From d87706995454c73a53b2af5ea0c54f1f801152c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Priyanshu0007 <priyanshu2859@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:18:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(button): prevent false ripples during scroll deceleration
 (#4911)

---
 src/components/Button/Button.tsx              |  6 ++++
 .../TouchableRipple.native.tsx                |  5 ++-
 .../TouchableRipple/TouchableRipple.tsx       |  4 ++-
 src/components/__tests__/Button.test.tsx      | 13 ++++++++
 .../__tests__/TouchableRipple.test.tsx        | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/core/settings.tsx                         |  1 +
 6 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/Button/Button.tsx b/src/components/Button/Button.tsx
index 6f07113572..72151e09c7 100644
--- a/src/components/Button/Button.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Button/Button.tsx
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ export type Props = Omit<ViewProps, 'style'> & {
    * The number of milliseconds a user must touch the element before executing `onLongPress`.
    */
   delayLongPress?: number;
+  /**
+   * Delay in ms, from the start of the touch, before the press is engaged and ripple is triggered.
+   */
+  unstable_pressDelay?: number;
   /**
    * Style of button's inner content.
    * Use this prop to apply custom height and width, to set a custom padding or to set the icon on the right with `flexDirection: 'row-reverse'`.
@@ -179,6 +183,7 @@ const Button = ({
   onPressOut,
   onLongPress,
   delayLongPress,
+  unstable_pressDelay,
   style,
   theme: themeOverrides,
   uppercase: uppercaseProp,
@@ -327,6 +332,7 @@ const Button = ({
         onPressIn={hasPassedTouchHandler ? handlePressIn : undefined}
         onPressOut={hasPassedTouchHandler ? handlePressOut : undefined}
         delayLongPress={delayLongPress}
+        unstable_pressDelay={unstable_pressDelay}
         aria-label={ariaLabel}
         accessibilityHint={accessibilityHint}
         role={role}
diff --git a/src/components/TouchableRipple/TouchableRipple.native.tsx b/src/components/TouchableRipple/TouchableRipple.native.tsx
index ec7b13dd91..b07c055757 100644
--- a/src/components/TouchableRipple/TouchableRipple.native.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TouchableRipple/TouchableRipple.native.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ const TouchableRipple = ({
   ...rest
 }: Props) => {
   const theme = useInternalTheme(themeOverrides);
-  const { rippleEffectEnabled } = React.useContext<Settings>(SettingsContext);
+  const { rippleEffectEnabled, ripplePressDelay } =
+    React.useContext<Settings>(SettingsContext);
 
   const { onPress, onLongPress, onPressIn, onPressOut } = rest;
 
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ const TouchableRipple = ({
     return (
       <Pressable
         {...rest}
+        unstable_pressDelay={rest.unstable_pressDelay ?? ripplePressDelay}
         ref={ref}
         disabled={disabled}
         style={[useForeground && styles.overflowHidden, style]}
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ const TouchableRipple = ({
   return (
     <Pressable
       {...rest}
+      unstable_pressDelay={rest.unstable_pressDelay ?? ripplePressDelay}
       ref={ref}
       disabled={disabled}
       style={[borderless && styles.overflowHidden, style]}
diff --git a/src/components/TouchableRipple/TouchableRipple.tsx b/src/components/TouchableRipple/TouchableRipple.tsx
index 3b98d252c7..b05f1cb19d 100644
--- a/src/components/TouchableRipple/TouchableRipple.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TouchableRipple/TouchableRipple.tsx
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ const TouchableRipple = ({
     typeof calculatedRippleColor === 'string'
       ? color(calculatedRippleColor).fade(0.5).rgb().string()
       : calculatedRippleColor;
-  const { rippleEffectEnabled } = React.useContext<Settings>(SettingsContext);
+  const { rippleEffectEnabled, ripplePressDelay } =
+    React.useContext<Settings>(SettingsContext);
 
   const { onPress, onLongPress, onPressIn, onPressOut } = rest;
 
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@ const TouchableRipple = ({
   return (
     <Pressable
       {...rest}
+      unstable_pressDelay={rest.unstable_pressDelay ?? ripplePressDelay}
       ref={ref}
       onPressIn={handlePressIn}
       onPressOut={handlePressOut}
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/Button.test.tsx b/src/components/__tests__/Button.test.tsx
index 7ea496a419..9cbe0763f9 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/Button.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/Button.test.tsx
@@ -98,6 +98,19 @@ it('renders active button if only onLongPress handler is passed', async () => {
   expect(screen.getByTestId('active-button')).toBeEnabled();
 });
 
+it('renders button with unstable_pressDelay and triggers onPress', async () => {
+  const onPress = jest.fn();
+
+  await render(
+    <Button testID="delay-button" unstable_pressDelay={100} onPress={onPress}>
+      Delay Button
+    </Button>
+  );
+
+  await userEvent.press(screen.getByTestId('delay-button'));
+  expect(onPress).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+});
+
 it('renders button with color', async () => {
   const tree = (
     await render(<Button textColor={pink500}>Custom Button</Button>)
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/TouchableRipple.test.tsx b/src/components/__tests__/TouchableRipple.test.tsx
index 663d540bec..c5a60d18b3 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/TouchableRipple.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/TouchableRipple.test.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { GestureResponderEvent } from 'react-native';
 import { describe, expect, it, jest } from '@jest/globals';
 import { userEvent } from '@testing-library/react-native';
 
+import { SettingsContext } from '../../core/settings';
 import { render, screen } from '../../test-utils';
 import TouchableRipple from '../TouchableRipple/TouchableRipple.native';
 
@@ -44,6 +45,36 @@ describe('TouchableRipple', () => {
     expect(onPress).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('triggers onPress when unstable_pressDelay is provided', async () => {
+    const onPress = jest.fn<(event: GestureResponderEvent) => void>();
+    await render(
+      <TouchableRipple unstable_pressDelay={100} onPress={onPress}>
+        <Text>Button</Text>
+      </TouchableRipple>
+    );
+
+    await userEvent.press(screen.getByText('Button'));
+
+    expect(onPress).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('triggers onPress when ripplePressDelay is provided in SettingsContext', async () => {
+    const onPress = jest.fn<(event: GestureResponderEvent) => void>();
+    await render(
+      <SettingsContext.Provider
+        value={{ rippleEffectEnabled: true, ripplePressDelay: 80 }}
+      >
+        <TouchableRipple onPress={onPress}>
+          <Text>Button</Text>
+        </TouchableRipple>
+      </SettingsContext.Provider>
+    );
+
+    await userEvent.press(screen.getByText('Button'));
+
+    expect(onPress).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   describe('on iOS', () => {
     Platform.OS = 'ios';
 
diff --git a/src/core/settings.tsx b/src/core/settings.tsx
index 4082db3b62..bd86dbeaa8 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.tsx
+++ b/src/core/settings.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export type Settings = {
     testID,
   }: IconProps) => React.ReactNode;
   rippleEffectEnabled?: boolean;
+  ripplePressDelay?: number;
 };
 
 export const SettingsContext = React.createContext<Settings>({