From 2325e338be649d0e6e06eb164c2135baaaf9ea73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmed salman <79092734+ahmedsalman74@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 03:46:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(android): remove extra font padding by default (#10771)

---
 packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts
index c25cbab33..b348b2cc0 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
 		super.initNativeView();
 		initializeTextTransformation();
 		const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
+
+		// Fix for custom font over-height issue on Android
+		// Disable font padding to prevent extra spacing around text
+		nativeView.setIncludeFontPadding(false);
+
 		this._defaultTransformationMethod = nativeView.getTransformationMethod();
 		this._defaultMovementMethod = nativeView.getMovementMethod();
 		this._minHeight = nativeView.getMinHeight();