Updated the fix by setting the cursor position before updating the text and removing the clamping logic based on text length

SyedAbdulAzeemSF4852 · kubaflo · commit 1bc820b66e8b · 2026-01-26T11:21:23.000+01:00
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Core/Extensions/ITextInputExtensions.cs b/src/Core/src/Core/Extensions/ITextInputExtensions.cs
@@ -53,13 +53,9 @@ public static bool TextWithinMaxLength(this ITextInput textInput, string? text,
 
 		internal static void UpdateCursorPosition(this ITextInput textInput, int cursorPosition)
 		{
-			// Validate cursor position bounds
-			var textLength = textInput.Text?.Length ?? 0;
-			var validatedCursorPosition = Math.Clamp(cursorPosition, 0, textLength);
-			
-			if (textInput.CursorPosition != validatedCursorPosition)
+			if (textInput.CursorPosition != cursorPosition)
 			{
-				textInput.CursorPosition = validatedCursorPosition;
+				textInput.CursorPosition = cursorPosition;
 			}
 		}
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs
@@ -190,13 +190,16 @@ void OnEditingBegan(object? sender, EventArgs e)
 
 			void OnEditingChanged(object? sender, EventArgs e)
 			{
-				if (sender is MauiTextField platformView)
+				if (sender is MauiTextField platformView && VirtualView is not null)
 				{
-					VirtualView?.UpdateText(platformView.Text);
-					VirtualView?.UpdateCursorPosition(platformView.GetCursorPosition());
-				}
-			}
+					// Update cursor position before updating text so that when TextChanged event fires,
+					// the CursorPosition property reflects the current native cursor position
+					VirtualView.UpdateCursorPosition(platformView.GetCursorPosition());
 
+					VirtualView.UpdateText(platformView.Text);
+				}
+			}	
+				
 			void OnEditingEnded(object? sender, EventArgs e)
 			{
 				if (sender is MauiTextField platformView && VirtualView is IEntry virtualView)

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -53,13 +53,9 @@ public static bool TextWithinMaxLength(this ITextInput textInput, string? text,`
`53`	`53`
`54`	`54`	`internal static void UpdateCursorPosition(this ITextInput textInput, int cursorPosition)`
`55`	`55`	`{`
`56`		`- // Validate cursor position bounds`
`57`		`- var textLength = textInput.Text?.Length ?? 0;`
`58`		`- var validatedCursorPosition = Math.Clamp(cursorPosition, 0, textLength);`
`59`		`-`
`60`		`- if (textInput.CursorPosition != validatedCursorPosition)`
	`56`	`+ if (textInput.CursorPosition != cursorPosition)`
`61`	`57`	`{`
`62`		`- textInput.CursorPosition = validatedCursorPosition;`
	`58`	`+ textInput.CursorPosition = cursorPosition;`
`63`	`59`	`}`
`64`	`60`	`}`
`65`	`61`	`#endif`