textChangedAction;
        return this;
    }

    public MudEntry Label(string label)
    {
        _label = label;
        return this;
    }

    public override VisualNode Render()
    {
        return new Grid("Auto", "*")
        {
            new Entry(entryRef => _entryRef = entryRef)
                .OnAfterTextChanged(OnTextChanged)
                .VCenter()
                .OnFocused(()=>SetState(s => s.Focused = true))
                .OnUnfocused(()=>SetState(s => s.Focused = false)),

            new Label(_label)                
                .OnTapped(()=>_entryRef?.Focus())
                .Margin(5,0)
                .HStart()
                .VCenter()
                .TranslationY(State.Focused || !State.IsEmpty ? -20 : 0)
                .ScaleX(State.Focused || !State.IsEmpty ? 0.8 : 1.0)
                .AnchorX(0)
                .TextColor(!State.Focused || State.IsEmpty ? Colors.Gray : Colors.Red)
                .WithAnimation(duration: 200),
        }
        .VCenter();
    }

    private void OnTextChanged(string text)
    {
        SetState(s => s.IsEmpty = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text));
        _textChangedAction?.Invoke(text);
    }
}