diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reactnativerichtexteditor/ReactNativeRichTextEditorView.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reactnativerichtexteditor/ReactNativeRichTextEditorView.kt
index 52ea57223..db3cf7976 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reactnativerichtexteditor/ReactNativeRichTextEditorView.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reactnativerichtexteditor/ReactNativeRichTextEditorView.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod
 import android.util.AttributeSet
 import android.util.Log
 import android.util.TypedValue
+import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatEditText
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ class ReactNativeRichTextEditorView : AppCompatEditText {
   private var autoFocus = false
   private var typefaceDirty = false
   private var didAttachToWindow = false
+  private var detectScrollMovement = false
   private var fontSize: Float? = null
   private var fontFamily: String? = null
   private var fontStyle: Int = ReactConstants.UNSET
@@ -82,7 +84,10 @@ class ReactNativeRichTextEditorView : AppCompatEditText {
   private fun prepareComponent() {
     isSingleLine = false
     isHorizontalScrollBarEnabled = false
-    gravity = android.view.Gravity.CENTER or android.view.Gravity.START
+    isVerticalScrollBarEnabled = true
+    gravity = android.view.Gravity.TOP or android.view.Gravity.START
+    inputType = android.text.InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT or android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE
+
     // required to make ClickableSpans really clickable
     movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()
 
@@ -93,6 +98,32 @@ class ReactNativeRichTextEditorView : AppCompatEditText {
     addTextChangedListener(EditorTextWatcher(this))
   }
 
+  // https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/36df97f500aa0aa8031098caf7526db358b6ddc1/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt#L295C1-L296C1
+  override fun onTouchEvent(ev: MotionEvent): Boolean {
+    when (ev.action) {
+      MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN -> {
+        detectScrollMovement = true
+        // Disallow parent views to intercept touch events, until we can detect if we should be
+        // capturing these touches or not.
+        this.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true)
+      }
+
+      MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE ->
+        if (detectScrollMovement) {
+          if (!canScrollVertically(-1) &&
+            !canScrollVertically(1) &&
+            !canScrollHorizontally(-1) &&
+            !canScrollHorizontally(1)) {
+            // We cannot scroll, let parent views take care of these touches.
+            this.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false)
+          }
+          detectScrollMovement = false
+        }
+    }
+
+    return super.onTouchEvent(ev)
+  }
+
   override fun onSelectionChanged(selStart: Int, selEnd: Int) {
     super.onSelectionChanged(selStart, selEnd)
     selection?.onSelection(selStart, selEnd)
@@ -128,6 +159,9 @@ class ReactNativeRichTextEditorView : AppCompatEditText {
     // Assign SpanWatcher one more time as our previous spannable has been replaced
     addSpanWatcher(EditorSpanWatcher(this))
 
+    // Scroll to the last line of text
+    setSelection(text?.length ?: 0)
+
     isSettingDefaultValue = false
   }
 
@@ -212,6 +246,16 @@ class ReactNativeRichTextEditorView : AppCompatEditText {
     }
   }
 
+  // https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/36df97f500aa0aa8031098caf7526db358b6ddc1/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt#L283C2-L284C1
+  // After the text changes inside an EditText, TextView checks if a layout() has been requested.
+  // If it has, it will not scroll the text to the end of the new text inserted, but wait for the
+  // next layout() to be called. However, we do not perform a layout() after a requestLayout(), so
+  // we need to override isLayoutRequested to force EditText to scroll to the end of the new text
+  // immediately.
+  override fun isLayoutRequested(): Boolean {
+    return false
+  }
+
   fun measureSize(maxWidth: Float): Pair<Float, Float> {
     val paint = this.paint
     val spannable = text as Spannable
diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index 2d6701c7f..b259838a3 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   Linking,
   Alert,
   TextInput,
+  ScrollView,
 } from 'react-native';
 import {
   RichTextInput,
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ const DEFAULT_LINK_STATE = {
   url: '',
 };
 
+const DEBUG_SCROLLABLE = false;
+
 export default function App() {
   const [isMentionPopupOpen, setIsMentionPopupOpen] = useState(false);
   const [isLinkModalOpen, setIsLinkModalOpen] = useState(false);
@@ -153,7 +156,10 @@ export default function App() {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <View style={styles.container}>
+      <ScrollView
+        style={styles.container}
+        contentContainerStyle={styles.content}
+      >
         <Text style={styles.label}>SWM Rich Text Editor</Text>
         <View style={styles.editor}>
           <RichTextInput
@@ -190,7 +196,8 @@ export default function App() {
         />
         <Button title="Focus" onPress={handleFocus} />
         <Button title="Blur" onPress={handleBlur} />
-      </View>
+        {DEBUG_SCROLLABLE && <View style={styles.scrollPlaceholder} />}
+      </ScrollView>
       <LinkModal
         defaults={currentLink}
         isOpen={isLinkModalOpen}
@@ -209,9 +216,11 @@ export default function App() {
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   container: {
     flex: 1,
-    alignItems: 'center',
-    justifyContent: 'center',
+  },
+  content: {
+    flexGrow: 1,
     padding: 16,
+    alignItems: 'center',
   },
   editor: {
     width: '100%',
@@ -235,7 +244,14 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   defaultInput: {
     marginTop: 24,
     width: '100%',
+    height: 40,
     borderBottomWidth: 1,
     borderBottomColor: 'grey',
   },
+  scrollPlaceholder: {
+    marginTop: 24,
+    width: '100%',
+    height: 1000,
+    backgroundColor: 'rgb(0, 26, 114)',
+  },
 });