(Android) Trying to resolve view with tag which doesn't exist

I’m getting this issue if my view reference did not specify a backgroundColor.

so the code works fine if I take a Snapshot with the below viewRef

<View   
  style={{backgroundColor: 'yellow'}}   
  ref={ref => viewRefSuccess = ref}>   
  <Text>   
    Hello View Snap Shot   
  </Text>   
</View>   

However it will crash with the “Trying to resolve view with tag ‘tagID’ which doesn’t exist” if I remove the backgroundColor props.

<View ref={ref => viewRefSuccess = ref}>   
  <Text>   
    Hello View Snap Shot   
  </Text>   
</View>   

Any thought on why this is happening?

Thanks.