Is there any reason why the PressableEvent type is not exported?

[bunkscene]

When using a react native gesture handler Pressable, I would like to implement custom handlers using the PressableEvent, but I can't because it is not properly exported. Is there any specific reason for this?

// ts error because PressableEvent is not exported
import { Pressable, PressableEvent} from 'react-native-gesture-handler'

const handlePress = (event: PressableEvent) => { 
  onPress(event)
}

[simonschwitzky]

Wondered the same thing today.

[m-bert]

I don't recall one, it was probably overlooked 😅 I've merged #4324, so it should be available after next release 😅

[tamish-max]

Until that type is exported, a nice workaround is to infer it from the component props instead of hardcoding it.

Example:

import type { ComponentProps } from 'react';
import { Pressable } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';

type GHPressEvent = Parameters<
  NonNullable<ComponentProps<typeof Pressable>['onPress']>
>[0];

const handlePress = (event: GHPressEvent) => {
  onPress(event);
};

If you do not need the exact inferred type, GestureResponderEvent is also usually enough in app code. Deriving it from ComponentProps<typeof Pressable> keeps your types aligned with the library and avoids copying internals.