From 5b7b9742240437bdcc6e8dc217dc271558a01735 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Gallagher <nicolasgallagher@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 11:33:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] Avoid retaining DOM nodes in PressResponder

---
 .../src/modules/usePressEvents/PressResponder.js              | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/modules/usePressEvents/PressResponder.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/modules/usePressEvents/PressResponder.js
index 5a181521..9d42aa1b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/modules/usePressEvents/PressResponder.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/modules/usePressEvents/PressResponder.js
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ export default class PressResponder {
   _longPressDispatched: ?boolean = false;
   _pressDelayTimeout: ?TimeoutID = null;
   _pressOutDelayTimeout: ?TimeoutID = null;
-  _responder: ?any;
   _selectionTerminated: ?boolean;
   _touchActivatePosition: ?$ReadOnly<{|
     pageX: number,
@@ -266,7 +265,6 @@ export default class PressResponder {
       this._cancelPressOutDelayTimeout();
 
       this._longPressDispatched = false;
-      this._responder = event.currentTarget;
       this._selectionTerminated = false;
       this._touchState = NOT_RESPONDER;
       this._isPointerTouch = event.nativeEvent.type === 'touchstart';
@@ -430,7 +428,7 @@ export default class PressResponder {
     if (Transitions[prevState] != null) {
       nextState = Transitions[prevState][signal];
     }
-    if (this._responder == null && signal === RESPONDER_RELEASE) {
+    if (this._touchState === NOT_RESPONDER && signal === RESPONDER_RELEASE) {
       return;
     }
     if (nextState == null || nextState === ERROR) {