Initial Tags are not getting set

[Rapid Rabbit Software]

I am having problems setting my initial tags with the code below. Is there something obvious that I am doing wrong?

import React, {useEffect, useState} from 'react';
import {
  TouchableOpacity, Text
} from 'react-native';
import Tags from "react-native-tags";

function JobScreen({ route, navigation }) {
  const [niche, setNiche] = useState(['tag1', 'tag2'])

  return (
         <Tags
            textInputProps={{placeholder: "E.g - Fashion"}}
            maxNumberOfTags={10}
            initialTags={niche}
            onChangeTags={niches => setNiche(niches)}
            containerStyle={{ borderColor: '#E0E0E0', borderWidth: 1, marginVertical: 4, borderRadius: 8, paddingTop: 4 }}
            inputStyle={{ backgroundColor: "white" }}
            renderTag={({ tag, index, onPress, deleteTagOnPress, readonly }) => (
              <TouchableOpacity key={`${tag}-${index}`} onPress={onPress}>
                <Text style={{ marginTop: 2, marginBottom: 2, color: "#7A7A7A", marginLeft: 5, paddingVertical: 5, paddingHorizontal: 10,
                               borderColor: "#7A7A7A", borderWidth: 2, borderRadius: 15 }}>{tag}</Text>
              </TouchableOpacity>
            )}
          />
 )
}

[Rapid Rabbit Software]

Also I happen to notice that the placeholder field is not working either.

   textInputProps={{placeholder: "E.g - Fashion"}}

[Emmanuel Ibikunle]

This is true. Is there a way to override the default value?