Possible fix and investigation

example/App.js

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import { useScreens } from 'react-native-screens';
 // Uncomment the following line to force RTL. Requires closing and re-opening
 // your app after you first load it with this option enabled.
 I18nManager.forceRTL(false);
-useScreens();
 
 const data = [
   { component: SimpleStack, title: 'Simple', routeName: 'SimpleStack' },
@@ -146,3 +145,8 @@ const Root = createStackNavigator(
 
 const App = createAppContainer(Root);
 Expo.registerRootComponent(App);
+useScreens();
+
+// Uncomment this to test immediate transitions
+// import ImmediateTransition from './src/ImmediateTransition';
+// Expo.registerRootComponent(ImmediateTransition);

example/src/ImmediateTransition.js

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import { createStackNavigator } from 'react-navigation-stack';
+import { createAppContainer } from '@react-navigation/native';
+
+import {
+  Platform,
+  StyleSheet,
+  Text,
+  TouchableOpacity,
+  View,
+} from 'react-native';
+
+class ScreenOne extends React.Component {
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this._timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      this.props.navigation.navigate('Screen2');
+      clearTimeout(this._timer);
+    }, 0);
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <View style={styles.container}>
+        <Text style={styles.welcome}>Welcome to React Native!</Text>
+        <Text style={styles.instructions}>Here is Screen One!</Text>
+        <TouchableOpacity
+          style={styles.button}
+          onPress={() => {
+            this.props.navigation.navigate('Screen2');
+          }}
+        >
+          <Text style={{ color: 'white', fontSize: 24 }}>Press me!</Text>
+        </TouchableOpacity>
+      </View>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class ScreenTwo extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <View style={styles.container}>
+        <Text style={styles.welcome}>Welcome to React Native!</Text>
+        <Text style={styles.instructions}>Here is Screen Two!</Text>
+        <TouchableOpacity
+          style={styles.button}
+          onPress={() => {
+            this.props.navigation.navigate('Screen3');
+          }}
+        >
+          <Text style={{ color: 'white', fontSize: 24 }}>Press me!</Text>
+        </TouchableOpacity>
+      </View>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class ScreenThree extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <View style={styles.container}>
+        <Text style={styles.welcome}>Welcome to React Native!</Text>
+        <Text style={styles.instructions}>Here is Screen Three!</Text>
+      </View>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export const Stack = createStackNavigator(
+  {
+    Screen1: { screen: ScreenOne },
+    Screen2: { screen: ScreenTwo },
+    Screen3: { screen: ScreenThree },
+  },
+  {
+    initialRouteName: 'Screen1',
+    defaultNavigationOptions: {
+      header: null,
+    },
+  }
+);
+
+const PrimaryStack = createAppContainer(Stack);
+export default PrimaryStack;
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  button: {
+    height: 50,
+    width: 200,
+    backgroundColor: 'dodgerblue',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+  },
+  container: {
+    flex: 1,
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    backgroundColor: '#F5FCFF',
+  },
+  welcome: {
+    fontSize: 20,
+    textAlign: 'center',
+    margin: 10,
+  },
+  instructions: {
+    textAlign: 'center',
+    color: '#333333',
+    marginBottom: 5,
+  },
+});

src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js

@@ -296,12 +296,10 @@ class StackViewLayout extends React.Component {
         enabled={index > 0 && gesturesEnabled}
       >
         <Animated.View style={containerStyle}>
-          <StackGestureContext.Provider value={this.panGestureRef}>
             <ScreenContainer style={styles.scenes}>
               {scenes.map(s => this._renderCard(s))}
             </ScreenContainer>
             {floatingHeader}
-          </StackGestureContext.Provider>
         </Animated.View>
       </PanGestureHandler>
     );

src/views/Transitioner.js

@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ class Transitioner extends React.Component {
       // prevTransitionProps are the same as transitionProps in this case
       // because nothing changed
       this._prevTransitionProps = this._transitionProps;
+
+      // Unsure if this is actually a good idea... Also related to
+      // https://github.com/react-navigation/react-navigation/issues/5247
+      // - the animation is interrupted before completion so this ensures
+      // that it is properly set to the final position before firing
+      // onTransitionEnd
+      this.state.position.setValue(props.navigation.state.index);
+
       this._onTransitionEnd();
       return;
     }
@@ -190,7 +198,12 @@ class Transitioner extends React.Component {
         timing(position, {
           ...transitionSpec,
           toValue: nextProps.navigation.state.index,
-        }).start(this._onTransitionEnd);
+        }).start(() => {
+          // In case the animation is immediately interrupted for some reason,
+          // we move this to the next frame so that onTransitionStart can fire
+          // first (https://github.com/react-navigation/react-navigation/issues/5247)
+          requestAnimationFrame(this._onTransitionEnd);
+        });
       } else {
         this._onTransitionEnd();
       }