Textinput onChange/onChangeText are not triggered on Android if the underlying text does not change

[Jyrno42]

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On android onChange/onChangeText are not triggered if the underlying text does not change. On IOS however the callbacks are always called.

Environment

Environment:
OS: Linux 4.13
Node: 8.9.4
Yarn: 1.3.2
npm: 5.6.0
Watchman: Not Found
Xcode: N/A
Android Studio: Not Found

Packages: (wanted => installed)
react: ^16.3.1 => 16.3.1
react-native: latest => 0.55.2

Steps to Reproduce

Repro here: https://snack.expo.io/@jyrno42/textinput-onchange-onchangetext-issue

Test it by:

• Enter 1 into both inputs

Expected Behavior

• Observe the eventLog, it should contain 2 items:
  • onChange: 1
  • onChangeText: 1

Actual Behavior

• On android the events are not triggered

[react-native-bot]

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[Jyrno42]

Added missing env @react-native-bot

[egemon]

@react-native-bot status? Do we need to make some noise asking to fix this?

[lunatolun]

We can reproduce this on multiple android devices. RN v0.56.0

[acrosson]

@Jyrno42 Any solution? I'm experience this

[lunatolun]

From what I see, setting autocorrect false fixes this. Otherwise, it sets the text input empty, you can see empty, but still appends the last word of the text when you start typing.
Also, the issue does not happen if the text ends with a space or punctuation, for some weird reason.

autoCorrect={Platform.OS === 'ios' ? true : false}

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[Jyrno42]

not stale.

E: I have some time to work on react-native today so I'll look into it.
E2: Gave up since I wasn't able to write a Testcase for this without espresso and I could not figure out how to add espresso.

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Closing this issue after a prolonged period of inactivity. If this issue is still present in the latest release, please feel free to create a new issue with up-to-date information.