Text prop selectable not working since upgrade on iOS 26
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Description
Description
When using the selectable prop on a Text component, the selection behavior doesn’t work on iOS 26 as expected. It doesn’t highlight the text with a selection color or allow proper text selection — it only shows the copy menu.
Note:
- Discovered on my iphone 13 ios 26.2. Used to work before doing the upgrade on my iphone.
- Using RN with Expo
Steps to reproduce
- Long press on a Text component with the
selectableprop.
React Native Version
0.81.5
Affected Platforms
Runtime - iOS
Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info
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Stacktrace or Logs
none
MANDATORY Reproducer
https://github.com/yafkari/ios-selectable-text-not-working
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Research direction
Start with the mandatory reproducer at yafkari/ios-selectable-text-not-working and verify the behavior on iOS 26.2 with React Native 0.81.5. Investigate the selectable Text behavior on iOS, then confirm that long-press selection highlights text, permits proper selection, and still shows the copy menu.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, react-native
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100