diff --git a/ios/EnrichedTextInputView.mm b/ios/EnrichedTextInputView.mm
index 027b5b93f..5b4395eb3 100644
--- a/ios/EnrichedTextInputView.mm
+++ b/ios/EnrichedTextInputView.mm
@@ -711,9 +711,6 @@ - (void)tryUpdatingActiveStyles {
   if(detectedLinkData != nullptr) {
     // emit onLinkeDetected event
     [self emitOnLinkDetectedEvent:detectedLinkData.text url:detectedLinkData.url range:detectedLinkRange];
-    
-    _recentlyActiveLinkData = detectedLinkData;
-    _recentlyActiveLinkRange = detectedLinkRange;
   }
   
   if(detectedMentionParams != nullptr) {
@@ -812,6 +809,13 @@ - (void)setValue:(NSString *)value {
 - (void)emitOnLinkDetectedEvent:(NSString *)text url:(NSString *)url range:(NSRange)range {
   auto emitter = [self getEventEmitter];
   if(emitter != nullptr) {
+    // update recently active link info
+    LinkData *newLinkData = [[LinkData alloc] init];
+    newLinkData.text = text;
+    newLinkData.url = url;
+    _recentlyActiveLinkData = newLinkData;
+    _recentlyActiveLinkRange = range;
+  
     emitter->onLinkDetected({
       .text = [text toCppString],
       .url = [url toCppString],
diff --git a/ios/styles/LinkStyle.mm b/ios/styles/LinkStyle.mm
index 82118e961..69e8a2d20 100644
--- a/ios/styles/LinkStyle.mm
+++ b/ios/styles/LinkStyle.mm
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ - (void)addLink:(NSString*)text url:(NSString*)url range:(NSRange)range manual:(
   }
   
   [self manageLinkTypingAttributes];
-  [_input anyTextMayHaveBeenModified];
 }
 
 // get exact link data at the given location if it exists
@@ -224,20 +223,22 @@ - (NSRange)getFullLinkRangeAt:(NSUInteger)location {
     }
   }
   
-  [_input->textView.textStorage
+  NSString *manualLink = [_input->textView.textStorage
     attribute:ManualLinkAttributeName
     atIndex:searchLocation
     longestEffectiveRange: &manualLinkRange
     inRange:inputRange
   ];
-  [_input->textView.textStorage
+  NSString *automaticLink = [_input->textView.textStorage
     attribute:AutomaticLinkAttributeName
     atIndex:searchLocation
     longestEffectiveRange: &automaticLinkRange
     inRange:inputRange
   ];
   
-  return manualLinkRange.length == 0 ? automaticLinkRange : manualLinkRange;
+  return manualLink == nullptr
+    ? automaticLink == nullptr ? NSMakeRange(0, 0) : automaticLinkRange
+    : manualLinkRange;
 }
 
 - (void)manageLinkTypingAttributes {
@@ -349,10 +350,9 @@ - (void)handleAutomaticLinks:(NSString *)word inRange:(NSRange)wordRange {
     }
     if(addStyle) {
       [self addLink:word url:regexPassedUrl range:wordRange manual:NO];
+      // emit onLinkDetected if style was added
+      [_input emitOnLinkDetectedEvent:word url:regexPassedUrl range:wordRange];
     }
-  
-    // emit onLinkDetected
-    [_input emitOnLinkDetectedEvent:word url:regexPassedUrl range:wordRange];
   }
 }