I'm facing a challenge while trying to implement form field validation in various forms within a React Native mobile application. The problem arises when the error message, which should appear below the text input field, ends up occupying half of the space beside the input instead. Here's an image illustrating this issue:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/P47cV.png
Below is the CSS code related to this problem:
import { StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
import EStyleSheet from 'react-native-extended-stylesheet';
const INPUT_HEIGHT = 36;
const BORDER_RADIUS = 4;
export default EStyleSheet.create({
$buttonBackgroundColorBase: '$white',
$buttonBackgroundColorModifier: 0.1,
container: {
flexDirection: 'row',
justifyContent: 'flex-start',
alignItems: 'flex-start',
backgroundColor: '$white',
height: INPUT_HEIGHT,
borderRadius: BORDER_RADIUS,
marginVertical: 11,
borderWidth: 1,
borderColor: 'gray'
},
containerDisabled: {
backgroundColor: '$lightGray',
},
buttonContainer: {
flex: 1,
height: INPUT_HEIGHT,
alignItems: 'center',
justifyContent: 'center',
backgroundColor: '$white',
borderTopLeftRadius: BORDER_RADIUS,
borderBottomLeftRadius: BORDER_RADIUS,
},
buttonText: {
fontWeight: '600',
fontSize: 20,
paddingHorizontal: 16,
color: '$primaryBlue',
},
separator: {
height: INPUT_HEIGHT,
width: StyleSheet.hairlineWidth,
backgroundColor: '$border',
},
input: {
height: INPUT_HEIGHT,
flex: 1,
//width: '100%',
borderTopRightRadius: BORDER_RADIUS,
paddingHorizontal: 8,
backgroundColor: '$white',
marginBottom: 0,
paddingBottom: 0,
marginTop: 0,
paddingTop: 0
},
icon: {
flex: 1,
alignSelf: 'flex-start'
},
errorContainer: {
height: INPUT_HEIGHT,
flex: 1,
paddingHorizontal: 8,
backgroundColor: 'transparent'
}
});
The JSX code snippet used:
<View style={containerStyles}>
<View style={{flex: 1, flexDirection: 'column', alignSelf: 'stretch'}}><TextInput style={textStyles} underlineColorAndroid="transparent" {...props} /></View>
<View style={{flex: 1, flexDirection: 'column', alignSelf: 'stretch', backgroundColor: '#ff0099'}}>{ error }</View>
</View>
Snippet generating the error message:
let error = props.error ? <Text style={{color: '#ff0000'}}>{props.error}</Text> : null;
Despite setting all containers and text fields to flex=1, the error message keeps appearing on the right side of the text box rather than below it. How can I resolve this issue so that the error message displays under the text field as intended, accommodating different screen resolutions? Any insights on what I may be overlooking here?