Merge pull request #52734 from ikevin127/ikevin127-textInputCaretSelectionPatch

PATCH: Android - Fix caret resetting to the beginning of the input

Author: aldo-expensify

patches/react-native+0.75.2+021+ReactEditText.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+--- a/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
++++ b/node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@ public class ReactEditText extends AppCompatEditText {
+       return;
+     }
+ 
++    maybeSetSelection(start, end);
++  }
++
++  private void maybeSetSelection(int start, int end) {
+     if (start != ReactConstants.UNSET && end != ReactConstants.UNSET) {
+       // clamp selection values for safety
+       start = clampToTextLength(start);
+@@ -544,7 +548,8 @@ public class ReactEditText extends AppCompatEditText {
+       int selectionStart = getSelectionStart();
+       int selectionEnd = getSelectionEnd();
+       setInputType(mStagedInputType);
+-      setSelection(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
++      // Restore the selection
++      maybeSetSelection(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
+     }
+   }
+ 
+@@ -1063,11 +1068,17 @@ public class ReactEditText extends AppCompatEditText {
+   public void onAttachedToWindow() {
+     super.onAttachedToWindow();
+ 
++    int selectionStart = getSelectionStart();
++    int selectionEnd = getSelectionEnd();
++
+     // Used to ensure that text is selectable inside of removeClippedSubviews
+     // See https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/6805 for original
+     // fix that was ported to here.
+ 
+     super.setTextIsSelectable(true);
++    
++    // Restore the selection since `setTextIsSelectable` changed it.
++    maybeSetSelection(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
+ 
+     if (mContainsImages) {
+       Spanned text = getText();