Add patch for `RCTBaseTextInput` fixing `selectTextOnFocus` prop (#4533)

* create patch

* remove js fix in `SearchScreen`

patches/react-native+0.74.1.patch

@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm b/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm
+index b0d71dc..9974932 100644
+--- a/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm
++++ b/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm
+@@ -377,10 +377,6 @@ - (void)textInputDidBeginEditing
+     self.backedTextInputView.attributedText = [NSAttributedString new];
+   }
+
+-  if (_selectTextOnFocus) {
+-    [self.backedTextInputView selectAll:nil];
+-  }
+-
+   [_eventDispatcher sendTextEventWithType:RCTTextEventTypeFocus
+                                  reactTag:self.reactTag
+                                      text:[self.backedTextInputView.attributedText.string copy]
+@@ -611,6 +607,10 @@ - (UIView *)reactAccessibilityElement
+ - (void)reactFocus
+ {
+   [self.backedTextInputView reactFocus];
++
++  if (_selectTextOnFocus) {
++    [self.backedTextInputView selectAll:nil];
++  }
+ }
+
+ - (void)reactBlur
 diff --git a/node_modules/react-native/React/Views/RefreshControl/RCTRefreshControl.h b/node_modules/react-native/React/Views/RefreshControl/RCTRefreshControl.h
 index e9b330f..1ecdf0a 100644
 --- a/node_modules/react-native/React/Views/RefreshControl/RCTRefreshControl.h

patches/react-native+0.74.1.patch.md

@@ -11,3 +11,10 @@ in the RN repo: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/43388
 Patching `RCTRefreshControl.m` and `RCTRefreshControl.h` to add a new `forwarderBeginRefreshing` method to the class.
 This method is used by `ExpoScrollForwarder` to initiate a refresh of the underlying `UIScrollView` from inside that
 module.
+
+
+## TextInput Patch - `selectTextOnFocus` fix
+
+Patching `RCTBaseTextInputView.m` to fix an issue where `selectTextOnFocus` does not work as expected on iOS 17. This
+patch _only_ fixes the Paper version of `TextInput`. If we migrate to Fabric and the fix has not been made upstream,
+we can apply the same fix. See https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/44307.

src/view/screens/Search/Search.tsx

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {makeProfileLink} from '#/lib/routes/links'
 import {NavigationProp} from '#/lib/routes/types'
 import {augmentSearchQuery} from '#/lib/strings/helpers'
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
-import {isIOS, isNative, isWeb} from '#/platform/detection'
+import {isNative, isWeb} from '#/platform/detection'
 import {listenSoftReset} from '#/state/events'
 import {useModerationOpts} from '#/state/preferences/moderation-opts'
 import {useActorAutocompleteQuery} from '#/state/queries/actor-autocomplete'
@@ -802,12 +802,6 @@ let SearchInputBox = ({
             })
           } else {
             setShowAutocomplete(true)
-            if (isIOS) {
-              // We rely on selectTextOnFocus, but it's broken on iOS:
-              // https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/41988
-              textInput.current?.setSelection(0, searchText.length)
-              // We still rely on selectTextOnFocus for it to be instant on Android.
-            }
           }
         }}
         onChangeText={onChangeText}