Chrome has issues with textfields.
Textfields do not show hintText or value and cannot be modified until the user has opened and closed the javascript console.
Steps to reproduce:
Step 1: run the code below for mobile web on chrome
Step 2: note the single view in the window.
Step 3: Notice their is no visible hintText (probable bug)
Step 4: Click on the field and type, notice no text is entered into the textfield
Step 5: Open the javascript console
Step 6: Close the javascript console
Step 7: Notice any hiddenText
Step 8: Click on the field and type, notice now that the textfield works.
var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
backgroundColor:'#555'
});
var text = Ti.UI.createTextField({
borderWidth: 1,
borderColor: '#F00',
hintText: 'required',
width: 200,
height: 50
});
win.add(text);
win.open();
This is a duplicate of TIMOB-9717.