diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
index 1430702991dbd..d9fc545e8fa9f 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
@@ -531,10 +531,18 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 	onFocus() {
 		this.isTouched = true;
 
-		if ( this.props.onFocus ) {
-			this.props.onFocus();
+		const { unstableOnFocus } = this.props;
+
+		if ( unstableOnFocus ) {
+			unstableOnFocus();
 		}
 
+		// We know for certain that on focus, the old selection is invalid. It
+		// will be recalculated on `selectionchange`.
+		const index = undefined;
+
+		this.props.onSelectionChange( index, index );
+
 		this.lastAztecEventType = 'focus';
 	}
 
@@ -657,7 +665,9 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 		}
 
 		if ( ! this.comesFromAztec ) {
-			if ( nextProps.selectionStart !== this.props.selectionStart &&
+			if ( ( typeof nextProps.selectionStart !== 'undefined' ) &&
+					( typeof nextProps.selectionEnd !== 'undefined' ) &&
+					nextProps.selectionStart !== this.props.selectionStart &&
 					nextProps.selectionStart !== this.selectionStart &&
 					nextProps.isSelected ) {
 				this.needsSelectionUpdate = true;
@@ -681,7 +691,7 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 
 	componentWillUnmount() {
 		if ( this._editor.isFocused() ) {
-			this._editor.blur();
+			// this._editor.blur();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -695,7 +705,7 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 			// Update selection props explicitly when component is selected as Aztec won't call onSelectionChange
 			// if its internal value hasn't change. When created, default value is 0, 0
 			this.onSelectionChange( this.props.selectionStart || 0, this.props.selectionEnd || 0 );
-		} else if ( ! this.props.isSelected && prevProps.isSelected && this.isIOS ) {
+		} else if ( ! this.props.isSelected && prevProps.isSelected ) {
 			this._editor.blur();
 		}
 	}
@@ -810,7 +820,6 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 					onContentSizeChange={ this.onContentSizeChange }
 					onCaretVerticalPositionChange={ this.props.onCaretVerticalPositionChange }
 					onSelectionChange={ this.onSelectionChangeFromAztec }
-					isSelected={ isSelected }
 					blockType={ { tag: tagName } }
 					color={ 'black' }
 					maxImagesWidth={ 200 }
@@ -836,15 +845,10 @@ RichText.defaultProps = {
 
 const RichTextContainer = compose( [
 	withInstanceId,
-	withBlockEditContext( ( { clientId, onFocus, onCaretVerticalPositionChange, isSelected }, ownProps ) => {
-		// ownProps.onFocus needs precedence over the block edit context
-		if ( ownProps.onFocus !== undefined ) {
-			onFocus = ownProps.onFocus;
-		}
+	withBlockEditContext( ( { clientId, onCaretVerticalPositionChange, isSelected }, ownProps ) => {
 		return {
 			clientId,
 			blockIsSelected: ownProps.isSelected !== undefined ? ownProps.isSelected : isSelected,
-			onFocus,
 			onCaretVerticalPositionChange,
 		};
 	} ),
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/heading/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/heading/edit.native.js
index e7d295402c92e..1f409356b12a1 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/heading/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/heading/edit.native.js
@@ -39,13 +39,10 @@ const HeadingEdit = ( {
 			identifier="content"
 			tagName={ 'h' + attributes.level }
 			value={ attributes.content }
-			isSelected={ isSelected }
 			style={ {
 				...style,
 				minHeight: styles[ 'wp-block-heading' ].minHeight,
 			} }
-			onFocus={ onFocus } // always assign onFocus as a props
-			onBlur={ onBlur } // always assign onBlur as a props
 			onChange={ ( value ) => setAttributes( { content: value } ) }
 			onMerge={ mergeBlocks }
 			onSplit={ ( value ) => {
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/image/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/image/edit.native.js
index 61a0adf3635ce..cb0cc5a930263 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/image/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/image/edit.native.js
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ class ImageEdit extends React.Component {
 								placeholder={ __( 'Write caption…' ) }
 								value={ caption }
 								onChange={ ( newCaption ) => setAttributes( { caption: newCaption } ) }
-								onFocus={ this.onFocusCaption }
+								unstableOnFocus={ this.onFocusCaption }
 								onBlur={ this.props.onBlur } // always assign onBlur as props
 								isSelected={ this.state.isCaptionSelected }
 								__unstableMobileNoFocusOnMount
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.native.js
index 717677658e5a1..6dbcaf8a1459d 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.native.js
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ class ParagraphEdit extends Component {
 					identifier="content"
 					tagName="p"
 					value={ content }
-					isSelected={ this.props.isSelected }
-					onFocus={ this.props.onFocus } // always assign onFocus as a props
-					onBlur={ this.props.onBlur } // always assign onBlur as a props
 					deleteEnter={ true }
 					style={ style }
 					onChange={ ( nextContent ) => {
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/post-title/index.native.js b/packages/editor/src/components/post-title/index.native.js
index 07e6fe1be2c6c..c895abcbebc10 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/post-title/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/post-title/index.native.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class PostTitle extends Component {
 				<RichText
 					tagName={ 'p' }
 					rootTagsToEliminate={ [ 'strong' ] }
-					onFocus={ this.onSelect }
+					unstableOnFocus={ this.onSelect }
 					onBlur={ this.props.onBlur } // always assign onBlur as a props
 					multiline={ false }
 					style={ style }