Flatlist doesn't invoke renderItems when data passed is array of nulls

[imanshul]

Description

When numColumns field is added to display Flatlist as gridView, the flatlist's renderItem method doesn't invoke when we pass array of nulls as data.

Version

0.67.2

Output of npx react-native info

System:
OS: macOS 12.3.1
CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1
Memory: 122.77 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 16.13.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.17 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 8.1.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Watchman: 2021.10.18.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.11.3 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 21.2, iOS 15.2, macOS 12.1, tvOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3
Android SDK:
API Levels: 17, 23, 28, 30, 31
Build Tools: 29.0.2, 30.0.0, 30.0.1, 30.0.2, 31.0.0
System Images: android-29 | Google Play ARM 64 v8a, android-30 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a, android-31 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: Not Found
Xcode: 13.2.1/13C100 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: 1.8.0_311 - /usr/bin/javac
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 17.0.2 => 17.0.2
react-native: 0.67.2 => 0.67.2
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

Use a flatlist and pass data to flatlist as [null, null] you'll see that it render the list but when you change the same flatlist to gridView by passing numColumns the same code stops working, the renderItem method is never invoked.

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

Flatlist code with array of nulls that invoke renderItem method and displays item.

 <FlatList
                            data={[null, null]}
                            keyExtractor={(item, index) => index.toString()}
                            renderItem={({item, index}) => this.renderItem(item, index)}                
/>

Adding the numColumns field doesn't call renderItem method. Below code doesn't work

<FlatList
                            data={[null, null]}
                            keyExtractor={(item, index) => index.toString()}
                            renderItem={({item, index}) => this.renderItem(item, index)}            
                            numColumns={2}    
/>

[AntoineDoubovetzky]

I opened a PR to fix this issue