diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt
index 73e0262c08..7545d402d3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class NativeViewGestureHandler : GestureHandler() {
       is ReactTextView -> this.hook = TextViewHook()
       is ReactViewGroup -> this.hook = ReactViewGroupHook()
     }
+    hook.attachHandler(this)
   }
 
   override fun onHandle(event: MotionEvent, sourceEvent: MotionEvent) {
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ class NativeViewGestureHandler : GestureHandler() {
   override fun onFail() = dispatchCancelEventToView()
 
   override fun onReset() {
+    hook.detachHandler()
     this.hook = defaultHook
     lastActiveUpdate = null
   }
@@ -275,6 +277,19 @@ class NativeViewGestureHandler : GestureHandler() {
      * Passes the event down to the underlying view using the correct method.
      */
     fun sendTouchEvent(view: View?, event: MotionEvent) = view?.onTouchEvent(event)
+
+    /**
+     * Called after the handler has prepared itself on this hook's view. The hook
+     * can retain the handler reference to drive state transitions from the view's
+     * own lifecycle (e.g. calling `activate()`, `fail()` or `cancel()` in
+     * response to native view state changes).
+     */
+    fun attachHandler(handler: NativeViewGestureHandler) = Unit
+
+    /**
+     * Called on handler reset so the hook can drop its retained handler reference.
+     */
+    fun detachHandler() = Unit
   }
 
   private class TextViewHook : NativeViewGestureHandlerHook {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt
index a8f9c5626d..83bfc664b7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.style.BorderStyle
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.style.LogicalEdge
 import com.facebook.react.viewmanagers.RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerDelegate
 import com.facebook.react.viewmanagers.RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerInterface
+import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.core.GestureHandler
 import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.core.NativeViewGestureHandler
 import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.ButtonViewGroup
 
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ class RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager :
     private var pressInTimestamp = 0L
     private var pendingPressOut: Runnable? = null
     private var isPointerInsideBounds = false
+    private var attachedHandler: NativeViewGestureHandler? = null
 
     // When non-null the ripple is drawn in dispatchDraw (above background, below children).
     // When null the ripple lives on the foreground drawable instead.
@@ -715,6 +717,14 @@ class RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager :
       }
     }
 
+    override fun attachHandler(handler: NativeViewGestureHandler) {
+      attachedHandler = handler
+    }
+
+    override fun detachHandler() {
+      attachedHandler = null
+    }
+
     override fun canBegin(event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
       if (event.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL ||
         event.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP ||
@@ -816,6 +826,9 @@ class RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager :
         super.setPressed(pressed)
 
         if (pressed) {
+          attachedHandler?.takeIf {
+            it.state == GestureHandler.STATE_UNDETERMINED || it.state == GestureHandler.STATE_BEGAN
+          }?.activate()
           animatePressIn()
         } else {
           animatePressOut()
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Touchable/Touchable.tsx b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Touchable/Touchable.tsx
index 78b85aa37c..83b8a21100 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Touchable/Touchable.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Touchable/Touchable.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const Touchable = (props: TouchableProps) => {
     }
   }, [onLongPress, delayLongPress, wrappedLongPress]);
 
-  const onBegin = useCallback(
+  const onActivate = useCallback(
     (e: CallbackEventType) => {
       if (!e.pointerInside) {
         pointerState.current = PointerState.OUTSIDE;
@@ -79,26 +79,10 @@ export const Touchable = (props: TouchableProps) => {
 
       pointerState.current = PointerState.INSIDE;
     },
-    [startLongPressTimer, onPressIn]
+    [onPressIn, startLongPressTimer]
   );
 
-  const onActivate = useCallback((e: CallbackEventType) => {
-    if (!e.pointerInside && longPressTimeout.current !== undefined) {
-      clearTimeout(longPressTimeout.current);
-      longPressTimeout.current = undefined;
-    }
-  }, []);
-
   const onDeactivate = useCallback(
-    (e: EndCallbackEventType) => {
-      if (!e.canceled && !longPressDetected.current && e.pointerInside) {
-        onPress?.(e);
-      }
-    },
-    [onPress]
-  );
-
-  const onFinalize = useCallback(
     (e: EndCallbackEventType) => {
       if (pointerState.current === PointerState.INSIDE) {
         onPressOut?.(e);
@@ -110,8 +94,12 @@ export const Touchable = (props: TouchableProps) => {
         clearTimeout(longPressTimeout.current);
         longPressTimeout.current = undefined;
       }
+
+      if (!e.canceled && !longPressDetected.current && e.pointerInside) {
+        onPress?.(e);
+      }
     },
-    [onPressOut]
+    [onPress, onPressOut]
   );
 
   const onUpdate = useCallback(
@@ -155,10 +143,8 @@ export const Touchable = (props: TouchableProps) => {
       {...rippleProps}
       ref={ref ?? null}
       enabled={!disabled}
-      onBegin={onBegin}
       onActivate={onActivate}
       onDeactivate={onDeactivate}
-      onFinalize={onFinalize}
       onUpdate={onUpdate}
       defaultOpacity={defaultOpacity}
       defaultUnderlayOpacity={defaultUnderlayOpacity}