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[Android] Touchable doesn't call onPress when you tap on a TextInput editable={false} child #4622
Description
Description
Tapping a disabled TextInput doesn't trigger the onPress handler of its wrapping Touchable on Android.
The behaviour of RNGH's Touchable (and therefore Pressable) differs from the default React Native implementation. However, RN itself is inconsistent across iOS and Android, so the behaviour there also varies. Therefore, I'm not sure what is supposed to be the reference behaviour anymore, but what I can say is that it worked in RNGH v2.
| Android | iOS | Web | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RN | onPress is called |
onPress is not called |
onPress is called |
| RNGH | onPress is not called |
onPress is called 🤯 |
onPress is called |
AI explanation for the default behaviour on Android:
editable={false} becomes setEnabled(false) on the native EditText.
RN's Android hit-testing treats any disabled view as box-none: "Views that are disabled should never be the target of pointer events."
So the TextInput can't be the touch target, the parent Pressable becomes the target, and onPress fires.
AI explanation for the default behaviour on iOS:
editable={false} only turns off editing. The view can still be hit.
The touch lands on the TextInput. TextInput.js attaches its own usePressability handlers whatever editable is (it just skips focus() when non-editable, around line 599).
The TextInput therefore claims the responder, and the parent Pressable never gets it, so it logs nothing.
Steps to reproduce
import { Pressable, TextInput } from 'react-native'
import { Pressable as RNGHPressable, Touchable } from 'react-native-gesture-handler'
<View>
<Pressable onPress={() => Alert.alert('RN')}>
<TextInput editable={false} placeholder="tap here" />
</Pressable>
<RNGHPressable onPress={() => Alert.alert('RNGH Pressable')}>
<TextInput editable={false} placeholder="tap here" />
</RNGHPressable>
<Touchable onPress={() => Alert.alert('RNGH Touchable')}>
<TextInput editable={false} placeholder="tap here" />
</Touchable>
</View>- Tap on the first Pressable - observe "RN" alert
- Tap on the secondPressable - observe no alert being shown
A link to a Gist, an Expo Snack or a link to a repository based on this template that reproduces the bug.
Gesture Handler version
3.4.0
React Native version
0.86.3
Platforms
Android
JavaScript runtime
None
Workflow
None
Build type
None
Device
None
Device model
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Acknowledgements
Yes
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github-actions commentedon Oct 20, 2026
Hey @gigobyte! 👋
The issue doesn't seem to contain a minimal reproduction.
Could you provide a snack, a gist or a link to a GitHub repository that reproduces the problem?
github-actions commentedon Oct 20, 2026
Hey @gigobyte! 👋
Some of the required information in this issue is missing, incomplete or invalid. Could you take another look at the template and make sure each of these is filled in with something we can act on?
package.jsonor lockfilepackage.jsonor lockfileOnce the issue is updated we will take another look. Thanks!