From 064262fea768d2fe52557b6aac44e16609bc5c39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerardo Pacheco <gerardo.pacheco@automattic.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:40:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Mobile - RichText - Restore onSelectionChange when its
 focused (#29074)

---
 packages/rich-text/src/component/index.native.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/rich-text/src/component/index.native.js b/packages/rich-text/src/component/index.native.js
index 0f1041631f2606..6185f53b1bdf82 100644
--- a/packages/rich-text/src/component/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/rich-text/src/component/index.native.js
@@ -756,6 +756,12 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 
 		if ( isSelected && ! prevIsSelected ) {
 			this._editor.focus();
+			// Update selection props explicitly when component is selected as Aztec won't call onSelectionChange
+			// if its internal value hasn't change. When created, default value is 0, 0
+			this.onSelectionChange(
+				this.props.selectionStart || 0,
+				this.props.selectionEnd || 0
+			);
 		} else if ( ! isSelected && prevIsSelected ) {
 			this._editor.blur();
 		}