diff --git a/src/components/ContextMenuButton/ContextMenuButton.tsx b/src/components/ContextMenuButton/ContextMenuButton.tsx
index 3cff7d38..04c168cd 100644
--- a/src/components/ContextMenuButton/ContextMenuButton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ContextMenuButton/ContextMenuButton.tsx
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ export class ContextMenuButton extends React.PureComponent<ContextMenuButtonProp
 
   private _handleOnPressMenuItem: OnPressMenuItemEvent = (event) => {
     this.props.onPressMenuItem?.(event);
-
-    // guard: event is a native event
-    if(event.isUsingActionSheetFallback) return;
     event.stopPropagation();
   };
 
diff --git a/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuView.tsx b/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuView.tsx
index 466f58fc..5c6872e4 100644
--- a/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ContextMenuView/ContextMenuView.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
 
 import { TSEventEmitter } from '@dominicstop/ts-event-emitter';
-import { Helpers } from 'react-native-ios-utilities';
 
 import { RNIContextMenuView, type RNIContextMenuViewRef } from '../../native_components/RNIContextMenuView';
 import { ContextMenuViewContext } from '../../context/ContextMenuViewContext';
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import type { ContextMenuViewProps, ContextMenuViewState, ContextMenuEventEmitte
 import type { MenuElementConfig } from '../../types/MenuConfig';
 
 import { LIB_ENV } from '../../constants/LibEnv';
+import * as Helpers from '../../functions/Helpers';
 
 
 // const NATIVE_ID_KEYS = {
@@ -246,20 +246,18 @@ export class ContextMenuView extends
   private _handleOnPressMenuItem: OnPressMenuItemEvent = async (event) => {
     const props = this.getProps();
     const eventProps = props.eventProps;
-    
-    // guard: event is a native event
-    if(event.isUsingActionSheetFallback) return;
 
     event.stopPropagation();
     event.persist();
 
+
     const isKeepsMenuPresentedEnabled = 
       event.nativeEvent.menuAttributes?.includes('keepsMenuPresented');
 
     const shouldWaitForMenuToHide =
       !isKeepsMenuPresentedEnabled &&
       props.shouldWaitForMenuToHideBeforeFiringOnPressMenuItem;
-
+    
     try {
       if(shouldWaitForMenuToHide){
         // wait for `onMenuDidHide`
diff --git a/src/functions/Helpers.tsx b/src/functions/Helpers.tsx
index a5a0eed9..e1541ee2 100644
--- a/src/functions/Helpers.tsx
+++ b/src/functions/Helpers.tsx
@@ -5,3 +5,43 @@ export function getRNIUtilitiesModule(): typeof RNIUtilitiesModule{
   // @ts-ignore
   return global.RNIUtilitiesModule;
 };
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line consistent-this
+export function setStateAsync<T extends {}>(
+  that: React.Component,
+  newState: T | ((prevState: T) => T)
+){
+  return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    that.setState(newState, () => {
+      resolve();
+    });
+  });
+};
+
+/** wrapper for timeout that returns a promise */
+export function timeout(ms: number) {
+  return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+    const timeoutID = setTimeout(() => {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutID);
+      resolve();
+    }, ms);
+  });
+};
+
+/** Wraps a promise that will reject if not not resolved in <ms> milliseconds */
+export function promiseWithTimeout<T>(ms: number, promise: Promise<T>){
+  // Create a promise that rejects in <ms> milliseconds
+  const timeoutPromise = new Promise<T>((_, reject) => {
+    const timeoutID = setTimeout(() => {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutID);
+      reject(`Promise timed out in ${ms} ms.`)
+    }, ms);
+  });
+
+  // Returns a race between our timeout and the passed in promise
+  return Promise.race([promise, timeoutPromise]);
+};
+
+export function pad(num: number | string, places = 2){
+  return String(num).padStart(places, '0');
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/types/SharedMenuEvents.ts b/src/types/SharedMenuEvents.ts
index b93291c3..4ea690b3 100644
--- a/src/types/SharedMenuEvents.ts
+++ b/src/types/SharedMenuEvents.ts
@@ -32,13 +32,7 @@ export type OnRequestDeferredElementObject = NativeSyntheticEvent<{
   deferredID: string;
 }>;
 
-export type OnPressMenuItemEventObject = NativeSyntheticEvent<MenuActionConfig> & {
-  isUsingActionSheetFallback?: false;
-  
-} | {
-  isUsingActionSheetFallback: true;
-  nativeEvent: MenuActionConfig;
-};
+export type OnPressMenuItemEventObject = NativeSyntheticEvent<MenuActionConfig>;
 
 export type OnPressMenuPreviewEventObject = NativeSyntheticEvent<{
 }>;