React Native Gesture Handler not detecting gestures in conjunction with CameraView starting in SDK 51

[rbrki07]

Minimal reproducible example

https://github.com/rbrki07/react-native-gesture-handler-test

What platform(s) does this occur on?

iOS

Did you reproduce this issue in a development build?

No (tested in Expo Go)

Summary

I would like to have a React Native Gesture Handler on top of CameraView of expo-camera to detect certain gestures like long press or double tap. This was possible in SDK 50 using Camera of expo-camera/legacy, but it is no longer possible in SDK 51 and CameraView of expo-camera.

This is only a problem on iOS. If you run the example on Android, the gestures will be recognized.

I guess this is more related to CameraView and less to the way React Native Gesture Handler is used in the example. If you run the example, you can try to open the Expo developer menu using the iOS specific 3 finger tab gesture, and it won't work.

Environment

expo-env-info 1.2.0 environment info:
System:
OS: macOS 14.4.1
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 18.18.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
npm: 10.3.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Watchman: 2024.01.15.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.14.3 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 23.5, iOS 17.5, macOS 14.5, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, watchOS 10.5
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2023.2 AI-232.10300.40.2321.11668458
Xcode: 15.4/15F31d - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
expo: ~51.0.8 => 51.0.8
react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-native: 0.74.1 => 0.74.1
npmGlobalPackages:
eas-cli: 9.0.7
expo-cli: 6.3.10
Expo Workflow: managed

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[pablobarreraf]

Yes this is happening to me too, I had to add a toggle above my camera view trigger which changes the state of the cameraMode before capturing a picture or a video if I try to change the cameraMode on the fly on the event of a longPress is not working.

[rbrki07]

Hey @brentvatne 👋,
could you please have a look at this issue? This issue is stale for 16 days and I wonder, if there is something missing here?

[expo-bot]

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[brentvatne]

hey @rbrki07! we will investigate. apologies for the delay, a lot of the team was busy for the last couple weeks with various conferences.

[rbrki07]

Thanks for your response! Yes, it's the time of the year with React Conf and App.js Conf 😅 I've seen some cool new stuff!