fix(fabric): textInput text color not adapting to appearance changes (#2913)

## Summary

- Fixes TextInput text color not updating when the system appearance
changes (light ↔ dark mode) on the new architecture (Fabric)
- Ensures the default text color (`labelColor`) is always set on macOS,
since `NSAttributedString` defaults to black unlike iOS
- Adds `viewDidChangeEffectiveAppearance` (macOS) and
`hasDifferentColorAppearanceComparedToTraitCollection:` (iOS) handlers
to refresh text attributes on appearance change

## Root Cause

Three interrelated issues on macOS Fabric:

1. **Missing foreground color**: `RCTNSTextAttributesFromTextAttributes`
skipped setting `NSForegroundColorAttributeName` when no explicit
`color` prop or `opacity` was set. On macOS, `NSAttributedString`
defaults to black (unlike iOS where `UITextField` provides its own
dynamic default), making text invisible in dark mode.

2. **No appearance change handler**: `RCTTextInputComponentView` had no
`viewDidChangeEffectiveAppearance` override on macOS, so
`defaultTextAttributes` were never refreshed when switching light/dark
mode.

3. **Frozen dynamic colors**: The C++ color pipeline resolves dynamic
colors (like `labelColor`) to static values at creation time. Simply
re-calling `RCTNSTextAttributesFromTextAttributes` after an appearance
change returns the same stale color. The fix detects when the foreground
color is the default semantic `labelColor` (vs. a user-specified color)
and replaces it with a fresh `[NSColor labelColor]`, then re-applies the
attributed text while suppressing React state reconciliation.

## Test plan

- [ ] Launch RNTester macOS in dark mode → TextInput with no `color`
prop shows visible text
- [ ] Toggle to light mode → text color adapts (dark text on light
background)
- [ ] Toggle back to dark mode → text color adapts (light text on dark
background)
- [ ] TextInput with explicit `color` prop (e.g. `"red"`, `"white"`)
preserves its color across appearance changes
- [ ] Both single-line and multiline TextInput work correctly
- [ ] Newly typed text after appearance change uses the correct color

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: Saadnajmi

packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm

@@ -169,6 +169,30 @@ - (void)didMoveToWindow
   [self _restoreTextSelection];
 }
 
+// [macOS
+- (void)_updateDefaultTextAttributes
+{
+  const auto &props = static_cast<const TextInputProps &>(*_props);
+  NSMutableDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *attrs =
+      RCTNSTextAttributesFromTextAttributes(props.getEffectiveTextAttributes(RCTFontSizeMultiplier()));
+
+  _backedTextInputView.defaultTextAttributes = attrs;
+
+  // Also update the existing attributed text so the visible text re-renders
+  // with the new color (defaultTextAttributes only affects newly typed text).
+  // Wrap in _comingFromJS to prevent textInputDidChange from pushing a state
+  // update back to the shadow tree, which would overwrite our fresh colors
+  // with the stale cached attributed string.
+  NSString *currentText = _backedTextInputView.attributedText.string;
+  if (currentText.length > 0) {
+    NSAttributedString *updated = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:currentText attributes:attrs];
+    _comingFromJS = YES;
+    _backedTextInputView.attributedText = updated;
+    _comingFromJS = NO;
+  }
+}
+// macOS]
+
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
 // TODO: replace with registerForTraitChanges once iOS 17.0 is the lowest supported version
 - (void)traitCollectionDidChange:(UITraitCollection *)previousTraitCollection
@@ -182,8 +206,20 @@ - (void)traitCollectionDidChange:(UITraitCollection *)previousTraitCollection
     _backedTextInputView.defaultTextAttributes =
         RCTNSTextAttributesFromTextAttributes(newTextInputProps.getEffectiveTextAttributes(RCTFontSizeMultiplier()));
   }
+
+  // [macOS
+  if ([self.traitCollection hasDifferentColorAppearanceComparedToTraitCollection:previousTraitCollection]) {
+    [self _updateDefaultTextAttributes];
+  }
+  // macOS]
+}
+#else // [macOS
+- (void)viewDidChangeEffectiveAppearance
+{
+  [super viewDidChangeEffectiveAppearance];
+  [self _updateDefaultTextAttributes];
 }
-#endif // [macOS] 
+#endif // macOS]
 
 - (void)reactUpdateResponderOffsetForScrollView:(RCTScrollViewComponentView *)scrollView
 {

packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm

@@ -146,7 +146,14 @@ inline static CGFloat RCTEffectiveFontSizeMultiplierFromTextAttributes(const Tex
 {
   RCTPlatformColor *effectiveForegroundColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(textAttributes.foregroundColor) ?: [RCTPlatformColor labelColor]; // [macOS]
 
+#if TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS
+  // On macOS, colorWithAlphaComponent: converts dynamic system colors (like
+  // NSColor.labelColor) to static resolved colors, preventing them from
+  // adapting to appearance changes. Skip when opacity is 1.0 (a no-op).
+  if (!isnan(textAttributes.opacity) && textAttributes.opacity != 1.0f) {
+#else // macOS]
   if (!isnan(textAttributes.opacity)) {
+#endif
     effectiveForegroundColor = [effectiveForegroundColor
         colorWithAlphaComponent:CGColorGetAlpha(effectiveForegroundColor.CGColor) * textAttributes.opacity];
   }
@@ -158,7 +165,11 @@ inline static CGFloat RCTEffectiveFontSizeMultiplierFromTextAttributes(const Tex
 {
   RCTPlatformColor *effectiveBackgroundColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(textAttributes.backgroundColor); // [macOS]
 
+#if TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS
+  if (effectiveBackgroundColor && !isnan(textAttributes.opacity) && textAttributes.opacity != 1.0f) {
+#else // macOS]
   if (effectiveBackgroundColor && !isnan(textAttributes.opacity)) {
+#endif
     effectiveBackgroundColor = [effectiveBackgroundColor
         colorWithAlphaComponent:CGColorGetAlpha(effectiveBackgroundColor.CGColor) * textAttributes.opacity];
   }