fix: issue with the picker not opening on ios with the new architecture

[exlymex]

On the new architecture the TextInput used to display the text was intercepting events. This seems to be caused by the view-flattening algorithm moving it out of the parent view which has pointerEvents="box-only" set.

The solution would be either to add pointerEvents="none" to the TextInput itself, as done in this PR, or to disable the view flattening for the parent view (by adding collapsable={false} prop to it), so the native view structure would match the react one.

[lfkwtz]

does this have any regressions on the previous architecture?

[THE-REK]

When I do this I can click on the picker, but the modal that opens goes to the top of the screen and is not visible.

[NoodleOfDeath]

This looks good. Can we merge this ASAP?

[dakota-kallas]

Agreed, this fixes the breaking change with Expo SDK 52.

[exlymex]

does this have any regressions on the previous architecture?

This fix should be enough to fix this problem. And after doing a regression, I didn't notice any new problems arise.

[NoodleOfDeath]

does this have any regressions on the previous architecture?

This fix should be enough to fix this problem. And after doing a regression, I didn't notice any new problems arise.

no new problems <<<< breaking changes IMPO (in my personal opinion) this needs to be expedited sooner than later

[lfkwtz]

@exlymex can you fix the conflicts?

[blur94]

Please, can this PR be merged? This can help resolve this particular issue. Please fix the conflict @exlymex

[depsimon]

In the meantime you can now pass the props to the Picker: textInputProps={{ pointerEvents: "none" }}

[paulinhapenedo]

Thank you for this contribution! This PR addresses the exact same root cause — the picker not opening on iOS with the new architecture.

PR #749 fixes this at the source: renderTextInputOrChildren() used pointerEvents="box-only" on the input container, which intercepts touch events before the parent TouchableOpacity can handle them under RN 0.81's new architecture. Changing it to pointerEvents="none" resolves it cleanly on both iOS simulator and device.

#749 also includes the full test toolchain modernisation (Enzyme → RNTL, Jest 23 → 29, React 16 → 18) and lodash removal, which keeps the library maintainable going forward.

Closing this in favour of #749 — the fix you identified is correct and is now shipping.