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SymbolLayer children don't render on Android

See original GitHub issue

Describe the bug I am looking for a way to display custom Symbols (in this case a FontAwesome Icon from rn-vector-icons). I have found issue #225 detailing a way to display such Icons inside SymbolLayer, the caveat being that this method works on iOS but not on Android as @arnaudambro tested https://github.com/react-native-mapbox-gl/maps/issues/225#issuecomment-573058350.

I have tried narrowing the issue down although I do not understand native components very well but I noticed iOS has this section in RCTMGLSymbolLayer.m

#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wobjc-missing-super-calls"
- (void)insertReactSubview:(id<RCTComponent>)subview atIndex:(NSInteger)atIndex {
    [_reactSubviews insertObject:(UIView *)subview atIndex:(NSUInteger) atIndex];
}
#pragma clang diagnostic pop

#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wobjc-missing-super-calls"
- (void)removeReactSubview:(id<RCTComponent>)subview {
    [_reactSubviews removeObject:(UIView *)subview];
}
#pragma clang diagnostic pop

#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wobjc-missing-super-calls"
- (NSArray<id<RCTComponent>> *)reactSubviews {
    return nil;
}
#pragma clang diagnostic pop

Whereas RCTMGLSymbolLayerManager.java or RCTMGLSymbolLayer.java is missing any mention of children.

To Reproduce Code to reproduce is included here: https://github.com/react-native-mapbox-gl/maps/issues/225#issuecomment-573058350

Expected behavior Consistently render SymbolLayer children on both platforms.

Screenshots iOS iOS Android Android text missing