Picker 2.6+ transforms numeric values to strings

[swrobel]

If I have a Picker Item with value={10}, using 2.5.1, the value will be set to 10 when I select that, but starting with 2.6.0, it will be set to "10" which is a substantial breaking change.

[stevenpal]

Experiencing the same issue with 2.6.1 on iOS (Android works as expected). Reverting to 2.5.1 for now, which appears compatible with Expo 50 so far (for the Expo users out there).

[elkinjosetm]

We are having the same issue in our project, we'll need to revert until a fix is released

[swrobel]

@WoLewicki since you worked on the PR that seems to have introduced this bug, could you take a look at this?

[WoLewicki]

Yeah, I can see that, as mentioned here: https://github.com/react-native-picker/picker/pull/456/files/624af21c3f1fa6212d5f13dfb7f21de8e43ba3af#r1526543524, this makes the value always a string. It's like this due to codegen not accepting mixed types 😞 We would need to change this type to UnsafeMixed and parse it correctly on the native side. It is doable, but right now I have little time to do it unfortunately. I took the same approach here: software-mansion/react-native-svg#2238 if someone is willing to contribute. If not, I'll try to find an hour to do it.