better solution

Author: akwasniewski

packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandlerOrchestrator.kt

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import android.widget.EditText
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.RootView
 import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerRootHelper
 import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerRootView
 import java.util.*
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ class GestureHandlerOrchestrator(
   private val wrapperView: ViewGroup,
   private val handlerRegistry: GestureHandlerRegistry,
   private val viewConfigHelper: ViewConfigurationHelper,
+  private val rootView: ViewGroup,
 ) {
   /**
    * Minimum alpha (value from 0 to 1) that should be set to a view so that it can be treated as a
@@ -56,6 +58,11 @@ class GestureHandlerOrchestrator(
     if (finishedHandlersCleanupScheduled && handlingChangeSemaphore == 0) {
       cleanupFinishedHandlers()
     }
+    if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || action == MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL) {
+      if (awaitingHandlers.isEmpty() && rootView is RootView) {
+        rootView.onChildEndedNativeGesture(rootView, event)
+      }
+    }
     return true
   }
 

packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerRootHelper.kt

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class RNGestureHandlerRootHelper(private val context: ReactContext, wrappedView:
       wrappedView,
       registry,
       RNViewConfigurationHelper(),
+      rootView,
     ).apply {
       minimumAlphaForTraversal = MIN_ALPHA_FOR_TOUCH
     }
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ class RNGestureHandlerRootHelper(private val context: ReactContext, wrappedView:
         action = MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL
       }
       if (rootView is RootView) {
-        rootView.onChildEndedNativeGesture(rootView, event)
+        rootView.onChildStartedNativeGesture(rootView, event)
       }
       event.recycle()
     }