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Environment

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  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: Linux 4.15 Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
      CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
      Memory: 1.12 GB / 15.54 GB
      Shell: 4.4.19 - /bin/bash
    Binaries:
      Node: 10.9.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.9.0/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.10.1 - /usr/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.9.0/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      Android SDK:
        Build Tools: 23.0.1, 23.0.2, 23.0.3, 25.0.0, 25.0.1, 25.0.2, 25.0.3, 26.0.1, 26.0.2, 27.0.0, 27.0.1, 27.0.3
        API Levels: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
    npmPackages:
      @storybook/react-native: 4.0.11 => 4.0.11
      @types/react: ^16.7.13 => 16.7.13
      @types/react-native: ^0.57.17 => 0.57.17
      react: ^16.6.3 => 16.6.3
      react-native: 0.57.7 => 0.57.7

Description

So I have this TextInput component that's supposed to toggle between secureTextEntry, a common use case for showing/hiding password. The issue is that the text selection is reset to the start of the input and I can't find a way to set the cursor position to the end after toggling "show/hide password".

In other words, setting the property selection={{ start: number, end: number }} on a TextInput element seems to do nothing.

What's been attempted:

1. Setting the selection state after a button click event.
2. Updating selection state after the onSelectionChange event
3. Using textInputRef.current.setNativeProps({ selection: {} }) on componentDidUpdate

Image:

Reproducible Demo

https://snack.expo.io/HkvTKtEkN