fix: autogrow heigh for TextInput

[Nodonisko]

Explanation of Change

I decided put back onLayout measuring on iOS introduced in #59078. It doesn't make sense to branch it for Android/iOS because with fix for autoGrowHeigh it would add too much complexity to BaseTextInput component for very little benefit of smaller overhead on iOS. With onLayout back it should fix autoGrowHeigh.

Once TextInput component on Android is fixed properly upstream we should migrate both Android/iOS to native auto grow to avoid onLayout overhead in BaseTextInput.

Fixed Issues

$ #60765

Tests

1. Launch ND Hybrid app and sign in
2. Navigate to the workspace settings
3. Tap on "Members", "Invite member"
4. Select another account and tap "Next"
5. On the confirmation screen observe the invitation message

---

1. Sign in to any account
2. Go to any DM
3. Tap + in the compose box > Create Expense > Manual
4. Enter the amount
5. Verify that no jumpy behavior when entering the digits (iOS only, Android needs RN upstream fix)

Offline tests

QA Steps

1. Launch ND Hybrid app and sign in
2. Navigate to the workspace settings
3. Tap on "Members", "Invite member"
4. Select another account and tap "Next"
5. On the confirmation screen observe the invitation message

---

1. Sign in to any account
2. Go to any DM
3. Tap + in the compose box > Create Expense > Manual
4. Enter the amount
5. Verify that no jumpy behavior when entering the digits (iOS only, Android needs RN upstream fix)

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[aldo-expensify]

Yep, this seems to fix it for IOS

[hoangzinh]

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Android: Native

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Android: mWeb Chrome

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iOS: Native

Screen.Recording.2025-05-06.at.06.05.42.mov

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MacOS: Chrome / Safari

Screen.Recording.2025-05-06.at.05.52.21.web.mov

MacOS: Desktop

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[hoangzinh]

@Nodonisko, which changes in the PR we almost reverted to what we did in the previous PR. I'm curious about how we will migrate both Android/IOS to native auto grow later, when upstream issues are fixed in Android?

Once TextInput component on Android is fixed properly upstream we should migrate both Android/iOS to native auto grow to avoid onLayout overhead in BaseTextInput.

[Nodonisko]

@hoangzinh Yes, fix input in RN and then migrate to native auto grow. It will be basically just about returning that () => null component instead of TextInputMeasurement both for Android na iOS.

[hoangzinh]

@Nodonisko, do you mean the fix of auto grow is also not merged/fixed in IOS atm? I tried returning () => null component instead of TextInputMeasurement for iOS but it doesn't work.

[Nodonisko]

I meant that right now both iOS and Android use the same ("old way") method to handle auto-grow, where we measure the layout using TextInputMeasurement. The new way is to just use the native auto-grow feature.

On iOS, both old and new ways basically feel the same for the user. If you tried replacing TextInputMeasurement with () => null and it didn't work, it's probably because you didn't remove all the styles that set the fixed width on the TextInput. So try removing those styles, and it should start working with the new way.

The old way is more complicated and less efficient internally, but users won't really notice any lag or difference on iOS. The problem is, using the new way only for iOS and keeping the old way for Android would add quite a few extra ifs in BaseTextInput, which I think isn't worth it right now. So I reverted it to just use the old way for both platforms.

Later, once we fix the actual issue inside RN's TextInput, we can simply remove that TextInputMeasurement component and those few styles, and it will work the new way.

Is it clear now? Feel free to ask additional questions.

[hoangzinh]

once we fix the actual issue inside RN's TextInput, we can simply remove that TextInputMeasurement component and those few styles

It's clearer now. Thanks @Nodonisko. Do you mind sharing what those few styles are? Or give a quick git branch, which is also fine. I would like to clear it so that when Android is fixed, we know what we will do then.

[Nodonisko]

@hoangzinh here

[hoangzinh]

@Nodonisko I tried to apply the above suggestion, but it doesn't work. Did I miss any steps?

Screen.Recording.2025-04-29.at.21.03.26.mov

[joekaufmanexpensify]

@Nodonisko @hoangzinh what are the next steps for this one?

[Nodonisko]

@hoangzinh Sorry my bad. I was testing only width grow and it won't be that easy for height and it will need more style adjustments. I can prepare them for you but it will take a while. I suggest to merge this now to resolve original issue and then I can prepare some draft PR that can be merged once it's TextInput fixed in RN.

[hoangzinh]

Sound good to me. I will complete review checklist today

[hoangzinh]

@Nodonisko can you please add Screenshots/Videthe os for remaining platforms?

[Nodonisko]

Hi, sorry I was on holiday last week. Screenshots added and also rebased to latest main.

[hoangzinh]

LGTM

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