TextInput's placeholder is not being displayed initially with multiline set to true on iOS

[ImTheC]

Current behaviour

On iOS, when using , if multiline is true and label and placeholder both have a value, the placeholder is not displayed when you click on the input filed. If you type something in, selected it all, and delete it, then the placeholder is displayed and works as expected.

Expected behaviour

The placeholder should be displayed after clicking on the input field.

Code sample

https://snack.expo.io/S1_Ags-nB

Screenshots (if applicable)

N/A

What have you tried

At first I was passing in the values with props, so I tried setting them directly as strings, but it didn't seem to matter either way.

Your Environment

software	version
ios or android	ios
react-native	0.60.5
react-native-paper	3.1.1
node	11.15.0
npm or yarn	npm
expo sdk	35.0.0

[Trancever]

@ImTheC Can you check if it still occurs in paper v3.3.0?

[koktavy]

@Trancever This behavior still exists as of v3.5.1, running the TextInput example on Snack, only adding multiline and a placeholder string. Placeholder works as expected without multiline.

[jeffjvick]

We are experiencing the same issue on iOS. Paper v 3.6.0

If you enter two lines of text into the text input and then erase them, then you will see the placeholder. See the video for an example of this behavior.

[github-actions]

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[ovbm]

Having this same issue. Was anyone able to resolve it? Using 3.8.0, seeing the same behavior as @jeffjvick

[koktavy]

@ovbm My team has not prioritized finding a workaround, but I can confirm the issue remains. I tested again using the example Snack, running 3.10.1.

[Biciato]

Still present

[JulienRst]

We might want to re-open this issues as it still occurs ?

[enagorny]

This is still the issue in latest version

[dongdyang]

+1

[blixit]

Still having this issue

[angel-venchev-toptal]

I am having the same issue
@kotavy did you find a workaround?

[HassanHaiderIX]

in IOS build I am facing same issue Placeholder is missing, can some one help me?

[wennaspeedy]

Is there any way to always show placeholder?

[HassanHaiderIX]

what I found out that turning off dark mode will resolve this issue.

[neilgamb]

still an issue... not in dark mode

[dylanrandle]

This is still an issue. Please re-open.

[dylanrandle]

Created a new issue #3138.

[mehdinourollah]

"react-native-paper": "^4.12.3" still have this issue on iOS

[benasdom]

add this as a prop to fix the issue <TextInput placeholderTextColor={"grey"}/>