a11y(iOS): nested `<Text role="link" />` not focusable on iOS

Description

<Text role="link" /> element nested in <Text /> is not focusable by screen reader on iOS.

Example code

<Text style={styles.text}>
  Regular Text
  <Text role="link" onPress={handlePress}>Link Text</Text>
</Text>

On iOS it focuses only the top-level Text element, there is no focus on child text element with link role.

on Android it focuses first on top-level Text element (announcing: "contains links"), then focuses on child text element with link role.

This is especially hard to solve, if I would want to have 2+ links inside the text.

Steps to reproduce

1. Clone https://github.com/mdjastrzebski/ReproLinkText
2. Run under screen reader on iOS (& Android for comparison)

React Native Version

0.81.0

Affected Platforms

Runtime - iOS

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: macOS 15.6
  CPU: (11) arm64 Apple M3 Pro
  Memory: 183.14 MB / 36.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 22.17.1
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.17.1/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 3.6.4
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.17.1/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.9.2
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.17.1/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2025.07.28.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.15.2
    path: /Users/mdj/.rbenv/shims/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 24.5
      - iOS 18.5
      - macOS 15.5
      - tvOS 18.5
      - visionOS 2.5
      - watchOS 11.5
  Android SDK:
    API Levels:
      - "35"
      - "36"
    Build Tools:
      - 35.0.0
      - 36.0.0
    System Images:
      - android-35 | Google Play ARM 64 v8a
      - android-36 | Google Play ARM 64 v8a
    Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2025.1 AI-251.25410.109.2511.13752376
  Xcode:
    version: 16.4/16F6
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.16
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 3.4.5
    path: /Users/mdj/.rbenv/shims/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 20.0.0
    wanted: 20.0.0
  react:
    installed: 19.1.0
    wanted: 19.1.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.81.0
    wanted: 0.81.0
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: false

Stacktrace or Logs

N/A

MANDATORY Reproducer

https://github.com/mdjastrzebski/ReproLinkText

Screenshots and Videos

iOS (incorrect):
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/623b4a6d-2ba2-4a7d-a659-7f16386c7ca2

Android (correct):
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/216921f8-6f59-4261-b75f-574a7cb1de0e

Inizia con il riproduttore obbligatorio ReproLinkText ed eseguilo con VoiceOver su iOS, confrontando il comportamento del suo Text annidato con quello di Android. Traccia il punto di ingresso dell’accessibilità di React Native Text coinvolto negli elementi annidati role="link"; il lavoro è completato quando il link figlio riceve il focus su iOS, inclusi più link, mentre il comportamento esistente su Android rimane invariato.