In RN's TextInput we only have onChangeText prop, which is fired (for example, in Android) by ReactTextChangedEvent inside onTextChanged function of TextWatcher interface.
Details
There is a small problem with masking in "vanilla" RN, where you see that initially letter is inserted into input and only then mask applies, which causes "jumping". To solve this we might use 3rd party library or dig into native code ourselves and write patch.
Why won't we expose at least beforeTextChanged to also be invokable with some event (like ReactBeforeTextChangedEvent), so that we could workaround masking problem without 3rd party libraries?
Discussion points
Why won't we expose other methods of TextWatcher interface to RN's TextInput?
How could we implement proper masking without "jumping" in RN if we don't have an access to event "before" button was pressed?
P.S. I am willing to try out and implement it myself, to see whether it's actually going to solve the issue of masking and open a PR, if you are ok with that.
Introduction
In RN's TextInput we only have onChangeText prop, which is fired (for example, in Android) by ReactTextChangedEvent inside onTextChanged function of TextWatcher interface.
Details
There is a small problem with masking in "vanilla" RN, where you see that initially letter is inserted into input and only then mask applies, which causes "jumping". To solve this we might use 3rd party library or dig into native code ourselves and write patch.
Why won't we expose at least beforeTextChanged to also be invokable with some event (like ReactBeforeTextChangedEvent), so that we could workaround masking problem without 3rd party libraries?
Discussion points
P.S. I am willing to try out and implement it myself, to see whether it's actually going to solve the issue of masking and open a PR, if you are ok with that.