Prevent swiping and clicking at the same time in Tabs

[Eloy8]

Current behavior

Currently it's not possible to distinguish between a click event and swipe event in a Tab screen.

As seen in the recording bellow, when one swipes to a different tab from a clickable component, it also triggers a click event besides the swipe:

This combination of events will trigger both the click event (aka a navigation from the FlatList to a child component) as a swipe to a different Tab. It also seems to glitch a bit, so immediately after opening the child component it will go back to the parent component.

At this moment I haven't found a way to disable the click action when swiping, a solution would be a great improvement.
Since the code stack is private, no code is supplied. When necessary, a code snippet can be produced.

Expected behavior

When an user swipes on a Tab screen, it won't be accompanied by click events.

Reproduction

Platform

• Android
• iOS
• Web
• Windows
• MacOS

Packages

• @react-navigation/bottom-tabs
• @react-navigation/drawer
• @react-navigation/material-top-tabs
• @react-navigation/stack
• @react-navigation/native-stack
• react-native-tab-view

Environment

• [] I've removed the packages that I don't use

package	version
@react-navigation/native	6.0.13
@react-navigation/bottom-tabs	6.4.0
@react-navigation/drawer	-
@react-navigation/material-top-tabs	6.3.0
@react-navigation/stack	6.3.2
@react-navigation/native-stack	6.9.1
react-native-safe-area-context	4.5.0
react-native-screens	3.20.0
react-native-gesture-handler	2.9.0
react-native-reanimated	-
react-native-tab-view	3.3.0
react-native-pager-view	-
react-native	0.71.4
expo	48.0.0
node	16.19.0
yarn	1.22.19

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[github-actions]

Couldn't find version numbers for the following packages in the issue:

• @react-navigation/drawer

Can you update the issue to include version numbers for those packages? The version numbers must match the format 1.2.3.

The versions mentioned in the issue for the following packages differ from the latest versions on npm:

• @react-navigation/native (found: 6.0.13, latest: 6.1.6)
• @react-navigation/bottom-tabs (found: 6.4.0, latest: 6.5.7)
• @react-navigation/material-top-tabs (found: 6.3.0, latest: 6.6.2)
• @react-navigation/stack (found: 6.3.2, latest: 6.3.16)
• react-native-tab-view (found: 3.3.0, latest: 3.5.1)

Can you verify that the issue still exists after upgrading to the latest versions of these packages?

[Eloy8]

Upgrading to the specific package numbers doesn't solve the issue, there is no change in the previously described behavior.

[intergalacticspacehighway]

@Eloy8 are you using Pressable from React Native for clickable items? Did you try using RectButton?
Also, sharing a minimal repro (an expo snack or a GitHub repo with an example) would be really helpful. It really saves a ton of time 😄

[Eloy8]

@intergalacticspacehighway Thanks for your reply! Indeed we use the RN Pressable, I haven't tried RectButton.

I will provide an minimal repo later today!

[Eloy8]

@intergalacticspacehighway Thanks for your patience, I just finished creating a minimal repo to demonstrate the problem.

All relevant code is put in the App.js file. It exists out of an overview and a detail Stack Screen.
The Overview has a swipeable Tab Navigator with three screens. When one swipes quite often and quick horizontally (so your finger stays on the same clickable listitem), the detail page will be opened. For this issue I seek a solution.

https://github.com/Eloy8/react-navigation-swipe-click-issue/blob/main/App.js

Feel free to ask if there're any further questions! :)

[Eloy8]

@Dhananjay-JSR Is the "needs response" label still relevant?

[DominicWiedman]

I had the same problem, but this solution helped

satya164/react-native-tab-view#1241 (comment)

[Eloy8]

@DominicWiedman Thanks for your reply and suggestion!

I've implemented it with the Pressable component and changed the position treshhold to 5 instead of 2.
Although it is a work-around, it works incredibelly well. Thanks again!

[github-actions]

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[mharrison-nzme]

Late to the party, just wanted to reply with my solution.
Using the Touchable components from react-native-gesture-handler, rather than react-native, solved the issue for me

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