TextInput wrong onChange call after value set (multiline, ios)

[eyshella]

Description

TextInput component calls onChange callback with empty string right after blur method was called when backspace button was pressed few times on empty input. This can make it impossible to set value from outside in specific environment.
The issue reproducible only on iOS when multiline is set.
You can find more details in steps to reproduce.

Version

0.70.2

Output of npx react-native info

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
OS: macOS 12.6
CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1
Memory: 106.98 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.8.1 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 16.17.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.17.0/bin/node
Yarn: Not Found
npm: 8.15.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.17.0/bin/npm
Watchman: Not Found
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.11.3 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 21.4, iOS 16.0, macOS 12.3, tvOS 16.0, watchOS 9.0
Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2021.3 AI-213.7172.25.2113.9014738
Xcode: 14.0/14A309 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: javac 19 - /usr/bin/javac
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 18.1.0 => 18.1.0
react-native: 0.70.2 => 0.70.2
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

1. Use iOS environment
2. Add TextInput component with multiline set to true
3. Add onChangeCallback callback and use it in TextInput onChange method (set event as an argument)
4. Add inputRef reference and use it as TextInput ref
5. Add a TouchableOpacity outside input
6. Add onButtonPressCallback callback and use it in TouchableOpacity onPress method
7. Add state value inputValue with setInputValue setter and use as TextInput value prop.
8. Add the following to the onChangeCallback: setInputValue(event.nativeEvent.text)
9. Add the following to the onButtonPressCallback: setInputValue("I am test string!") inputRef.current.blur()
10. Run the project
11. Focus input field and press backspace button on the keyboard few times
12. Press the button (TouchableOpacity) without manual reseting focus from the input field
13. As you see - input value hasn't been set.

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

https://snack.expo.dev/@eyshella/textinput-multiline-weird-onchange

[bashen1]

same issue

[Limoer96]

how to fix that?

[akarri2001]

This is late, but instead of using onChange, I switched it out for onChangeText and it worked

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