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[Android/EditText]: Fix case where TextInput loses text selection ability #20889

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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
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Expand Up @@ -588,6 +588,15 @@ public void onStartTemporaryDetach() {
@Override
public void onAttachedToWindow() {
super.onAttachedToWindow();

// Bug workaround for losing text selection ability, see:
// https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=208169
// This should allow users to copy and paste text from TextInput elements inside ViewPagerAndroid
if (isEnabled()) {
setEnabled(false);
setEnabled(true);
}

if (mContainsImages) {
Spanned text = getText();
TextInlineImageSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), TextInlineImageSpan.class);
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