diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index 41e774fe..e7af6faa 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { Button, Platform, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import {
+  MarkdownText,
+  MarkdownTextInput,
+} from '@expensify/react-native-live-markdown';
 
-import { MarkdownTextInput } from '@expensify/react-native-live-markdown';
 import type { TextInput } from 'react-native';
 
 const DEFAULT_TEXT = [
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ export default function App() {
         onChangeText={setValue}
         style={styles.input}
       /> */}
-      <Text style={styles.text}>{JSON.stringify(value)}</Text>
+      <MarkdownText style={styles.text}>{value}</MarkdownText>
       <Button title="Focus" onPress={() => ref.current?.focus()} />
       <Button title="Blur" onPress={() => ref.current?.blur()} />
       <Button title="Reset" onPress={() => setValue(DEFAULT_TEXT)} />
@@ -140,8 +143,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     textAlignVertical: 'top',
   },
   text: {
-    fontFamily: 'Courier New',
     marginTop: 10,
-    height: 100,
+    width: 300,
   },
 });
diff --git a/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorComponentView.h b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorComponentView.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0ce691d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorComponentView.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// This guard prevent this file to be compiled in the old architecture.
+#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+#import <React/RCTViewComponentView.h>
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
+
+@interface MarkdownTextDecoratorComponentView : RCTViewComponentView
+@end
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
+
+#endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
diff --git a/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorComponentView.mm b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorComponentView.mm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11be50a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorComponentView.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// This guard prevent this file to be compiled in the old architecture.
+#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+#import <react/renderer/components/RNLiveMarkdownSpec/ComponentDescriptors.h>
+#import <react/renderer/components/RNLiveMarkdownSpec/Props.h>
+
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/MarkdownTextDecoratorComponentView.h>
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/MarkdownTextDecoratorView.h>
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTMarkdownStyle.h>
+
+#import "RCTFabricComponentsPlugins.h"
+
+using namespace facebook::react;
+
+@implementation MarkdownTextDecoratorComponentView {
+  MarkdownTextDecoratorView *_view;
+}
+
++ (ComponentDescriptorProvider)componentDescriptorProvider
+{
+  return concreteComponentDescriptorProvider<MarkdownTextDecoratorViewComponentDescriptor>();
+}
+
+- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
+{
+  if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {
+    static const auto defaultProps = std::make_shared<const MarkdownTextDecoratorViewProps>();
+    _props = defaultProps;
+
+    _view = [[MarkdownTextDecoratorView alloc] init];
+
+    self.contentView = _view;
+  }
+
+  return self;
+}
+
+- (void)updateProps:(Props::Shared const &)props oldProps:(Props::Shared const &)oldProps
+{
+    const auto &oldViewProps = *std::static_pointer_cast<MarkdownTextDecoratorViewProps const>(_props);
+    const auto &newViewProps = *std::static_pointer_cast<MarkdownTextDecoratorViewProps const>(props);
+
+    // TODO: if (oldViewProps.markdownStyle != newViewProps.markdownStyle)
+    RCTMarkdownStyle *markdownStyle = [[RCTMarkdownStyle alloc] initWithStruct:newViewProps.markdownStyle];
+    [_view setMarkdownStyle:markdownStyle];
+
+    [super updateProps:props oldProps:oldProps];
+}
+
+Class<RCTComponentViewProtocol> MarkdownTextDecoratorViewCls(void)
+{
+  return MarkdownTextDecoratorComponentView.class;
+}
+
+@end
+#endif
diff --git a/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorView.h b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorView.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dc20581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorView.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTMarkdownStyle.h>
+
+@interface MarkdownTextDecoratorView : UIView
+
+- (void)setMarkdownStyle:(nonnull RCTMarkdownStyle *)markdownStyle;
+
+@end
diff --git a/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorView.mm b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorView.mm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd33522f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorView.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#import <React/RCTTextView.h>
+#import <react/debug/react_native_assert.h>
+
+//#import <react-native-live-markdown/MarkdownLayoutManager.h>
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/MarkdownTextDecoratorView.h>
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTMarkdownUtils.h>
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTMarkdownStyle.h>
+//#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTBackedTextFieldDelegateAdapter+Markdown.h>
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTTextView+Markdown.h>
+
+//#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+//#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTTextComponentView+Markdown.h>
+//#else
+//#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTBaseTextView+Markdown.h>
+//#endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
+
+#import <objc/runtime.h>
+
+@implementation MarkdownTextDecoratorView {
+  RCTMarkdownUtils *_markdownUtils;
+  RCTMarkdownStyle *_markdownStyle;
+// #ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+//   __weak RCTTextComponentView *_text;
+// #else
+  __weak RCTTextView *_text;
+// #endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
+//   __weak RCTBackedTextFieldDelegateAdapter *_adapter;
+//   __weak RCTUITextView *_textView;
+}
+
+- (void)didMoveToWindow {
+#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+  if (self.superview.superview == nil) {
+    return;
+  }
+#else
+  if (self.superview == nil) {
+    return;
+  }
+#endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
+
+#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+  NSArray *viewsArray = self.superview.superview.subviews;
+  NSUInteger currentIndex = [viewsArray indexOfObject:self.superview];
+#else
+  NSArray *viewsArray = self.superview.subviews;
+  NSUInteger currentIndex = [viewsArray indexOfObject:self];
+#endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
+
+  react_native_assert(currentIndex != 0 && currentIndex != NSNotFound && "Error while finding current component.");
+  UIView *view = [viewsArray objectAtIndex:currentIndex - 1];
+
+ #ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+//   react_native_assert([view isKindOfClass:[RCTTextComponentView class]] && "Previous sibling component is not an instance of RCTTextComponentView.");
+//   _text = (RCTTextComponentView *)view;
+//   UIView<RCTBackedTextViewProtocol> *backedTextView = [_text valueForKey:@"_backedTextView"];
+ #else
+   react_native_assert([view isKindOfClass:[RCTTextView class]] && "Previous sibling component is not an instance of RCTTextView.");
+   _text = (RCTTextView *)view;
+ #endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
+
+   _markdownUtils = [[RCTMarkdownUtils alloc] initWithTextView:_text];
+   react_native_assert(_markdownStyle != nil);
+   [_markdownUtils setMarkdownStyle:_markdownStyle];
+
+   [_text setMarkdownUtils:_markdownUtils];
+}
+
+- (void)willMoveToWindow:(UIWindow *)newWindow
+{
+  // if (_text != nil) {
+  //   [_text setMarkdownUtils:nil];
+  // }
+  // if (_adapter != nil) {
+  //   [_adapter setMarkdownUtils:nil];
+  // }
+  // if (_textView != nil) {
+  //   [_textView setMarkdownUtils:nil];
+  //   if (_textView.layoutManager != nil && [object_getClass(_textView.layoutManager) isEqual:[MarkdownLayoutManager class]]) {
+  //     [_textView.layoutManager setValue:nil forKey:@"markdownUtils"];
+  //     object_setClass(_textView.layoutManager, [NSLayoutManager class]);
+  //   }
+  // }
+}
+
+- (void)setMarkdownStyle:(nonnull RCTMarkdownStyle *)markdownStyle
+{
+  _markdownStyle = markdownStyle;
+  [_markdownUtils setMarkdownStyle:markdownStyle];
+  // [_text textDidChange]; // trigger attributed text update
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorViewManager.h b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorViewManager.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3e4fd76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorViewManager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#import <React/RCTViewManager.h>
+
+@interface MarkdownTextDecoratorViewManager : RCTViewManager
+
+@end
diff --git a/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorViewManager.mm b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorViewManager.mm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b004b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/MarkdownTextDecoratorViewManager.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/MarkdownTextDecoratorViewManager.h>
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/MarkdownTextDecoratorView.h>
+
+@implementation MarkdownTextDecoratorViewManager
+
+RCT_EXPORT_MODULE(MarkdownTextDecoratorView)
+
+- (UIView *)view
+{
+  return [[MarkdownTextDecoratorView alloc] init];
+}
+
+RCT_CUSTOM_VIEW_PROPERTY(markdownStyle, NSDictionary, MarkdownTextDecoratorView)
+{
+#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+  // implemented in MarkdownTextDecoratorView updateProps:
+#else
+  RCTMarkdownStyle *markdownStyle = [[RCTMarkdownStyle alloc] initWithDictionary:json];
+  [view setMarkdownStyle:markdownStyle];
+#endif /* RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED */
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.h b/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.h
index fbb9b80d..3da4e7f4 100644
--- a/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.h
+++ b/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #import <React/RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol.h>
+#import <React/RCTTextView.h>
 #import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTMarkdownStyle.h>
 
 @interface RCTMarkdownUtils : NSObject
@@ -6,9 +7,12 @@
 @property (nonatomic) RCTMarkdownStyle *markdownStyle;
 @property (nonatomic) NSMutableArray<NSValue *> *quoteRanges;
 @property (weak, nonatomic) UIView<RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol> *backedTextInputView;
+@property (weak, nonatomic) RCTTextView *textView;
 
 - (instancetype)initWithBackedTextInputView:(UIView<RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol> *)backedTextInputView;
 
+- (instancetype)initWithTextView:(RCTTextView *)textView;
+
 - (NSAttributedString *)parseMarkdown:(NSAttributedString *)input;
 
 @end
diff --git a/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.mm b/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.mm
index f17eb999..87bffd21 100644
--- a/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.mm
+++ b/ios/RCTMarkdownUtils.mm
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ - (instancetype)initWithBackedTextInputView:(UIView<RCTBackedTextInputViewProtoc
   return self;
 }
 
+- (instancetype)initWithTextView:(RCTTextView *)textView
+{
+  if (self = [super init]) {
+    _textView = textView;
+  }
+  return self;
+}
+
 - (NSAttributedString *)parseMarkdown:(nullable NSAttributedString *)input
 {
   RCTAssertMainQueue();
@@ -46,7 +54,13 @@ - (NSAttributedString *)parseMarkdown:(nullable NSAttributedString *)input
   JSValue *result = [function callWithArguments:@[inputString]];
   NSArray *ranges = [result toArray];
 
-  NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:inputString attributes:_backedTextInputView.defaultTextAttributes];
+//  NSDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *defaultTextAttributes = _backedTextInputView.defaultTextAttributes;
+//  if (defaultTextAttributes == nil) {
+//    defaultTextAttributes = @{};
+//  }
+//  assert(defaultTextAttributes != nil);
+//  NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:inputString attributes:defaultTextAttributes];
+  NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [input mutableCopy];
   [attributedString beginEditing];
 
   // If the attributed string ends with underlined text, blurring the single-line input imprints the underline style across the whole string.
@@ -80,7 +94,9 @@ - (NSAttributedString *)parseMarkdown:(nullable NSAttributedString *)input
         size = _markdownStyle.h1FontSize;
       }
       UIFont *newFont = [UIFont fontWithDescriptor:newFontDescriptor size:size];
-      [attributedString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:newFont range:range];
+      if (newFont != nil) {
+        [attributedString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:newFont range:range];
+      }
     }
 
     if ([type isEqualToString:@"syntax"]) {
diff --git a/ios/RCTTextView+Markdown.h b/ios/RCTTextView+Markdown.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f3966c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/RCTTextView+Markdown.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+#import <React/RCTTextView.h>
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTMarkdownUtils.h>
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
+
+@interface RCTTextView (Markdown)
+
+@property(nonatomic, nullable, getter=getMarkdownUtils) RCTMarkdownUtils *markdownUtils;
+
+- (void)markdown_setTextStorage:(NSTextStorage *)textStorage
+                   contentFrame:(CGRect)contentFrame
+                descendantViews:(NSArray<UIView *> *)descendantViews;
+
+@end
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/ios/RCTTextView+Markdown.mm b/ios/RCTTextView+Markdown.mm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60107068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/RCTTextView+Markdown.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTTextView+Markdown.h>
+#import <react-native-live-markdown/RCTMarkdownUtils.h>
+#import <objc/message.h>
+
+@implementation RCTTextView (Markdown)
+
+- (void)setMarkdownUtils:(RCTMarkdownUtils *)markdownUtils {
+  objc_setAssociatedObject(self, @selector(getMarkdownUtils), markdownUtils, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
+}
+
+- (RCTMarkdownUtils *)getMarkdownUtils {
+  return objc_getAssociatedObject(self, @selector(getMarkdownUtils));
+}
+
+- (void)markdown_setTextStorage:(NSTextStorage *)textStorage
+                   contentFrame:(CGRect)contentFrame
+                descendantViews:(NSArray<UIView *> *)descendantViews
+{
+  RCTMarkdownUtils *markdownUtils = [self getMarkdownUtils];
+  if (markdownUtils != nil) {
+    NSRange range = NSMakeRange(0, [textStorage length]);
+    NSAttributedString *input = [textStorage attributedSubstringFromRange:range];
+    NSAttributedString *output = [markdownUtils parseMarkdown:input];
+    [textStorage replaceCharactersInRange:range withAttributedString:output];
+  }
+    
+  // Call the original method
+  [self markdown_setTextStorage:textStorage contentFrame:contentFrame descendantViews:descendantViews];
+}
+
++ (void)load
+{
+  static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
+  dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
+    Class cls = [self class];
+    SEL originalSelector = @selector(setTextStorage:contentFrame:descendantViews:);
+    SEL swizzledSelector = @selector(markdown_setTextStorage:contentFrame:descendantViews:);
+    Method originalMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, originalSelector);
+    Method swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, swizzledSelector);
+    method_exchangeImplementations(originalMethod, swizzledMethod);
+  });
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/src/MarkdownText.tsx b/src/MarkdownText.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7aff441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/MarkdownText.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import { StyleSheet, Text, processColor } from 'react-native';
+
+import type { MarkdownStyle } from './MarkdownTextDecoratorViewNativeComponent';
+import MarkdownTextDecoratorViewNativeComponent from './MarkdownTextDecoratorViewNativeComponent';
+import React from 'react';
+import type { TextProps } from 'react-native';
+
+function makeDefaultMarkdownStyle(): MarkdownStyle {
+  return {
+    syntax: {
+      color: 'gray',
+    },
+    link: {
+      color: 'blue',
+    },
+    h1: {
+      fontSize: 25,
+    },
+    quote: {
+      borderColor: 'gray',
+      borderWidth: 6,
+      marginLeft: 6,
+      paddingLeft: 6,
+    },
+    code: {
+      color: 'black',
+      backgroundColor: 'lightgray',
+    },
+    pre: {
+      color: 'black',
+      backgroundColor: 'lightgray',
+    },
+    mentionHere: {
+      backgroundColor: 'yellow',
+    },
+    mentionUser: {
+      backgroundColor: 'cyan',
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export type PartialMarkdownStyle = Partial<{
+  [K in keyof MarkdownStyle]: Partial<MarkdownStyle[K]>;
+}>;
+
+function mergeMarkdownStyleWithDefault(
+  input: PartialMarkdownStyle | undefined
+): MarkdownStyle {
+  const output = makeDefaultMarkdownStyle();
+
+  if (input !== undefined) {
+    for (const key in input) {
+      if (key in output) {
+        Object.assign(
+          output[key as keyof MarkdownStyle],
+          input[key as keyof MarkdownStyle]
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return output;
+}
+
+function processColorsInMarkdownStyle(input: MarkdownStyle): MarkdownStyle {
+  const output = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(input));
+
+  for (const key in output) {
+    const obj = output[key];
+    for (const prop in obj) {
+      // TODO: use ReactNativeStyleAttributes from 'react-native/Libraries/Components/View/ReactNativeStyleAttributes'
+      if (prop === 'color' || prop.endsWith('Color')) {
+        obj[prop] = processColor(obj[prop]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return output;
+}
+
+function processMarkdownStyle(
+  input: PartialMarkdownStyle | undefined
+): MarkdownStyle {
+  return processColorsInMarkdownStyle(mergeMarkdownStyleWithDefault(input));
+}
+
+export interface MarkdownTextProps extends TextProps {
+  markdownStyle?: PartialMarkdownStyle;
+}
+
+const MarkdownText = React.forwardRef<Text, MarkdownTextProps>((props, ref) => {
+  const IS_FABRIC = 'nativeFabricUIManager' in global;
+
+  const markdownStyle = React.useMemo(
+    () => processMarkdownStyle(props.markdownStyle),
+    [props.markdownStyle]
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Text {...props} ref={ref} />
+      <MarkdownTextDecoratorViewNativeComponent
+        style={IS_FABRIC ? styles.farAway : styles.displayNone}
+        markdownStyle={markdownStyle}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+});
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  displayNone: {
+    display: 'none',
+  },
+  farAway: {
+    position: 'absolute',
+    top: 1e8,
+    left: 1e8,
+  },
+});
+
+export default MarkdownText;
diff --git a/src/MarkdownTextDecoratorViewNativeComponent.ts b/src/MarkdownTextDecoratorViewNativeComponent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64a92509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/MarkdownTextDecoratorViewNativeComponent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import type { ColorValue, ViewProps } from 'react-native';
+
+import type { Float } from 'react-native/Libraries/Types/CodegenTypes';
+import codegenNativeComponent from 'react-native/Libraries/Utilities/codegenNativeComponent';
+
+export interface MarkdownStyle {
+  syntax: {
+    color: ColorValue;
+  };
+  link: {
+    color: ColorValue;
+  };
+  h1: {
+    fontSize: Float;
+  };
+  quote: {
+    borderColor: ColorValue;
+    borderWidth: Float;
+    marginLeft: Float;
+    paddingLeft: Float;
+  };
+  code: {
+    color: ColorValue;
+    backgroundColor: ColorValue;
+  };
+  pre: {
+    color: ColorValue;
+    backgroundColor: ColorValue;
+  };
+  mentionHere: {
+    backgroundColor: ColorValue;
+  };
+  mentionUser: {
+    backgroundColor: ColorValue;
+  };
+}
+
+interface NativeProps extends ViewProps {
+  markdownStyle: MarkdownStyle;
+}
+
+export default codegenNativeComponent<NativeProps>('MarkdownTextDecoratorView');
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index f26b5cc3..ec26939e 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 export { default as MarkdownTextInput } from './MarkdownTextInput';
+export { default as MarkdownText } from './MarkdownText';
+export type { MarkdownTextProps } from './MarkdownText';
 export type {
   MarkdownTextInputProps,
   PartialMarkdownStyle as MarkdownStyle,