diff --git a/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js b/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js
--- a/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js
+++ b/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
 ) => (state: BaseAppState<*>) => MessageListData =
   memoize2(baseMessageListData);
 
-type UseMessageListDataArgs = {
+export type UseMessageListDataArgs = {
   +searching: boolean,
   +userInfoInputArray: $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>,
   +threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-context-provider.react.js b/native/chat/chat-context-provider.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-context-provider.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-context-provider.react.js
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import type { ChatMessageItem } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
 import { ChatContext } from './chat-context.js';
 import type { SidebarAnimationType } from './chat-context.js';
 import ChatItemHeightMeasurer from './chat-item-height-measurer.react.js';
+import type { NativeChatMessageItem } from './message-data.react.js';
 import type { ChatMessageItemWithHeight } from '../types/chat-types.js';
 
 type Props = {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 };
 
 export type MeasurementTask = {
-  +messages: $ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItem>,
+  +messages: $ReadOnlyArray<NativeChatMessageItem>,
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +onMessagesMeasured: (
     messagesWithHeight: $ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItemWithHeight>,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
   const measureMessages = React.useCallback(
     (
-      messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItem>,
+      messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<NativeChatMessageItem>,
       threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
       onMessagesMeasured: ($ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItemWithHeight>) => mixed,
       measurerID: number,
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     const measurerID = nextMeasurerID.current++;
     return {
       measure: (
-        messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItem>,
+        messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<NativeChatMessageItem>,
         threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
         onMessagesMeasured: (
           $ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItemWithHeight>,
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-context.js b/native/chat/chat-context.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-context.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-context.js
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import type { ChatMessageItem } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import type { SetState } from 'lib/types/hook-types.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
+import type { NativeChatMessageItem } from './message-data.react.js';
 import type { ChatMessageItemWithHeight } from '../types/chat-types.js';
 
 export type MessagesMeasurer = (
-  ?$ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItem>,
+  ?$ReadOnlyArray<NativeChatMessageItem>,
   ?ThreadInfo,
   ($ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItemWithHeight>) => mixed,
 ) => void;
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js b/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import type { ChatMessageItem } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { messageID } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import { messageTypes, type MessageType } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import { entityTextToRawString } from 'lib/utils/entity-text.js';
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 import { useComposedMessageMaxWidth } from './composed-message-width.js';
 import { dummyNodeForRobotextMessageHeightMeasurement } from './inner-robotext-message.react.js';
 import { dummyNodeForTextMessageHeightMeasurement } from './inner-text-message.react.js';
+import type { NativeChatMessageItem } from './message-data.react.js';
 import { MessageListContextProvider } from './message-list-types.js';
 import { multimediaMessageContentSizes } from './multimedia-message-utils.js';
 import { chatMessageItemKey } from './utils.js';
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   +measurement: MeasurementTask,
 };
 
-const heightMeasurerKey = (item: ChatMessageItem) => {
+const heightMeasurerKey = (item: NativeChatMessageItem) => {
   if (item.itemType !== 'message') {
     return null;
   }
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   return null;
 };
 
-const heightMeasurerDummy = (item: ChatMessageItem) => {
+const heightMeasurerDummy = (item: NativeChatMessageItem) => {
   invariant(
     item.itemType === 'message',
     'NodeHeightMeasurer asked for dummy for non-message item',
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   const { measurement } = props;
   const { threadInfo } = measurement;
   const heightMeasurerMergeItem = React.useCallback(
-    (item: ChatMessageItem, height: ?number) => {
+    (item: NativeChatMessageItem, height: ?number) => {
       if (item.itemType !== 'message') {
         return item;
       }
diff --git a/native/chat/message-data.react.js b/native/chat/message-data.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/chat/message-data.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// @flow
+
+import {
+  type ChatMessageItem,
+  type UseMessageListDataArgs,
+  useMessageListData,
+} from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
+
+export type NativeChatMessageItem = ChatMessageItem;
+
+type MessageListData = ?(NativeChatMessageItem[]);
+
+function useNativeMessageListData(
+  args: UseMessageListDataArgs,
+): MessageListData {
+  return useMessageListData(args);
+}
+
+export { useNativeMessageListData };
diff --git a/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js b/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js
--- a/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 import { View } from 'react-native';
 
 import genesis from 'lib/facts/genesis.js';
-import {
-  type ChatMessageItem,
-  useMessageListData,
-} from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { threadInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import {
   userInfoSelectorForPotentialMembers,
@@ -26,6 +22,10 @@
 import { type MessagesMeasurer, useHeightMeasurer } from './chat-context.js';
 import { ChatInputBar } from './chat-input-bar.react.js';
 import type { ChatNavigationProp } from './chat.react.js';
+import {
+  type NativeChatMessageItem,
+  useNativeMessageListData,
+} from './message-data.react.js';
 import MessageListThreadSearch from './message-list-thread-search.react.js';
 import { MessageListContextProvider } from './message-list-types.js';
 import MessageList from './message-list.react.js';
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   +userSearchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<UserListItem>,
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +genesisThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
-  +messageListData: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItem>,
+  +messageListData: ?$ReadOnlyArray<NativeChatMessageItem>,
   +colors: Colors,
   +styles: typeof unboundStyles,
   // withOverlayContext
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
       [setParams, existingThreadInfoFinder, addReply],
     );
 
-    const messageListData = useMessageListData({
+    const messageListData = useNativeMessageListData({
       searching: isSearching,
       userInfoInputArray,
       threadInfo,
diff --git a/native/chat/utils.js b/native/chat/utils.js
--- a/native/chat/utils.js
+++ b/native/chat/utils.js
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
 import { useLoggedInUserInfo } from 'lib/hooks/account-hooks.js';
-import { useMessageListData } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
-import type { ChatMessageItem } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { messageKey } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import { colorIsDark, viewerIsMember } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
@@ -14,6 +12,10 @@
 import { clusterEndHeight, inlineEngagementStyle } from './chat-constants.js';
 import { ChatContext, useHeightMeasurer } from './chat-context.js';
 import { failedSendHeight } from './failed-send.react.js';
+import {
+  useNativeMessageListData,
+  type NativeChatMessageItem,
+} from './message-data.react.js';
 import { authorNameHeight } from './message-header.react.js';
 import { multimediaMessageItemHeight } from './multimedia-message-utils.js';
 import { getUnresolvedSidebarThreadInfo } from './sidebar-navigation.js';
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@
   +position: number,
   +color: string,
 } {
-  const messageListData = useMessageListData({
+  const messageListData = useNativeMessageListData({
     searching: false,
     userInfoInputArray: [],
     threadInfo: sidebarThreadInfo,
@@ -389,7 +391,7 @@
 }
 
 function chatMessageItemKey(
-  item: ChatMessageItemWithHeight | ChatMessageItem,
+  item: ChatMessageItemWithHeight | NativeChatMessageItem,
 ): string {
   if (item.itemType === 'loader') {
     return 'loader';