Android events don't get fired using mEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent with the New Architecture and bridgeless off about react-native

[cortinico]

@gabrieldonadel Thanks for the reproducer it was extremely valuable for me to isolate the issue. A fix is forthcoming

[javache]

Noticed that in your sample, your accessing the event emitter here.

mEventDispatcher = UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcherForReactTag((ReactContext) getContext(), getId());

I don't believe this is safe, as at this point RN will not have initialized the Id field yet, and we'll fall back to the paper event dispatcher even if this is a Fabric view.

[gabrieldonadel]

Noticed that in your sample, your accessing the event emitter here.

mEventDispatcher = UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcherForReactTag((ReactContext) getContext(), getId());

I don't believe this is safe, as at this point RN will not have initialized the Id field yet, and we'll fall back to the paper event dispatcher even if this is a Fabric view.

I see, thanks for the explanation. If the UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcherForReactTag call were to only occur inside the action event (e.g. onClick) this would be fine, right?

[cortinico]

I see, thanks for the explanation. If the UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcherForReactTag call were to only occur inside the action event (e.g. onClick) this would be fine, right?

Yup I've tested this in your repro and it effectively fixes the issue 👍