secureTextEntry not working on Android

[hugomosh]

The ** secureTextEntry** prop works on iOS but not for android.

react-native-cli: 2.0.1
react-native: 0.52.0
react-native-material-textfield@^0.12.0

[BrandonWilliamsCS]

Is this possibly the issue you're seeing?
facebook/react-native#17248
A fix for that issue has been merged into react-native and (if all goes well) is probably going to arrive in the version after 0.53.0. A workaround is to not use keyboardType of "visible-password" alongside secureTextEntry.

Another possible issue is that RN doesn't may not properly support secureTextEntry with certain keyboard types like "email-address".
facebook/react-native#15319

Personally, I'm not noticing any other secureTextEntry issues on Android for version 0.12.0. If neither case applies to you, consider adding more detail so the library's author can better diagnose the problem.

[n4kz]

Thanks for issue! I've tested example project with RN 0.51.0 and can say that secureTextEntry works as expected on Android. Probably the best option for now is to use older RN versions and wait for next major RN release.

@BrandonWilliamsCS thanks for research and great explanation!