TextInput backgroundColor transparency issue

Hello, I’m having a weird behavior when setting TextInput backgroundColor with transparency, the text gets some kind of background, See Screenshot I’m using the latest React Native release tested on iOS 12.1

React Native version:

System:
    OS: macOS Mojave 10.14.3
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4278U CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 38.39 MB / 8.00 GB
    Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 8.16.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.17.3 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.4.1 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 12.1, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 26, 27, 28
      Build Tools: 26.0.2, 28.0.3
      System Images: android-26 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
  IDEs:
    Xcode: 10.1/10B61 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  npmPackages:
    react: 16.9.0 => 16.9.0 
    react-native: 0.61.4 => 0.61.4 
  npmGlobalPackages:
    create-react-native-app: 1.0.0
    react-native-cli: 2.0.1
    react-native-rename: 2.2.2

Steps To Reproduce

1. create a TextInput
2. set backgroundColor to ‘#0006’

Describe what you expected to happen: I expected to see text without the “highlight”

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository: In snack expo it works fine but not in RN <TextInput style={{height: 50, backgroundColor: '#0006'}}/>

Another user reported this issue #26494 but it was closed for not following the template I hope this one is accepted and investigated Thanks in advance.

[jeswinsimon]

This issue seems to be happening in RCTBaseTextInputShadowView.m where background color is also being passed as a textAttribute.

A fix seems to have been already committed by @shergin.

[Sofianio]

That’s good news @jeswinsimon … any idea when this fix will be public?