1.8.0

In this release, we fixed some long-standing threading issues which were crashing apps integrated with RNGH. Additionally,MAX_POINTERS_COUNT has been increased to support devices that handle up to 12 simultaneous touches.

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fix threading issue in RNGestureHandlerStateChangeEvent (#1171) by @jakub-gonet
• Fix thread safety of RNGestureHandlerModule methods (#1173) by @jakub-gonet

👍 Improvements

• Increase MAX_POINTERS_COUNT to 12 (#1175) by @jakub-gonet

🔢 Miscellaneous

• Update README.md (#1141) by @jakub-gonet
• Fix installation and documentation links (#1144) by @kaueDM
• Fix expo links in docs (#1145) by @jakub-gonet
• Add issue templates (#1165) by @jakub-gonet
• Upgrade hoist-non-react-statics to 3.3+ (#995) by @davidgovea
• Removed website directory (#1174) by @jakub-gonet
• Remove unused PointerEvents* enums (#1177) by @jakub-gonet
• Fix RNGestureHandlerManager to use explicit imports (#1160) by @PeteTheHeat
• Update yarn.lock, remove fsevents resolutions, add release-it (#1140) by @jakub-gonet

🙌 Thank you for your contributions!