diff --git a/native/components/clearable-text-input.react.ios.js b/native/components/clearable-text-input.react.ios.js
--- a/native/components/clearable-text-input.react.ios.js
+++ b/native/components/clearable-text-input.react.ios.js
@@ -115,8 +115,19 @@
   };
 
   async getValueAndReset(): Promise<string> {
-    const { value } = this.props;
+    // We are doing something very naughty here, which is that we are
+    // constructing a fake nativeEvent. We are certainly not including all the
+    // fields that the type is expected to have, which is why we need to
+    // any-type it. We know this is okay because the code that uses
+    // ClearableTextInput only accesses event.nativeEvent.selection
+    const fakeSelectionEvent: any = {
+      nativeEvent: { selection: { end: 0, start: 0 } },
+    };
+    this.props.onSelectionChange?.(fakeSelectionEvent);
+
     this.props.onChangeText('');
+
+    const { value } = this.props;
     if (!this.focused) {
       return value;
     }
@@ -154,7 +165,6 @@
           {...props}
           style={[props.style, styles.invisibleTextInput]}
           onChangeText={this.onOldInputChangeText}
-          onSelectionChange={this.props.onSelectionChange}
           onKeyPress={this.onOldInputKeyPress}
           onBlur={this.onOldInputBlur}
           onFocus={this.onOldInputFocus}
@@ -168,7 +178,6 @@
         onFocus={this.onFocus}
         onBlur={this.onBlur}
         onChangeText={this.props.onChangeText}
-        onSelectionChange={this.props.onSelectionChange}
         key={this.state.textInputKey}
         ref={this.textInputRef}
       />,
diff --git a/native/components/clearable-text-input.react.js b/native/components/clearable-text-input.react.js
--- a/native/components/clearable-text-input.react.js
+++ b/native/components/clearable-text-input.react.js
@@ -30,9 +30,20 @@
   };
 
   getValueAndReset(): Promise<string> {
+    this.props.onChangeText('');
+
+    // We are doing something very naughty here, which is that we are
+    // constructing a fake nativeEvent. We are certainly not including all the
+    // fields that the type is expected to have, which is why we need to
+    // any-type it. We know this is okay because the code that uses
+    // ClearableTextInput only accesses event.nativeEvent.selection
+    const fakeSelectionEvent: any = {
+      nativeEvent: { selection: { end: 0, start: 0 } },
+    };
+    this.props.onSelectionChange?.(fakeSelectionEvent);
+
     const { value } = this.props;
     this.lastMessageSent = value;
-    this.props.onChangeText('');
     if (this.textInput) {
       this.textInput.clear();
     }
@@ -60,7 +71,6 @@
         <TextInput
           {...props}
           onChangeText={this.onChangeText}
-          onSelectionChange={this.props.onSelectionChange}
           ref={this.textInputRef}
         />
       </View>