Text Shadow (elevation) for Android Support

[larryranches]

Issue Description

Text Component to apply Shadow (elevation) styles for Android is not working but is working in ios. Is this even supported for the Text component for Android?

Steps to Reproduce / Code Snippets

• Apply elevation: 3 style to a text component in Android

Expected Results

• Shadow should apply to text component in Android

Additional Information

• React Native version: 0.33
• Platform(s) (iOS, Android, or both?): Android
• Operating System (macOS, Linux, or Windows?): OSX

[larryranches]

Any ideas or updates on adding shadow/elevation to the Text component Android? Would be much helpful

[rayshih]

I am using version 0.38 on Android. And it works

Seems like we need to at least specify textShadowOffset

ref: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java#L166

[larryranches]

@rayshih Just tested this on rn 0.39 and textShadowOffset does work. Thanks!