Events on Touchables are triggered twice since 2.13.0 on Android device only

[mattijsf]

Description

Adding a TouchableOpacity (or TouchableWithoutFeedback etc) is calling various events such as onPress twice since 2.13.0 on Android only and only on a physical device. Downgrading to 2.12.1 fixed the issue.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new project: npx react-native@latest init GestureHandlerTest
2. npm i [email protected]
3. Add following app snippet:

/* eslint-disable prettier/prettier */
/* eslint-disable react-native/no-inline-styles */
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import {Text, View} from 'react-native';
import {
  GestureHandlerRootView,
  TouchableOpacity,
} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';

function App(): JSX.Element {
  const [pressCount, setPressCount] = useState(0);

  return (
    <GestureHandlerRootView style={{flex: 1}}>
      <View style={{flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#000', justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center', gap: 10}}>
      <Text style={{ color: '#fff' }}>Press Count: {pressCount}</Text>
        <TouchableOpacity onPress={(): void => setPressCount(c => c + 1)}>
          <View style={{backgroundColor: '#ff0000', width: 100, height: 100}} />
        </TouchableOpacity>
      </View>
    </GestureHandlerRootView>
  );
}

export default App;

5. npm run android
6. Observe the "Press Count" label when tapping the square view:

Android Device (🐞 broken)	Android Emulator(✅ working)
android-device-touchable-bug.mov	android-emulator-touchable-working.mov

Snack or a link to a repository

https://github.com/mattijsf/gesture-handler-duplicate-events-test

Gesture Handler version

2.13.0

React Native version

0.72.6

Platforms

Android

JavaScript runtime

Hermes

Workflow

React Native (without Expo)

Architecture

Paper (Old Architecture)

Build type

Debug mode

Device

Real device

Device model

Pixel 6 Pro

Acknowledgements

Yes

[exentrich]

Confirm! Same problem on a physical device Android 14

[m-bert]

Hi! I think we identified what causes this issue. Do you have any accessibility settings turned on? And if so, could you please check #2657?

[wbercx]

I have Tasker for Android enabled on my device, which uses Accessibility features. While enabled, onPress does fire twice.

Your PR resolves that.

[Bruce-Ming]

@m-bert This problem reappeared in 2.13.4. I looked at the source code and found that it changed back.

this problem

[m-bert]

Hi @Bruce-Ming! No, it didn't reappear. Fix for that issue was merged after the 2.13.4 release, so it has not been released yet.