[iOS] TextInput styles not applied with initial empty value

🐛 Bug Report

My TextInput styles aren’t applied if my initial TextInput state is an empty string, or if I erase all the content manually and start typing again.

If my TextInput has a value in its initial state, it does apply my styles and I can see the spacing. That is, until I manually (backspace) remove the content and start typing again. Then the spacing is gone.

To Reproduce

I can’t reproduce it with a snack. It works as expected there. But, maybe it’s a version thing… The versions I’m using are in the Environment section of this ticket.

Here’s a gif to demonstrate the behavior I’m seeing:

1. There’s a default value (I set that in state = { text: 'default' })
2. It works as expected, there’s letter spacing.
3. I remove all text using backspace
4. Now as soon as I type, the spacing is gone.
5. This exact same behaviour (no spacing visible) happens when the initial state is empty.

Expected Behavior

I expect my styling to be applied consistently.

Code Example

This is the code. But like I said, it works on expo

https://snack.expo.io/@rwoverdijk/courageous-waffle

Environment

info
  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 10.14.2
      CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz
      Memory: 774.04 MB / 32.00 GB
      Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 10.12.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.12.0/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.13.0 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.12.0/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 12.1, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
        Build Tools: 27.0.3, 28.0.3
        System Images: android-25 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.2 AI-181.5540.7.32.5014246
      Xcode: 10.1/10B61 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.8.3 => 16.8.3
      react-native: 0.59.1 => 0.59.1

Sidenote(s)

It took me a lot of time to get the gif the right size on github. Also, the snack name is really cool. I hope that earns this issue some points.

Also, it works as expected on android.

[zhongwuzw]

@RWOverdijk Sorry, no idea, but if you wants to apply it ASAP, you can try comment in https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-releases/issues/100, that we may cherry-pick them if possible.

[RWOverdijk]

@zhongwuzw Yes! That works. All my tests pass. Android, too (make sense since your changes don’t touch it).

Any idea when this might get shipped?