React Native TextInput Vertical Padding Not Working

On iOS (not sure about Android – I experienced this in the iOS Simulator), I tried to set paddingVertical on a <TextInput> component with multiline set to true. However, padding was only applied to the bottom with no change to the top.

Solution: Use paddingTop and paddingBottom individually instead.

paddingHorizontal seems to work as expected. ⭐️

A GitHub issue from 2022 seems to indicate this has been fixed. I'm using React Native 0.73.6 and Expo 50, so it's possible I have an out of date version somewhere. Or there is still something nuanced about this bug that hasn't been resolved yet.

Either way, the above change gives me the result I want without any ugly work-arounds. Onward!