From 3199a392b45635606e06119845099965246395c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 07:40:24 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(grid-layout): value parser will now accept strings or
 numbers (#8042)

---
 nativescript-core/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout-common.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout-common.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout-common.ts
index 538c0666e..ce1b5f279 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout-common.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout-common.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ function convertGridLength(value: string): ItemSpec {
 }
 
 function parseAndAddItemSpecs(value: string, func: (itemSpec: ItemSpec) => void): void {
-    const arr = value.split(/[\s,]+/);
+    // ensure value is a string since view bindings could be parsed as number/int's here
+    const arr = `${value}`.split(/[\s,]+/);
     for (let i = 0, length = arr.length; i < length; i++) {
         const str = arr[i].trim();
         if (str.length > 0) {