diff --git a/lib/types/react-types.js b/lib/types/react-types.js
--- a/lib/types/react-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/react-types.js
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 export type ReactRefSetter<I> =
   | { current: null | I, ... }
   | ((null | I) => mixed);
+
+export type ReactRef<T> = { current: null | T };
diff --git a/native/chat/swipeable-message.react.js b/native/chat/swipeable-message.react.js
--- a/native/chat/swipeable-message.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/swipeable-message.react.js
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 import type { IconProps } from '@expo/vector-icons';
 import * as Haptics from 'expo-haptics';
+import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View } from 'react-native';
-import { PanGestureHandler } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
+import {
+  PanGestureHandler,
+  type PanGestureEvent,
+} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import Animated, {
   useAnimatedGestureHandler,
   useSharedValue,
@@ -192,14 +196,25 @@
   }, [triggerReply, triggerSidebar]);
 
   const translateX = useSharedValue(0);
-  const swipeEvent = useAnimatedGestureHandler(
+  const swipeEvent = useAnimatedGestureHandler<PanGestureEvent>(
     {
-      onStart: (event, ctx) => {
+      onStart: (
+        event /*: PanGestureEvent */,
+        ctx /*: { [string]: mixed } */,
+      ) => {
         ctx.translationAtStart = translateX.value;
         cancelAnimation(translateX.value);
       },
-      onActive: (event, ctx) => {
-        const translationX = ctx.translationAtStart + event.translationX;
+      onActive: (
+        event /*: PanGestureEvent */,
+        ctx /*: { [string]: mixed } */,
+      ) => {
+        const { translationAtStart } = ctx;
+        invariant(
+          typeof translationAtStart === 'number',
+          'translationAtStart should be number',
+        );
+        const translationX = translationAtStart + event.translationX;
         const baseActiveTranslation = isViewer
           ? Math.min(translationX, 0)
           : Math.max(translationX, 0);
@@ -222,7 +237,7 @@
         }
         ctx.prevPastSecondaryThreshold = pastSecondaryThreshold;
       },
-      onEnd: event => {
+      onEnd: (event /*: PanGestureEvent */) => {
         const absValue = Math.abs(translateX.value);
         if (absValue >= secondaryThreshold && secondaryActionExists) {
           runOnJS(secondaryAction)();
diff --git a/native/components/full-screen-view-modal.react.js b/native/components/full-screen-view-modal.react.js
--- a/native/components/full-screen-view-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/components/full-screen-view-modal.react.js
@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@
   PanGestureHandler,
   TapGestureHandler,
   State as GestureState,
+  type PinchGestureEvent,
+  type PanGestureEvent,
+  type TapGestureEvent,
 } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import Orientation from 'react-native-orientation-locker';
 import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import type { EventResult } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import { SafeAreaView } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 
 import { type Dimensions } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
+import type { ReactRef } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
 
 import SWMansionIcon from './swmansion-icon.react.js';
 import ConnectedStatusBar from '../connected-status-bar.react.js';
@@ -187,23 +192,35 @@
   imageWidth: Value;
   imageHeight: Value;
 
-  pinchHandler = React.createRef();
-  panHandler = React.createRef();
-  singleTapHandler = React.createRef();
-  doubleTapHandler = React.createRef();
-  handlerRefs = [
+  pinchHandler: ReactRef<PinchGestureHandler> = React.createRef();
+  panHandler: ReactRef<PanGestureHandler> = React.createRef();
+  singleTapHandler: ReactRef<TapGestureHandler> = React.createRef();
+  doubleTapHandler: ReactRef<TapGestureHandler> = React.createRef();
+  handlerRefs: $ReadOnlyArray<
+    | ReactRef<PinchGestureHandler>
+    | ReactRef<PanGestureHandler>
+    | ReactRef<TapGestureHandler>,
+  > = [
     this.pinchHandler,
     this.panHandler,
     this.singleTapHandler,
     this.doubleTapHandler,
   ];
-  beforeDoubleTapRefs;
-  beforeSingleTapRefs;
-
-  pinchEvent;
-  panEvent;
-  singleTapEvent;
-  doubleTapEvent;
+  beforeDoubleTapRefs: $ReadOnlyArray<
+    | ReactRef<PinchGestureHandler>
+    | ReactRef<PanGestureHandler>
+    | ReactRef<TapGestureHandler>,
+  >;
+  beforeSingleTapRefs: $ReadOnlyArray<
+    | ReactRef<PinchGestureHandler>
+    | ReactRef<PanGestureHandler>
+    | ReactRef<TapGestureHandler>,
+  >;
+
+  pinchEvent: EventResult<PinchGestureEvent>;
+  panEvent: EventResult<PanGestureEvent>;
+  singleTapEvent: EventResult<TapGestureEvent>;
+  doubleTapEvent: EventResult<TapGestureEvent>;
 
   scale: Node;
   x: Node;
@@ -244,7 +261,7 @@
     const panVelocityY = new Value(0);
     const panAbsoluteX = new Value(0);
     const panAbsoluteY = new Value(0);
-    this.panEvent = event([
+    this.panEvent = event<PanGestureEvent>([
       {
         nativeEvent: {
           state: panState,
@@ -283,7 +300,7 @@
     const pinchScale = new Value(1);
     const pinchFocalX = new Value(0);
     const pinchFocalY = new Value(0);
-    this.pinchEvent = event([
+    this.pinchEvent = event<PinchGestureEvent>([
       {
         nativeEvent: {
           state: pinchState,
@@ -299,7 +316,7 @@
     const singleTapState = new Value(-1);
     const singleTapX = new Value(0);
     const singleTapY = new Value(0);
-    this.singleTapEvent = event([
+    this.singleTapEvent = event<TapGestureEvent>([
       {
         nativeEvent: {
           state: singleTapState,
@@ -313,7 +330,7 @@
     const doubleTapState = new Value(-1);
     const doubleTapX = new Value(0);
     const doubleTapY = new Value(0);
-    this.doubleTapEvent = event([
+    this.doubleTapEvent = event<TapGestureEvent>([
       {
         nativeEvent: {
           state: doubleTapState,
diff --git a/native/components/gesture-touchable-opacity.react.js b/native/components/gesture-touchable-opacity.react.js
--- a/native/components/gesture-touchable-opacity.react.js
+++ b/native/components/gesture-touchable-opacity.react.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   LongPressGestureHandler,
   TapGestureHandler,
   State as GestureState,
+  type LongPressGestureEvent,
+  type TapGestureEvent,
 } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import Animated, { EasingNode } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@
   const tapState = useValue(-1);
   const longPressEvent = React.useMemo(
     () =>
-      event([
+      event<LongPressGestureEvent>([
         {
           nativeEvent: {
             state: longPressState,
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@
   );
   const tapEvent = React.useMemo(
     () =>
-      event([
+      event<TapGestureEvent>([
         {
           nativeEvent: {
             state: tapState,
diff --git a/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-gesture-handler_v2.x.x.js b/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-gesture-handler_v2.x.x.js
--- a/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-gesture-handler_v2.x.x.js
+++ b/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-gesture-handler_v2.x.x.js
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@
     ...$EventHandlers<ExtraEventsProps>,
     id?: string,
     enabled?: boolean,
-    waitFor?: React$Ref<any> | Array<React$Ref<any>>,
-    simultaneousHandlers?: React$Ref<any> | Array<React$Ref<any>>,
+    waitFor?: React$Ref<any> | $ReadOnlyArray<React$Ref<any>>,
+    simultaneousHandlers?: React$Ref<any> | $ReadOnlyArray<React$Ref<any>>,
     shouldCancelWhenOutside?: boolean,
     minPointers?: number,
     hitSlop?: HitSlop,
@@ -403,6 +403,14 @@
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // Tap
 
+  declare export type TapGestureEvent = {
+    +x: number,
+    +y: number,
+    +absoluteX: number,
+    +absoluteY: number,
+    ...
+  };
+
   declare export type TapGestureHandlerProps = $GestureHandlerProps<
     {
       maxDurationMs?: number,
@@ -412,13 +420,7 @@
       minPointers?: number,
       ...
     },
-    {
-      x: number,
-      y: number,
-      absoluteX: number,
-      absoluteY: number,
-      ...
-    }
+    TapGestureEvent,
   >;
 
   declare export class TapGestureHandler extends React$Component<TapGestureHandlerProps> {}
@@ -463,19 +465,21 @@
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // LongPress
 
+  declare export type LongPressGestureEvent = {
+    +x: number,
+    +y: number,
+    +absoluteX: number,
+    +absoluteY: number,
+    ...
+  };
+
   declare export type LongPressGestureHandlerProps = $GestureHandlerProps<
     {
       minDurationMs?: number,
       maxDist?: number,
       ...
     },
-    {
-      x: number,
-      y: number,
-      absoluteX: number,
-      absoluteY: number,
-      ...
-    }
+    LongPressGestureEvent,
   >;
 
   declare export class LongPressGestureHandler extends React$Component<LongPressGestureHandlerProps> {}
@@ -483,6 +487,18 @@
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // PanGesture
 
+  declare export type PanGestureEvent = {
+    +x: number,
+    +y: number,
+    +absoluteX: number,
+    +absoluteY: number,
+    +translationX: number,
+    +translationY: number,
+    +velocityX: number,
+    +velocityY: number,
+    ...
+  };
+
   declare export type PanGestureHandlerProps = $GestureHandlerProps<
     {
       activeOffsetY?: number | [number, number],
@@ -498,17 +514,7 @@
       avgTouches?: boolean,
       ...
     },
-    {
-      x: number,
-      y: number,
-      absoluteX: number,
-      absoluteY: number,
-      translationX: number,
-      translationY: number,
-      velocityX: number,
-      velocityY: number,
-      ...
-    }
+    PanGestureEvent,
   >;
 
   declare export class PanGestureHandler extends React$Component<PanGestureHandlerProps> {}
@@ -516,15 +522,17 @@
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // Pinch
 
+  declare export type PinchGestureEvent = {
+    +scale: number,
+    +focalX: number,
+    +focalY: number,
+    +velocity: number,
+    ...
+  };
+
   declare export type PinchGestureHandlerProps = $GestureHandlerProps<
     { ... },
-    {
-      scale: number,
-      focalX: number,
-      focalY: number,
-      velocity: number,
-      ...
-    }
+    PinchGestureEvent,
   >;
 
   declare export class PinchGestureHandler extends React$Component<PinchGestureHandlerProps> {}
diff --git a/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-reanimated_v2.x.x.js b/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-reanimated_v2.x.x.js
--- a/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-reanimated_v2.x.x.js
+++ b/native/flow-typed/npm/react-native-reanimated_v2.x.x.js
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
     | GestureStateActive
     | GestureStateEnd;
 
-  declare type $Event<T: { ... }> = {
+  declare export type $Event<T: { ... }> = {
     handlerTag: number,
     numberOfPointers: number,
     state: GestureState,
@@ -456,11 +456,16 @@
     ...
   };
 
+  declare export type EventResult<T: { ... }, E: $Event<T> = $Event<T>> =
+    $SyntheticEvent<E> => void;
+
   declare type ToValue = (val: mixed) => ValueImpl;
-  declare type Event = <T, E: $Event<T>>(defs: $ReadOnlyArray<{
-    +nativeEvent: $Shape<$ObjMap<E, ToValue>>,
-    ...
-  }>) => $SyntheticEvent<E> => void;
+  declare type Event = <T: { ... }, E: $Event<T> = $Event<T>>(
+    defs: $ReadOnlyArray<{
+      +nativeEvent: $Shape<$ObjMap<E, ToValue>>,
+      ...
+    }>,
+  ) => EventResult<T, E>;
 
   declare type UseValue = (initialVal: number) => ValueImpl;
 
@@ -469,7 +474,7 @@
     context: {| [name: string]: mixed |},
   ) => mixed;
 
-  declare type UseAnimatedGestureHandler = <T, E: $Event<T>>(
+  declare type UseAnimatedGestureHandler = <T, E: $Event<T> = $Event<T>>(
     callbacks: $Shape<{|
       +onStart: AnimatedGestureHandlerEventCallback<T, E>,
       +onActive: AnimatedGestureHandlerEventCallback<T, E>,
@@ -479,7 +484,7 @@
       +onFinish: AnimatedGestureHandlerEventCallback<T, E>,
     |}>,
     dependencies?: $ReadOnlyArray<mixed>,
-  ) => E;
+  ) => $SyntheticEvent<E> => mixed;
 
   declare export type SharedValue<T> = {
     value: T,
diff --git a/native/media/video-playback-modal.react.js b/native/media/video-playback-modal.react.js
--- a/native/media/video-playback-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/media/video-playback-modal.react.js
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { View, Text, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
 import filesystem from 'react-native-fs';
-import { TapGestureHandler } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
+import {
+  TapGestureHandler,
+  type TapGestureEvent,
+} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import * as Progress from 'react-native-progress';
 import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import { SafeAreaView } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
@@ -232,7 +235,7 @@
 
   const singleTapEvent = React.useMemo(
     () =>
-      event([
+      event<TapGestureEvent>([
         {
           nativeEvent: {
             state: singleTapState,