iOS: global back gesture in v4.19.0 doesn't work over pager view

[mozzius]

Description

After upgrading to v4.19.0, the global back gesture does not work if it's on top of a pager view. I would speculate it's due to #3420

Screen.Recording.2026-01-01.at.21.19.54_compressed.mp4

Expected behaviour: I am able to swipe back to the previous screen.

I tried new and old architecture, and react-native-pager-view v6.8.0 and v8.0.0. We currently use version 6.8.0 due to callstack/react-native-pager-view#1006, which is an issue with the same effect (back gesture is broken).

Steps to reproduce

1. Have a pager view from react-native-pager-view where within each page is a scrollview
2. Try to perform the global back swipe gesture on the pager

Snack or a link to a repository

https://github.com/mozzius/pagerswipe-repro

Screens version

4.19.0

React Native version

0.81.5

Platforms

iOS

JavaScript runtime

Hermes

Workflow

Expo bare workflow

Architecture

Fabric (New Architecture)

Build type

Release mode

Device

iOS simulator

Device model

iPhone 17

Acknowledgements

Yes