diff --git a/ios/Shared/MenuViewImplementation.swift b/ios/Shared/MenuViewImplementation.swift
index 5c4e0da4292b15d3a27b5ea1555f11452a470815..ea19f2eec02dd78fbc78cc455c91b4e71e734d70 100644
--- a/ios/Shared/MenuViewImplementation.swift
+++ b/ios/Shared/MenuViewImplementation.swift
@@ -88,6 +88,41 @@ public class MenuViewImplementation: UIButton {
 
         self.menu = menu
         self.showsMenuAsPrimaryAction = !shouldOpenOnLongPress
+        // In long-press mode the button must not intercept touches: as a
+        // full-bounds contentView it sits IN FRONT of the React children of
+        // the hosting component view, which would swallow their taps (e.g. a
+        // row Pressable wrapped by MenuView). The context-menu interaction is
+        // hosted by the superview instead (see updateLongPressInteraction) so
+        // long-press and pointer secondary-click still present the menu, with
+        // the wrapped content as the zoom preview.
+        self.isUserInteractionEnabled = !shouldOpenOnLongPress
+        self.updateLongPressInteraction()
+    }
+
+    private var longPressInteraction: UIContextMenuInteraction?
+
+    public override func didMoveToSuperview() {
+        super.didMoveToSuperview()
+        self.updateLongPressInteraction()
+    }
+
+    private func updateLongPressInteraction() {
+        if shouldOpenOnLongPress, let host = self.superview {
+            if let existing = longPressInteraction, existing.view === host {
+                return
+            }
+            if let existing = longPressInteraction {
+                existing.view?.removeInteraction(existing)
+            }
+            let interaction = UIContextMenuInteraction(delegate: self)
+            host.addInteraction(interaction)
+            longPressInteraction = interaction
+            return
+        }
+        if let existing = longPressInteraction {
+            existing.view?.removeInteraction(existing)
+            longPressInteraction = nil
+        }
     }
 
     public override func reactSetFrame(_ frame: CGRect) {