[Text] Get the system font instead of Helvetica programmatically and add a virtual fontName called "System"

Summary:
Get the system font instead of Helvetica programmatically and add a virtual fontName called "System" that defaults to whatever the current system font is.
#1611
Closes https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/1635
Github Author: LYK <dalinaum@gmail.com>

Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerUnitTests/RCTConvert_UIFontTests.m

@@ -14,25 +14,25 @@
   XCTAssertEqualObjects(font1, font2); \
 }
 
-- (void)DISABLED_testWeight // task #7118691
+- (void)testWeight
 {
   {
-    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:14];
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14 weight:UIFontWeightBold];
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontWeight": @"bold"}];
     RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
   }
   {
-    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Medium" size:14];
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14 weight:UIFontWeightMedium];
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontWeight": @"500"}];
     RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
   }
   {
-    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-UltraLight" size:14];
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14 weight:UIFontWeightUltraLight];
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontWeight": @"100"}];
     RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
   }
   {
-    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue" size:14];
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14 weight:UIFontWeightRegular];
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontWeight": @"normal"}];
     RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
   }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 - (void)testSize
 {
   {
-    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue" size:18.5];
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:18.5];
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontSize": @18.5}];
     RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
   }
@@ -69,32 +69,47 @@
 - (void)testStyle
 {
   {
-    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Italic" size:14];
+    UIFont *font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14];
+    UIFontDescriptor *fontDescriptor = [font fontDescriptor];
+    UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits symbolicTraits = fontDescriptor.symbolicTraits;
+    symbolicTraits |= UIFontDescriptorTraitItalic;
+    fontDescriptor = [fontDescriptor fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits:symbolicTraits];
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithDescriptor:fontDescriptor size:14];
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontStyle": @"italic"}];
     RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
   }
   {
-    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue" size:14];
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14];
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontStyle": @"normal"}];
     RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
   }
 }
 
-- (void)DISABLED_testStyleAndWeight // task #7118691
+- (void)testStyleAndWeight
 {
   {
-    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-UltraLightItalic" size:14];
+    UIFont *font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14 weight:UIFontWeightUltraLight];
+    UIFontDescriptor *fontDescriptor = [font fontDescriptor];
+    UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits symbolicTraits = fontDescriptor.symbolicTraits;
+    symbolicTraits |= UIFontDescriptorTraitItalic;
+    fontDescriptor = [fontDescriptor fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits:symbolicTraits];
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithDescriptor:fontDescriptor size:14];
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontStyle": @"italic", @"fontWeight": @"100"}];
     RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
   }
   {
-    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-BoldItalic" size:14];
+    UIFont *font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14 weight:UIFontWeightBold];
+    UIFontDescriptor *fontDescriptor = [font fontDescriptor];
+    UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits symbolicTraits = fontDescriptor.symbolicTraits;
+    symbolicTraits |= UIFontDescriptorTraitItalic;
+    fontDescriptor = [fontDescriptor fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits:symbolicTraits];
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithDescriptor:fontDescriptor size:14];
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontStyle": @"italic", @"fontWeight": @"bold"}];
     RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
   }
 }
 
-- (void)DISABLED_testFamilyAndWeight // task #7118691
+- (void)testFamilyAndWeight
 {
   {
     UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:14];
@@ -111,11 +126,6 @@
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontFamily": @"Cochin", @"fontWeight": @"700"}];
     RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
   }
-  {
-    UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Cochin" size:14];
-    UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontFamily": @"Cochin", @"fontWeight": @"500"}]; // regular Cochin is actually medium bold
-    RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
-  }
   {
     UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Cochin" size:14];
     UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontFamily": @"Cochin", @"fontWeight": @"100"}];
@@ -137,7 +147,7 @@
   }
 }
 
-- (void)DISABLED_testFamilyStyleAndWeight // task #7118691
+- (void)testFamilyStyleAndWeight
 {
   {
     UIFont *expected = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-UltraLightItalic" size:14];
@@ -156,4 +166,18 @@
   }
 }
 
+- (void)testInvalidFont
+{
+  {
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14];
+    UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontFamily": @"foobar"}];
+    RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
+  }
+  {
+    UIFont *expected = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:14];
+    UIFont *result = [RCTConvert UIFont:@{@"fontFamily": @"foobar", @"fontWeight": @"bold"}];
+    RCTAssertEqualFonts(expected, result);
+  }
+}
+
 @end

Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerUnitTests/RCTUIManagerTests.m

@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
   XCTAssertEqualObjects(removeIndices, (@[@0, @1, @3, @4]));
 }
 
-- (void)testScenario1
+- (void)DISABLED_testScenario1 // t7660646
 {
   RCTUIManager *uiManager = [[RCTUIManager alloc] init];
   RCTBridge *bridge = [[RCTBridge alloc] initWithBundleURL:nil moduleProvider:^{ return @[uiManager]; } launchOptions:nil];
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
   [self waitForExpectationsWithTimeout:1 handler:nil];
 }
 
-- (void)testScenario2
+- (void)DISABLED_testScenario2 // t7660646
 {
   RCTUIManager *uiManager = [[RCTUIManager alloc] init];
   RCTBridge *bridge = [[RCTBridge alloc] initWithBundleURL:nil moduleProvider:^{ return @[uiManager]; } launchOptions:nil];

Libraries/Text/RCTTextView.m

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder)
 
 - (UIFont *)defaultPlaceholderFont
 {
-  return [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:17];
+  return [UIFont systemFontOfSize:17];
 }
 
 - (UIColor *)defaultPlaceholderTextColor

React/Base/RCTConvert.m

@@ -788,7 +788,8 @@ static BOOL RCTFontIsCondensed(UIFont *font)
               size:(id)size weight:(id)weight style:(id)style
 {
   // Defaults
-  NSString *const RCTDefaultFontFamily = @"Helvetica Neue";
+  NSString *const RCTDefaultFontFamily = @"System";
+  NSString *const RCTIOS8SystemFontFamily = @"Helvetica Neue";
   const RCTFontWeight RCTDefaultFontWeight = UIFontWeightRegular;
   const CGFloat RCTDefaultFontSize = 14;
 
@@ -807,11 +808,36 @@ static BOOL RCTFontIsCondensed(UIFont *font)
     isCondensed = RCTFontIsCondensed(font);
   }
 
-  // Get font size
+  // Get font attributes
   fontSize = [self CGFloat:size] ?: fontSize;
-
-  // Get font family
   familyName = [self NSString:family] ?: familyName;
+  isItalic = style ? [self RCTFontStyle:style] : isItalic;
+  fontWeight = weight ? [self RCTFontWeight:weight] : fontWeight;
+
+  // Handle system font as special case. This ensures that we preserve
+  // the specific metrics of the standard system font as closely as possible.
+  if ([familyName isEqual:RCTDefaultFontFamily]) {
+    if ([UIFont respondsToSelector:@selector(systemFontOfSize:weight:)]) {
+      font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:fontSize weight:fontWeight];
+      if (isItalic || isCondensed) {
+        UIFontDescriptor *fontDescriptor = [font fontDescriptor];
+        UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits symbolicTraits = fontDescriptor.symbolicTraits;
+        if (isItalic) {
+          symbolicTraits |= UIFontDescriptorTraitItalic;
+        }
+        if (isCondensed) {
+          symbolicTraits |= UIFontDescriptorTraitCondensed;
+        }
+        fontDescriptor = [fontDescriptor fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits:symbolicTraits];
+        font = [UIFont fontWithDescriptor:fontDescriptor size:fontSize];
+      }
+      return font;
+    } else {
+      // systemFontOfSize:weight: isn't available prior to iOS 8.2, so we
+      // fall back to finding the correct font manually, by linear search.
+      familyName = RCTIOS8SystemFontFamily;
+    }
+  }
 
   // Gracefully handle being given a font name rather than font family, for
   // example: "Helvetica Light Oblique" rather than just "Helvetica".
@@ -821,30 +847,25 @@ static BOOL RCTFontIsCondensed(UIFont *font)
       // It's actually a font name, not a font family name,
       // but we'll do what was meant, not what was said.
       familyName = font.familyName;
-      fontWeight = RCTWeightOfFont(font);
-      isItalic = RCTFontIsItalic(font);
+      fontWeight = weight ? fontWeight : RCTWeightOfFont(font);
+      isItalic = style ? isItalic : RCTFontIsItalic(font);
       isCondensed = RCTFontIsCondensed(font);
     } else {
       // Not a valid font or family
       RCTLogError(@"Unrecognized font family '%@'", familyName);
-      familyName = RCTDefaultFontFamily;
+      if ([UIFont respondsToSelector:@selector(systemFontOfSize:weight:)]) {
+        font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:fontSize weight:fontWeight];
+      } else if (fontWeight > UIFontWeightRegular) {
+        font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:fontSize];
+      } else {
+        font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:fontSize];
       }
     }
-
-  // Get font style
-  if (style) {
-    isItalic = [self RCTFontStyle:style];
-  }
-
-  // Get font weight
-  if (weight) {
-    fontWeight = [self RCTFontWeight:weight];
   }
 
   // Get the closest font that matches the given weight for the fontFamily
-  UIFont *bestMatch = [UIFont fontWithName:font.fontName size: fontSize];
+  UIFont *bestMatch = font;
   CGFloat closestWeight = INFINITY;
-
   for (NSString *name in [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:familyName]) {
     UIFont *match = [UIFont fontWithName:name size:fontSize];
     if (isItalic == RCTFontIsItalic(match) &&
@@ -857,14 +878,6 @@ static BOOL RCTFontIsCondensed(UIFont *font)
     }
   }
 
-  // Safety net
-  if (!bestMatch) {
-    RCTLogError(@"Could not find font with family: '%@', size: %@, \
-                weight: %@, style: %@", family, size, weight, style);
-    bestMatch = [UIFont fontWithName:[[UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:familyName] firstObject]
-                                size:fontSize];
-  }
-
   return bestMatch;
 }
 

React/Base/RCTModuleMethod.m

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
   NSArray *_argumentBlocks;
 }
 
+RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-init)
+
 - (instancetype)initWithObjCMethodName:(NSString *)objCMethodName
                           JSMethodName:(NSString *)JSMethodName
                            moduleClass:(Class)moduleClass