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GestureHandler

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A library that provides an API for handling complex gestures.

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iOS
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react-native-gesture-handler is a library for handling complex gestures. From it's README:

This library provides an API that exposes mobile platform-specific native capabilities of touch and gesture handling and recognition. It allows for defining complex gesture handling and recognition logic that runs 100% in the native thread and is therefore deterministic.

Installation

Terminal
npx expo install react-native-gesture-handler

If you're installing this in a bare React Native app, you should also follow these additional installation instructions.

Usage

Read the react-native-gesture-handler documentation for more information on the API and usage.