How to change the placeholder text color

The TextInput component in react-native has a property of placeholderTextColor that allows you to configure the placeholder text color! However, react-native-web does not have this property and it must be done in css. So if you were using react-native-web you would need to include .css file:

// screen.tsx
import "./styles.css";
import { TextInput } from "react-native";

const Screen = () => (
  <TextInput
    testID="change-placeholder-color"
    placeholder="enter some text"
    defaultValue=""
  />
);

/************* 
*
*  styles.css
*
**************/
[data-testid="change-placeholder-color"]::-webkit-input-placeholder {
  color: skyblue;
}
[data-testid="change-placeholder-color"]::-moz-placeholder {
  color: skyblue;
}
[data-testid="change-placeholder-color"]::-ms-placeholder {
  color: skyblue;
}
[data-testid="change-placeholder-color"]::placeholder {
  color: skyblue;
}

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