From bb4c90c56455a11957b4ca76e2cf72dd0ee6cefa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diego Mello <diegolmello@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:48:33 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: clear composer input with TextInput.clear()

---
 .../MessageComposer/components/ComposerInput.test.tsx       | 1 +
 app/containers/MessageComposer/components/ComposerInput.tsx | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/containers/MessageComposer/components/ComposerInput.test.tsx b/app/containers/MessageComposer/components/ComposerInput.test.tsx
index bdb166d76f..e825a7d5b0 100644
--- a/app/containers/MessageComposer/components/ComposerInput.test.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/MessageComposer/components/ComposerInput.test.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jest.mock('react-native', () => {
 	const React = jest.requireActual('react');
 	const NativeTextInput = React.forwardRef((props: Record<string, unknown>, ref: unknown) => {
 		const nativeNode = React.useRef({
+			clear: jest.fn(),
 			focus: jest.fn(),
 			setNativeProps: jest.fn(),
 			setSelection: jest.fn()
diff --git a/app/containers/MessageComposer/components/ComposerInput.tsx b/app/containers/MessageComposer/components/ComposerInput.tsx
index b69dc7c2d2..c8185b74ac 100644
--- a/app/containers/MessageComposer/components/ComposerInput.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/MessageComposer/components/ComposerInput.tsx
@@ -186,7 +186,11 @@ export const ComposerInput = memo(
 				saveMessageDraft('');
 			}
 
-			inputRef.current?.setNativeProps?.({ text });
+			if (text) {
+				inputRef.current?.setNativeProps?.({ text });
+			} else {
+				inputRef.current?.clear();
+			}
 
 			if (selection) {
 				// setSelection won't trigger onSelectionChange, so we need it to be ran after new text is set