flexGrow: 1 inside alignItems: <non-stretch> covers siblings

[szmarczak]

Description

Android:

React Native Version

0.72.5

Output of npx react-native info

> npx react-native info
info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: Windows 10 10.0.22621
  CPU: "(12) x64 AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core Processor              "
  Memory: 16.28 GB / 31.91 GB
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 20.2.0
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
  Yarn: Not Found
  npm:
    version: 9.7.2
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK: Not Found
  Windows SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
  Visual Studio:
    - 17.5.33424.131 (Visual Studio Community 2022)
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 11.0.20.1
    path: C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-11.0.20.101-hotspot\bin\javac.EXE
  Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 18.2.0
    wanted: 18.2.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.72.5
    wanted: 0.72.5
  react-native-windows: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

Steps to reproduce

import { View, Text } from 'react-native';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View>
			<View style={{ alignItems: 'center', }}>
        <View style={{ backgroundColor: 'red' }}>
          <View style={{ flexGrow: 1 }}>
            <Text>foo</Text>
          </View>
        </View>

        <Text>foo</Text>
        <Text>foo</Text>
        <Text>foo</Text>
        <Text>foo</Text>
			</View>
    </View>
  );
}

Snack, screenshot, or link to a repository

https://snack.expo.dev/@szmarczak/blessed-violet-cheese

[github-actions]

⚠️

Newer Version of React Native is Available!

ℹ️

You are on a supported minor version, but it looks like there's a newer patch available - 0.72.6. Please upgrade to the highest patch for your minor or latest and verify if the issue persists (alternatively, create a new project and repro the issue in it). If it does not repro, please let us know so we can close out this issue. This helps us ensure we are looking at issues that still exist in the most recent releases.

[szmarczak]

I tried working around this but it seems that alignSelf is affected as well:

import { View, Text } from 'react-native';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View>
			<View style={{  }}>
        <View style={{ backgroundColor: 'red', alignSelf: 'center' }}>
          <View style={{ flexGrow: 1 }}>
            <Text>foo</Text>
          </View>
        </View>

        <Text>foo</Text>
        <Text>foo</Text>
        <Text>foo</Text>
        <Text>foo</Text>
			</View>
    </View>
  );
}

flex-start, flex-end, baseline don't work too.

[szmarczak]

Working workaround:

const Center = ({children}) => {
  return (
    <View style={{ flexDirection: 'row', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
    <View>
      {children}
    </View>
  </View>
  );
};

[rafalmilichiewicz]

Also present on iOS

[NickGerleman]

Is this specific to text children?