Stay with my LoveBomber???

i want my boyfriend to feel excited to text me rather than just scrolling on his phone? I don’t mean when we’re in person, I mean when we’re apart… I get so happy and excited to message him back and he says he hates being on his phone but then he’ll tell me how he’s been scrolling on *** for ages or just using his phone in general to seemingly do everything but text me.

Its only when I tell him that I’m going to sleep or going out that he’ll finally respond back quickly and it’s very annoying because of how he used to chase me constantly when our relationship was new. Like he’d spam me on *** with the sweetest and romantic reels, he’d intentionally press the “Notify Anyway” button when my phone was on Do Not Disturb to catch my attention and he would frequently declare his attraction to me or reciprocate my affection via text but now he doesn’t do any of that anymore and I feel like I just got lovebombed

He’s been through a lot in his childhood growing up so it makes me think that he’s developed an avoidant-attachment as if I try and address his lack of affection (only via text btw/in person, he’s quite lovey-dovey but I hardly see him in person these days so text is the only way I can connect with him) he gets very defensive and starts talking about how he’s been so stressed with his new job or with moving house soon and his elderly dog passed away recently so it’s not helping even more so I try to be understanding especially because of his dog though I’d just like some kind of reciprocation because I’ve barely felt it even before his dog passed away so idk what to do anymore because he’s met all of my extremely high standards initially and our futures are the exact same thing so it’s hard to decide to move on to someone else but is that really the best option at this point? Will I cause myself more disappointment and confusion or is it really best just to let go?? Even after he’s lost his dog???? 

Idk