This change solved the performance issues described here.

Depends on D8541

1. I enabled console.log for release builds by commenting out transform-remove-console in native/babel.config.js
2. I compiled a release build to my iOS device
3. I opened a MessageList and typed a series of characters very quickly and confirmed that I no longer saw logs like this:

[native] Native TextInput(hey what’s going) is 10 events ahead of JS - try to make your JS faster.