ReanimatedSwipeable's Left Swipeable Card is not working after Expo SDK53 update

[farhadjaman]

Description

After upgrading from Expo SDK 52 to Expo SDK 53, the left-action button inside my ReanimatedSwipeable (from react-native-gesture-handler) no longer receives press events on iOS—unless the New Architecture (Fabric) is enabled. With Fabric disabled, tapping the left action button does not invoke its onPress handler at all, regardless of the button’s width. I have disabled the new architecture because of some UI related issues

CleanShot.2025-07-26.at.23.00.33.mp4

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a ReanimatedSwipeable with a left action button:
2. Disable the New Architecture (Fabric) in iOS/Podfile or via Expo config plugin.
3. Make sure you are using the new EXPO SDK53
4. Swipe right to reveal the red “Delete” button.
5. Tap anywhere on the red “Delete” button.

A link to a Gist, an Expo Snack or a link to a repository based on this template that reproduces the bug.

https://gist.github.com/farhadjaman/46e6a0d10bb2d181b54104ad6524ec98

Gesture Handler version

2.24.0

React Native version

0.79.5

Platforms

iOS

JavaScript runtime

None

Workflow

Using Expo Prebuild or an Expo development build

Architecture

Old Architecture (Paper)

Build type

Debug mode

Device

Real device

Device model

No response

Acknowledgements

Yes

[github-actions]

Hey! 👋

The issue doesn't seem to contain a minimal reproduction.

Could you provide a snack or a link to a GitHub repository under your username that reproduces the problem?

[RalissonMattias]

Here too! In my case it breaks in both directions and throws an error. Obs: I'm not using Expo

React Native CLI: 0.79.5
Reanimated: 4.0.1
Gesture Handler: 2.27.2
New Arch: ON

[deepktp]

@RalissonMattias

i had this issue fixed with an simple patch by changing import path from . to ./index

issue was on react-native-gesture-handler: "2.28.0" with react-native: "81.4"

got to file node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/src/components/ReanimatedSwipeable/ReanimatedSwipeable.tsx

- import { SwipeableProps, SwipeableMethods, SwipeDirection } from '.';  //line 14 on my system 
+ import { SwipeableProps, SwipeableMethods, SwipeDirection } from './index';

[Vashiru]

Also happens to me without Expo using just plain RN 0.81.4 and react-native-gesture-handler 2.28.0 and react-native-reanimated 3.19.1 on Android.

When swiping an item to the right, the items on the left become visible but the pressables within don't register a touch/click. Just moving those over to renderRightActions and changing leftThreshold to rightThreshold, demonstrates the exact same code working on the right.

I only have this issue on Android though, on iOS the items can be touched. I tried @deepktp's solution, but it was to no avail unfortunately.

[Vashiru]

I've created a minimal reproducible case based on the reproducer repo (RN, no Expo) here: https://github.com/Vashiru/left-actions-swipe-unclickable-bug

Note that on iOS this works fine, it's on Android where the issues appear, it's just easier to take a screenshot on the iOS simulator (hence the counter set to 2). It doesn't matter if there are only left actions present or both left and right, it happens in both cases.

[Vashiru]

@m-bert @latekvo, sorry in advance if it's not the right practise to tag you: I've added a repro, but the labels don't reflect this. The issue is also (for me at least) not failing on iOS but rather on Android and without Expo. If you're using this component with actions on the left, the library is currently not compatible with 0.81.

Please let me know if more information is required to reproduce / investigate the issue.

[Valli-]

Seeing same problem, any solution yet?

[latekvo]

@RalissonMattias Hey, this looks like a duplicate of #3720. While the setup is slightly different, the error is identical. This issue will be fixed with #3666, we'll merge and release that PR soon.

@Vashiru Thanks a lot for the reproducer app, I'm looking into it right now.

sorry in advance if it's not the right practise to tag you

That ping is alright, it was completely justified, this is kind of an urgent issue.