How does React Native handle gesture recognition at a low level?

Gesture recognition is handled through native touch systems and processed via JS or UI-thread gesture handlers.

Touch events originate in native OS gesture systems and are passed to React Native's responder system. Libraries like React Native Gesture Handler improve performance by handling gestures on the UI thread instead of JS thread. This reduces latency and avoids gesture conflicts in complex interactions like swipes, drags, and multi-touch gestures.