Using TextInput seems like a hacky workaround to me.

On another note, the docs state using the selectable-property on <Text> does the following: "Lets the user select text, to use the native copy and paste functionality.", which is clearly not the case on ios.

Waiting for updates!!!!

Still waiting on this over three years later...

This functionality is a real need. I wonder why this has not been implemented yet.

I've published a workaround for now if you're interested: https://github.com/msand/react-native-selectable-text

import SelectableText from 'react-native-selectable-text';

export default ({ text, onSelectionChange }) => (

<SelectableText

selectable

multiline

contextMenuHidden

scrollEnabled={false}

editable={false}

onSelectionChange={(event) => {

const {

nativeEvent: {

selection: { start, end },

},

} = event

const str = text.substring(start, end)

onSelectionChange({ str, start, end })

}}

style={{

color: "#BAB6C8",

}}

value={text}

/>);

More than 2 years guys. Nice.

Any update?

Any updates?

any update?

I think what we really want it the Text on ios to inherit from UITextView, not UIView