diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/TextNodeRegion.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/TextNodeRegion.java
index 7fd6c6256..434520209 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/TextNodeRegion.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/TextNodeRegion.java
@@ -70,11 +70,14 @@ import android.text.Spanned;
     }
 
     if (mLayout != null) {
-      Spanned text = (Spanned) mLayout.getText();
-      RCTRawText[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), RCTRawText.class);
-      for (RCTRawText span : spans) {
-        if (span.getReactTag() == tag) {
-          return true;
+      CharSequence text = mLayout.getText();
+      if (text instanceof Spanned) {
+        Spanned spannedText = (Spanned) text;
+        RCTRawText[] spans = spannedText.getSpans(0, text.length(), RCTRawText.class);
+        for (RCTRawText span : spans) {
+          if (span.getReactTag() == tag) {
+            return true;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
index c324646ee..41ca82f4c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
 
   @Override
   public int reactTagForTouch(float touchX, float touchY) {
-    Spanned text = (Spanned) getText();
+    CharSequence text = getText();
     int target = getId();
 
     int x = (int) touchX;
@@ -94,20 +94,21 @@ public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
     int lineEndX = (int) layout.getLineRight(line);
 
     // TODO(5966918): Consider extending touchable area for text spans by some DP constant
-    if (x >= lineStartX && x <= lineEndX) {
+    if (text instanceof Spanned && x >= lineStartX && x <= lineEndX) {
+      Spanned spannedText = (Spanned) text;
       int index = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);
 
       // We choose the most inner span (shortest) containing character at the given index
       // if no such span can be found we will send the textview's react id as a touch handler
       // In case when there are more than one spans with same length we choose the last one
       // from the spans[] array, since it correspond to the most inner react element
-      ReactTagSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(index, index, ReactTagSpan.class);
+      ReactTagSpan[] spans = spannedText.getSpans(index, index, ReactTagSpan.class);
 
       if (spans != null) {
         int targetSpanTextLength = text.length();
         for (int i = 0; i < spans.length; i++) {
-          int spanStart = text.getSpanStart(spans[i]);
-          int spanEnd = text.getSpanEnd(spans[i]);
+          int spanStart = spannedText.getSpanStart(spans[i]);
+          int spanEnd = spannedText.getSpanEnd(spans[i]);
           if (spanEnd > index && (spanEnd - spanStart) <= targetSpanTextLength) {
             target = spans[i].getReactTag();
             targetSpanTextLength = (spanEnd - spanStart);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index f2e8f968e..9f6c48ff4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -525,8 +525,8 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
 
   @Override
   protected boolean verifyDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
-    if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {
-      Spanned text = (Spanned) getText();
+    if (mContainsImages) {
+      Spanned text = getText();
       TextInlineImageSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), TextInlineImageSpan.class);
       for (TextInlineImageSpan span : spans) {
         if (span.getDrawable() == drawable) {
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
 
   @Override
   public void invalidateDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
-    if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {
-      Spanned text = (Spanned) getText();
+    if (mContainsImages) {
+      Spanned text = getText();
       TextInlineImageSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), TextInlineImageSpan.class);
       for (TextInlineImageSpan span : spans) {
         if (span.getDrawable() == drawable) {
@@ -554,8 +554,8 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
   @Override
   public void onDetachedFromWindow() {
     super.onDetachedFromWindow();
-    if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {
-      Spanned text = (Spanned) getText();
+    if (mContainsImages) {
+      Spanned text = getText();
       TextInlineImageSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), TextInlineImageSpan.class);
       for (TextInlineImageSpan span : spans) {
         span.onDetachedFromWindow();
@@ -566,8 +566,8 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
   @Override
   public void onStartTemporaryDetach() {
     super.onStartTemporaryDetach();
-    if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {
-      Spanned text = (Spanned) getText();
+    if (mContainsImages) {
+      Spanned text = getText();
       TextInlineImageSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), TextInlineImageSpan.class);
       for (TextInlineImageSpan span : spans) {
         span.onStartTemporaryDetach();
@@ -578,8 +578,8 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
   @Override
   public void onAttachedToWindow() {
     super.onAttachedToWindow();
-    if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {
-      Spanned text = (Spanned) getText();
+    if (mContainsImages) {
+      Spanned text = getText();
       TextInlineImageSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), TextInlineImageSpan.class);
       for (TextInlineImageSpan span : spans) {
         span.onAttachedToWindow();
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
   @Override
   public void onFinishTemporaryDetach() {
     super.onFinishTemporaryDetach();
-    if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {
-      Spanned text = (Spanned) getText();
+    if (mContainsImages) {
+      Spanned text =  getText();
       TextInlineImageSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), TextInlineImageSpan.class);
       for (TextInlineImageSpan span : spans) {
         span.onFinishTemporaryDetach();