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React NativeGesture Handler

Declarative API exposing platform native touch and gesture system to React Native.

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Why Gesture Handler?

native gesture recognizers

With Gesture Handler touch stream handling happens on the UI thread and uses APIs native to each platform.

native components

Gesture Handler library ships with a set of components that aim to provide best possible interations such as SwipeableRow or Drawer.

120 FPS

Gesture Handler integrates tightly with Reanimated to allow you to build smooth gesture based experiences up to 120 fps.

Learn more about the features in the newest article about Gesture Handler

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Testimonials

Marc Rousavy

Margelo

“We’ve used Reanimated and Gesture Handler for a ton of apps already - it’s amazingly simple yet poweful! 😍”

Andrew Lo

Shopify

“They enable us app devs to make our users feel delight, have fun, and enjoy using our apps more.”

Mo Gorhom

“Reanimated and Gesture Handler are the reason why I shifted my focus from native (objc&java) development to React Native 🖤.”

Brandon Austin

“I’ve built dozens of apps, each and every one of them have used both Reanimated and Gesture Handler at different levels of complexity.”

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