How to change the placeholder color in android app created using React Native

I'm creating an Android app using React Native in which there's a form. The placeholder doesn't even appear for the textInput fields so I thought of changing the placeholder color but I don't know how to do that. The docs mentioned some way which I don't understand.

Here's the code:

  <TextInput
  secureTextEntry={secureTextEntry}
  style={inputStyle}
  placeholder={placeholder}
  value={value}
  onChangeText={onChangeText}
  />

  inputStyle: {
  color: '#000',
  paddingRight: 5,
  paddingLeft: 5,
  fontSize: 18,
  lineHeight: 23,
  flex: 2,
  }

I also tried:

  <TextInput
  placeholderTextColor="blue"
  style={inputStyle}
  placeholder={placeholder}
  value={value}
  onChangeText={onChangeText}
  />

and

  inputStyle: {
  color: '#000',
  paddingRight: 5,
  paddingLeft: 5,
  fontSize: 18,
  lineHeight: 23,
  flex: 2,
  placeholderTextColor: '#333'
  }

Like so:

<TextInput
   placeholder="something"
   placeholderTextColor="#000" 
/>

Use the placeholderTextColor prop to change the color of the placeholder text.

For example:

<TextInput placeholder="First name..." placeholderTextColor="#FFF" />

You can check the React Native TextInput reference for this and more options on the same.

Try using placeholderTextColor property to maintain placeholder color. secureTextEntry props are generally used for password input. It's best to follow official document. I think they described everything in a proper way.