How I defeated the iOS Autofill 'Paint Monster' with 5 invisible boxes.

The Problem: When using secureTextEntry on iOS with the New Architecture (Fabric), the "Strong Password" autofill often triggers a permanent yellow background highlight. Because Fabric recycles native UITextField views to save memory, this yellow "infected" state carries over to unrelated TextInput fields on completely different screens—even if those fields have textContentType="none" or autoComplete="off". The "Sacrificial Buffer" Solution: iOS maps its autofill heuristics to the first few inputs it finds in the view hierarchy. By placing 5 invisible "sacrificial" inputs at the very top of your root layout, you shift the iOS "Form Map." The OS targets these dummy fields with the yellow highlight, leaving your actual UI clean. The "Sacrifice" Component (NativeWind/React Native) - Create this component to house your dummy targets. import React from ' react ' ; import { TextInput , View } from ' react-native ' ; export const AutofillProtector = () => ( < View className = "absolute h-0 w-