From 2945fa6e0e4799ef3c0edb87e07fd7e931bb58d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devan Buggay <devanb@meta.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:36:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Hook up focus/blur events (#53827)

Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/53827

Hook up focus/blur events to view.

Changelog: [Internal]

Reviewed By: rozele

Differential Revision: D82146291

fbshipit-source-id: 3cb90d22c00d067099c4c6fac734f27030d87639
---
 .../View/RCTViewComponentView.mm              | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
index 7642623b5a5..eda8cacb542 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -1568,6 +1568,34 @@ static NSString *RCTRecursiveAccessibilityLabel(UIView *view)
   [self resignFirstResponder];
 }
 
+#pragma mark - Focus Events
+
+- (BOOL)becomeFirstResponder
+{
+  if (![super becomeFirstResponder]) {
+    return NO;
+  }
+
+  if (_eventEmitter && ReactNativeFeatureFlags::enableImperativeFocus()) {
+    _eventEmitter->onFocus();
+  }
+
+  return YES;
+}
+
+- (BOOL)resignFirstResponder
+{
+  if (![super resignFirstResponder]) {
+    return NO;
+  }
+
+  if (_eventEmitter && ReactNativeFeatureFlags::enableImperativeFocus()) {
+    _eventEmitter->onBlur();
+  }
+
+  return YES;
+}
+
 @end
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus