diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Utils/RCTViewFinder.h b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Utils/RCTViewFinder.h
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+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Utils/RCTViewFinder.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
+
+@interface RCTViewFinder : NSObject
+
++ (UIView *)findView:(UIView *)root withNativeId:(NSString *)nativeId;
+
+@end
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Utils/RCTViewFinder.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Utils/RCTViewFinder.mm
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#import "RCTViewFinder.h"
+#include <React/RCTViewComponentView.h>
+
+@implementation RCTViewFinder
+
++ (UIView *)findView:(UIView *)root withNativeId:(NSString *)nativeId
+{
+  if (!nativeId) {
+    return nil;
+  }
+
+  if ([root isKindOfClass:[RCTViewComponentView class]] &&
+      [nativeId isEqualToString:((RCTViewComponentView *)root).nativeId]) {
+    return root;
+  }
+
+  for (UIView *subview in root.subviews) {
+    UIView *result = [RCTViewFinder findView:subview withNativeId:nativeId];
+    if (result) {
+      return result;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return nil;
+}
+
+@end