RN 0.73: FlingGestureHandler must be used as a descendant of GestureHandlerRootView. Otherwise the gestures will not be recognized.

[fendyk]

When using Modalfy (with RN 0.73 & Expo SDK 50) opening a modal will fail and throw this error:

ERROR  Error: FlingGestureHandler must be used as a descendant of GestureHandlerRootView. Otherwise the gestures will not be recognized. See https://docs.swmansion.com/react-native-gesture-handler/docs/installation for more details.
This error is located at:
    in FlingGestureHandler (created by StackItem)
    in RCTView (created by View)
    in View
    in Unknown (created by StackItem)
    in RCTView (created by View)
    in View
    in Unknown (created by StackItem)
    in StackItem
    in RCTView (created by View)
   etc..

I think it has something to do with react native gesture's handler latest version (currently using 2.14.0) while modalfy uses 1.9.0.

EDIT I solved it by wrapping my app with the <GestureHandlerRootView>

Example:

<GestureHandlerRootView style={{ flex: 1 }}>
  <App/>
</GestureHandlerRootView>

[andrisole92]

Having same issue

[CharlesMangwa]

closing as the answer (as specified in the installation guide) was already provided.