diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputShadowNode.java
index eeda18dedf5cba..f722bf6a163ad9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputShadowNode.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class ReactTextInputShadowNode extends ReactBaseTextShadowNode
     implements YogaMeasureFunction {
 
   private int mMostRecentEventCount = UNSET;
-  private @Nullable EditText mDummyEditText;
+  private @Nullable EditText mInternalEditText;
   private @Nullable ReactTextInputLocalData mLocalData;
 
   @VisibleForTesting public static final String PROP_TEXT = "text";
@@ -75,20 +75,20 @@ public void setThemedContext(ThemedReactContext themedContext) {
     // of Android), and it cannot be changed.
     // So, we have to enforce it as a default padding.
     // TODO #7120264: Cache this stuff better.
-    EditText editText = new EditText(getThemedContext());
+    EditText editText = createInternalEditText();
     setDefaultPadding(Spacing.START, ViewCompat.getPaddingStart(editText));
     setDefaultPadding(Spacing.TOP, editText.getPaddingTop());
     setDefaultPadding(Spacing.END, ViewCompat.getPaddingEnd(editText));
     setDefaultPadding(Spacing.BOTTOM, editText.getPaddingBottom());
 
-    mDummyEditText = editText;
+    mInternalEditText = editText;
 
     // We must measure the EditText without paddings, so we have to reset them.
-    mDummyEditText.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 0);
+    mInternalEditText.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 0);
 
     // This is needed to fix an android bug since 4.4.3 which will throw an NPE in measure,
     // setting the layoutParams fixes it: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=75877
-    mDummyEditText.setLayoutParams(
+    mInternalEditText.setLayoutParams(
         new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(
             ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
   }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public long measure(
       float height,
       YogaMeasureMode heightMode) {
     // measure() should never be called before setThemedContext()
-    EditText editText = Assertions.assertNotNull(mDummyEditText);
+    EditText editText = Assertions.assertNotNull(mInternalEditText);
 
     if (mLocalData != null) {
       mLocalData.apply(editText);
@@ -249,4 +249,12 @@ public void setPadding(int spacingType, float padding) {
     super.setPadding(spacingType, padding);
     markUpdated();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * May be overriden by subclasses that would like to provide their own instance of the internal
+   * {@code EditText} this class uses to determine the expected size of the view.
+   */
+  protected EditText createInternalEditText() {
+    return new EditText(getThemedContext());
+  }
 }