Invalid prop `%s` supplied to `React.Fragment`. React.Fragment can only have `key` and `children` props. style

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Current behavior:

When using React.Fragment (<>...</>) as a direct child of an Emotion-styled TouchableHighlight component in React Native, React throws the following error:

ERROR: Invalid prop `style` supplied to `React.Fragment`. React.Fragment can only have `key` and `children` props.

The issue occurs because Emotion's styled component system attempts to pass a style prop to the React.Fragment, which React does not allow. React.Fragment can only accept key and children props.

To reproduce:

A minimal reproduction repository is available at: GitHub Repository URL

1. Clone the repository and install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Start Expo and run on iOS:

   npm start
   npm run ios

3. After the app starts in the iOS Simulator, you'll see a text "Hello from React Native with Emotion!"

4. Click/tap on the text

5. Check the terminal or simulator console - you'll see the error: ERROR: Invalid prop 'style' supplied to React.Fragment

Minimal reproduction code:

import { View, TouchableHighlight, Text } from 'react-native';
import styled from '@emotion/native';

const StyledListItemContainer = styled(TouchableHighlight)(() => ({
  alignItems: 'center',
  flexDirection: 'row',
}));

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#fff', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
      <StyledListItemContainer onPress={() => { }}>
        <>
          <Text>Hello from React Native with Emotion!</Text>
        </>
      </StyledListItemContainer>
    </View>
  );
}

Expected behavior:

React.Fragment should be allowed as a child of Emotion-styled components without receiving invalid props. The styled component should not attempt to pass props (such as style) to React.Fragment children.

Environment information:

• react version: 19.1.0
• @emotion/react version: ^11.14.0
• @emotion/native version: ^11.11.0
• @emotion/babel-plugin version: ^11.13.5
• react-native version: 0.81.5
• expo version: ~54.0.32

[tqdung]

After upgraded react-native to version 0.81.x, the system is generating too many error logs, which is affecting the development experience. From ver 0.78.0 react native add a logic to validate props of Fragment and it inadvertently revealed a problem within the @emotion/native, the styled component from @emotion/native passing the props immediately into it children (Ref).