Expo GestureHandler isn't firing any events - react-native

Question

i've seen alot of people having the same problem but sadly without any solutions .
I'm using expo with react native gesture handler, i have added "react-native-reanimated/plugin" in babel.config.js but still not getting any response.
Here is my code:
babel.config.js
module.exports = function (api) {
api.cache(true);
return {
presets: ["babel-preset-expo"],
plugins: ["react-native-reanimated/plugin"],
};
};
App.js
import { PanGestureHandler } from "react-native-gesture-handler";
import "react-native-gesture-handler";
import Animated, {
useAnimatedGestureHandler,
useAnimatedStyle,
useSharedValue,
} from "react-native-reanimated";
import { StyleSheet, View } from "react-native";
const SIZE = 100.0;
export default function App() {
const translateX = useSharedValue(0);
const panGestureEvent = useAnimatedGestureHandler({
onStart: (event) => {
console.log("starting...");
},
onActive: (event) => {
// translateX.value = event.translationX;
console.log(event.translationX);
},
onEnd: (event) => {},
});
const rStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
return {
transform: [{ translateX: translateX.value }],
};
});
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<PanGestureHandler onGestureEvent={panGestureEvent}>
<Animated.View style={[styles.square, rStyle]} />
</PanGestureHandler>
</View>
);
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
backgroundColor: "#fff",
alignItems: "center",
justifyContent: "center",
},
square: {
width: SIZE,
height: SIZE,
backgroundColor: "dodgerblue",
borderRadius: 15,
},
});
i didn't do anything smart, simple and easy code, yet not getting any response.
package.json
{
"name": "a",
"version": "1.0.0",
"main": "node_modules/expo/AppEntry.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "expo start",
"android": "expo start --android",
"ios": "expo start --ios",
"web": "expo start --web",
"eject": "expo eject"
},
"dependencies": {
"expo": "~44.0.0",
"expo-status-bar": "~1.2.0",
"react": "17.0.1",
"react-dom": "17.0.1",
"react-native": "0.64.3",
"react-native-web": "0.17.1",
"react-native-gesture-handler": "~2.1.0",
"react-native-reanimated": "^2.3.1"
},
"devDependencies": {
"#babel/core": "^7.12.9"
},
"private": true
}

Answer 1

On Android you need to wrap everything with GestureHandlerRootView.
So do this below
import {
GestureHandlerRootView,
} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
then
<GestureHandlerRootView style={{ flex: 1 }}>
<View style={styles.container}>
<PanGestureHandler onGestureEvent={panGestureEvent}>
<Animated.View style={[styles.square, rStyle]} />
</PanGestureHandler>
</View>
</GestureHandlerRootView>
Related documentation: https://docs.swmansion.com/react-native-gesture-handler/docs/installation#js