fixes #2353

ios/RCCViewController.m

         [mergedAttributes addEntriesFromDictionary:previousAttributes];
 
         [item setTitleTextAttributes:[mergedAttributes copy] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
+        [item setTitleTextAttributes:[mergedAttributes copy] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
       }
     }
 
       [mergedAttributes addEntriesFromDictionary:previousAttributes];
 
       [item setTitleTextAttributes:[mergedAttributes copy] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
+      [item setTitleTextAttributes:[mergedAttributes copy] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
     }
 
     // At the moment, this seems to be the only thing that gets the back button correctly
     [navButtonTextAttributes removeObjectForKey:NSForegroundColorAttributeName];
     [[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:navButtonTextAttributes forState:UIControlStateNormal];
+    [[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:navButtonTextAttributes forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
   }
   
   NSString *navBarButtonColor = self.navigatorStyle[@"navBarButtonColor"];