diff --git a/native/chat/chat.react.js b/native/chat/chat.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat.react.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import { StackView, type StackHeaderProps } from '@react-navigation/stack';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Platform, View } from 'react-native';
+import { Platform, View, useWindowDimensions } from 'react-native';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 
 import ThreadDraftUpdater from 'lib/components/thread-draft-updater.react';
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@
     [props.navigation],
   );
 
+  const { width: screenWidth } = useWindowDimensions();
   const screenOptions = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       ...defaultStackScreenOptions,
@@ -293,8 +294,10 @@
         backgroundColor: colors.tabBarBackground,
         borderBottomWidth: 1,
       },
+      gestureEnabled: true,
+      gestureResponseDistance: screenWidth,
     }),
-    [colors.tabBarBackground, headerLeftButton],
+    [colors.tabBarBackground, headerLeftButton, screenWidth],
   );
 
   const chatThreadListOptions = React.useCallback(
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
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { IconProps } from '@expo/vector-icons';
-import { GestureHandlerRefContext } from '@react-navigation/stack';
 import * as Haptics from 'expo-haptics';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View } from 'react-native';
@@ -243,8 +242,6 @@
   );
 
   const { messageBoxStyle, children } = props;
-  const reactNavGestureHandlerRef = React.useContext(GestureHandlerRefContext);
-  const waitFor = reactNavGestureHandlerRef ?? undefined;
 
   if (!triggerReply && !triggerSidebar) {
     return (
@@ -316,7 +313,6 @@
       onGestureEvent={swipeEvent}
       failOffsetX={isViewer ? 5 : -5}
       failOffsetY={[-5, 5]}
-      waitFor={waitFor}
       key="gesture"
     >
       <Animated.View style={[messageBoxStyle, transformMessageBoxStyle]}>
diff --git a/native/navigation/community-drawer-navigator.react.js b/native/navigation/community-drawer-navigator.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/community-drawer-navigator.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/community-drawer-navigator.react.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   type DrawerNavigationProp,
 } from '@react-navigation/drawer';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { View } from 'react-native';
+import { View, useWindowDimensions } from 'react-native';
 
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors';
 import type { AppNavigationProp } from './app-navigator.react';
@@ -48,13 +48,15 @@
     [navContext],
   );
 
+  const { width: screenWidth } = useWindowDimensions();
   const screenOptions = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       drawerStyle: styles.drawerStyle,
       headerShown: false,
       swipeEnabled,
+      swipeEdgeWidth: screenWidth,
     }),
-    [styles.drawerStyle, swipeEnabled],
+    [styles.drawerStyle, swipeEnabled, screenWidth],
   );
 
   return (
diff --git a/native/profile/profile.react.js b/native/profile/profile.react.js
--- a/native/profile/profile.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/profile.react.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   type StackHeaderProps,
 } from '@react-navigation/stack';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { View } from 'react-native';
+import { View, useWindowDimensions } from 'react-native';
 
 import KeyboardAvoidingView from '../components/keyboard-avoiding-view.react';
 import CommunityDrawerButton from '../navigation/community-drawer-button.react';
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     [props.navigation],
   );
 
+  const { width: screenWidth } = useWindowDimensions();
   const screenOptions = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       header,
@@ -86,8 +87,10 @@
         backgroundColor: colors.tabBarBackground,
         shadowOpacity: 0,
       },
+      gestureEnabled: true,
+      gestureResponseDistance: screenWidth,
     }),
-    [colors.tabBarBackground, headerLeftButton],
+    [colors.tabBarBackground, headerLeftButton, screenWidth],
   );
 
   return (