React native text going off my screen, refusing to wrap. What to do?

Question

The following code can be found in this live example

I\'ve got the following react native element:

\'use strict\';

var React = require(\'react-nativ         


        

Answer 1

The solution to that issue is flexShrink: 1.

 
   
       Really really long text...
   

Depending on your set up, you may also also need to add flexShrink: 1 to the 's parent as well, to get this to work, so play with that and you'll make it.

The solution was discovered by Adam Pietrasiak in this thread.