React Native: View onPress does not work
I'm facing a weird problem. In my react native app, if I set onPress event to View it is not triggered but if I set the same to Text inside View , it fires. What am I missing here? <View style={{backgroundColor: "red", padding: 20}}> <Text onPress={()=> { console.log('works'); } }>X</Text> </View> <View style={{backgroundColor: "red", padding: 20}} onPress={()=> { console.log('does not work'); } }> <Text>X</Text> </View> Why is this so? Is this an issue with React Native? I'm using version 0.43 You can use TouchableOpacity for onPress event. View doesn't provide onPress prop. <TouchableOpacity