Typescript error using ref.current from component which forwards ref to a RN component

New TypeScript user. I am converting a RN project to TypeScript. Using hooks all around. I've defined a component BitInput (which forwards a ref to TextInput) as follows:

export interface Props {  value: number;  onChange?: (newValue: number) => void;}const BitInput: React.FC<Props> = forwardRef(  ({ value, onChange }, ref: React.Ref<TextInput>) => {    return (<TextInput        ref={ref}        onChange={onChange}      />    );};

I'm using this component to build a ByteInput component as follows:

import BitInput from './BitInput';const BinaryInput: React.FC<Props> = ({ value, onChange }) => {  const ref: React.MutableRefObject<typeof BitInput | undefined>[] = [...Array(8)].map(() => useRef<typeof BitInput>() );  const handleKeyPress = (event) => {    switch (event.key) {      case 'ArrowRight':        for (let i = 0; i < ref.length; i++) {          if (ref[i].current?.isFocused() && i < ref.length - 1) {            ref[i + 1].current.focus();            break;          }        }        break;    }  };  render() {    return (<View><BitInput          ref={ref[refIndex++]}          onKeyPress={handleKeyPress}          /></View>      ..... 7 more BitInputs here .....    );  }

I am getting TS2339: Property 'isFocused' does not exist on type 'FC '.

I'm also getting:

 TS2322: Type 'MutableRefObject<FC<Props>>' is not assignable to type 'Ref<TextInput>'.  Type 'MutableRefObject<FC<Props>>' is not assignable to type 'RefObject<TextInput>'.    Types of property 'current' are incompatible.      Type 'FunctionComponent<Props>' is missing the following properties from type 'TextInput': isFocused, clear, measure, measureInWindow, and 19 more.  BitInput.tsx(11, 3): The expected type comes from property 'ref' which is declared here on type 'IntrinsicAttributes & Props & { children?: ReactNode; }'

I can fix both, by using BitInput instead of typeof BitInput in the ref declaration. But now I'm getting TS2749: 'BitInput' refers to a value, but is being used as a type here on it, and on the JSX for BitCode I got the TS error that a lot of the required props are missing.

I'm guessing I'm not specifying the export interface correctly, but what is the proper way?