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
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@
         backgroundColor: colors.tabBarBackground,
         borderBottomWidth: 1,
       },
+      gestureResponseDistance: 1000,
     }),
     [colors.tabBarBackground, headerLeftButton],
   );
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
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
       drawerStyle: styles.drawerStyle,
       headerShown: false,
       swipeEnabled,
+      swipeEdgeWidth: 1000,
     }),
     [styles.drawerStyle, swipeEnabled],
   );
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
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
         backgroundColor: colors.tabBarBackground,
         shadowOpacity: 0,
       },
+      gestureResponseDistance: 1000,
     }),
     [colors.tabBarBackground, headerLeftButton],
   );