TextInput event onContentSizeChange not firing - react-native

Question

I am trying to make my TextInput grow in height when the entered text reaches the second line. However I don't receive an event when my text gets wrapped to the second line (without using a new line character). This results in partial hiding of the text within the input.
From the documentation I can not find any event which returns content size besides onContentSizeChange.
I am testing on an Android device.
I can not upgrade React-Native, I am stuck on 0.58.1
class SomeComponent extends React.component
{
...
handleContentSizeChange = (event) => {
console.log('Handling contentSizeChange');
}
render() {
return (
<TextInput ... multiline={true} onContentSizeChange={this.handleContentSizeChange}/>
)
}
}
React Native Environment Info:
System:
OS: macOS 10.15.4
CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU # 2.60GHz
Memory: 882.73 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 11.8.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v11.8.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.5.1 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 6.5.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v11.8.0/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 13.4, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.4, watchOS 6.2
Android SDK:
API Levels: 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29
Build Tools: 27.0.0, 27.0.3, 28.0.0, 28.0.2, 28.0.3, 29.0.0
System Images: android-22 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-26 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, chromeos-67 | Chrome OS 67
IDEs:
Xcode: 11.4.1/11E503a - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
react: 16.6.3 => 16.6.3
react-native: 0.58.1 => 0.58.1
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native-cli: 2.0.1

Answer 1

You shouldn't need to use onContentSizeChange at all. The height should increase automatically as you type, provided you haven't fixed a height for the input or have limited it by fixed heights of the components around it.