diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/ui/press-highlight.native.test.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/ui/press-highlight.native.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0915857a82
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+++ b/packages/app/src/components/ui/press-highlight.native.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import React, { act } from "react";
+import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
+import {
+  PointerType,
+  State,
+  type GestureStateChangeEvent,
+  type GestureStateManager,
+  type GestureTouchEvent,
+  type TapGesture,
+  type TapGestureHandlerEventPayload,
+} from "react-native-gesture-handler";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { PressHighlight } from "./press-highlight.native";
+
+const { detectedGestures, highlightValues } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  detectedGestures: new Array<TapGesture>(),
+  highlightValues: new Array<{ value: number }>(),
+}));
+
+// The native gesture runtime does not exist under jsdom. Keep the real gesture builders and
+// capture what PressHighlight hands to the detector, so the test drives its callbacks directly.
+vi.mock("react-native-gesture-handler", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("react-native-gesture-handler")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    GestureDetector: ({
+      gesture,
+      children,
+    }: {
+      gesture: TapGesture;
+      children: React.ReactNode;
+    }) => {
+      detectedGestures.push(gesture);
+      return children;
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock("react-native-reanimated", async () => {
+  const { View } = await import("react-native");
+  const { useState } = await import("react");
+  return {
+    default: { View },
+    useAnimatedStyle: () => ({}),
+    useSharedValue: (initial: number) => {
+      const [shared] = useState(() => {
+        const created = { value: initial };
+        highlightValues.push(created);
+        return created;
+      });
+      return shared;
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+let container: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
+let root: Root | null = null;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.stubGlobal("React", React);
+  vi.stubGlobal("IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT", true);
+  // react-native-web delays press-in by 50 ms.
+  vi.useFakeTimers();
+  detectedGestures.length = 0;
+  highlightValues.length = 0;
+  container = document.createElement("div");
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+  root = createRoot(container);
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  if (root && container) {
+    act(() => {
+      root?.unmount();
+    });
+    container.remove();
+  }
+  root = null;
+  container = null;
+  vi.useRealTimers();
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+});
+
+function renderPressHighlight(props: React.ComponentProps<typeof PressHighlight>) {
+  act(() => {
+    root?.render(<PressHighlight testID="row" {...props} />);
+  });
+  const element = container?.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-testid="row"]');
+  if (!element) {
+    throw new Error("PressHighlight did not render its pressable");
+  }
+  return element;
+}
+
+function tapGesture() {
+  const gesture = detectedGestures.at(-1);
+  if (!gesture) {
+    throw new Error("PressHighlight did not attach a gesture");
+  }
+  return gesture;
+}
+
+function highlight() {
+  const value = highlightValues.at(-1);
+  if (!value) {
+    throw new Error("PressHighlight did not create its highlight value");
+  }
+  return value.value;
+}
+
+function touchesDown(pointerType: PointerType) {
+  const stateManager = {
+    activate: vi.fn<GestureStateManager["activate"]>(),
+    begin: vi.fn<GestureStateManager["begin"]>(),
+    end: vi.fn<GestureStateManager["end"]>(),
+    fail: vi.fn<GestureStateManager["fail"]>(),
+  };
+  const touch = { id: 0, x: 12, y: 8, absoluteX: 112, absoluteY: 208 };
+  // The first touch-down reaches the handler before it begins, so its state is UNDETERMINED.
+  const event: GestureTouchEvent = {
+    handlerTag: 1,
+    numberOfTouches: 1,
+    state: State.UNDETERMINED,
+    // TouchEventType.TOUCHES_DOWN; the package does not export TouchEventType.
+    eventType: 1,
+    allTouches: [touch],
+    changedTouches: [touch],
+    pointerType,
+  };
+  tapGesture().handlers.onTouchesDown?.(event, stateManager);
+  return stateManager;
+}
+
+function tapStateChange(
+  oldState: State,
+  state: State,
+): GestureStateChangeEvent<TapGestureHandlerEventPayload> {
+  return {
+    handlerTag: 1,
+    numberOfPointers: 1,
+    oldState,
+    state,
+    pointerType: PointerType.TOUCH,
+    x: 12,
+    y: 8,
+    absoluteX: 112,
+    absoluteY: 208,
+  };
+}
+
+function click(element: HTMLElement) {
+  const init = { bubbles: true, cancelable: true, button: 0, buttons: 1 };
+  act(() => {
+    element.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent("mousedown", init));
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(100);
+    element.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent("mouseup", init));
+    element.click();
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(100);
+  });
+}
+
+const highlightStyle = { backgroundColor: "red" };
+
+describe("PressHighlight (native)", () => {
+  it("fails the highlight tap as soon as a mouse touches down", () => {
+    renderPressHighlight({ highlightStyle });
+
+    expect(touchesDown(PointerType.MOUSE).fail).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the highlight tap running for touch and stylus", () => {
+    renderPressHighlight({ highlightStyle });
+
+    for (const pointerType of [PointerType.TOUCH, PointerType.STYLUS]) {
+      const stateManager = touchesDown(pointerType);
+      expect(stateManager.fail).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(stateManager.activate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(stateManager.end).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("glows from tap begin until the tap finalizes", () => {
+    renderPressHighlight({ highlightStyle });
+    const gesture = tapGesture();
+
+    expect(gesture.config).toMatchObject({
+      enabled: true,
+      maxDist: 8,
+      shouldCancelWhenOutside: true,
+    });
+    gesture.handlers.onBegin?.(tapStateChange(State.UNDETERMINED, State.BEGAN));
+    expect(highlight()).toBe(1);
+    gesture.handlers.onFinalize?.(tapStateChange(State.ACTIVE, State.END), true);
+    expect(highlight()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("delivers the press callbacks to the caller", () => {
+    const onPress = vi.fn();
+    const onPressIn = vi.fn();
+    const onPressOut = vi.fn();
+    const element = renderPressHighlight({ highlightStyle, onPress, onPressIn, onPressOut });
+
+    click(element);
+
+    expect(onPressIn).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(onPressOut).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(onPress).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("disables the highlight tap and the press while disabled", () => {
+    const onPress = vi.fn();
+    const element = renderPressHighlight({ disabled: true, highlightStyle, onPress });
+
+    click(element);
+
+    expect(tapGesture().config.enabled).toBe(false);
+    expect(onPress).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("presses without a gesture when no highlight is requested", () => {
+    const onPress = vi.fn();
+    const element = renderPressHighlight({ onPress });
+
+    click(element);
+
+    expect(detectedGestures).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(onPress).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/ui/press-highlight.native.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/ui/press-highlight.native.tsx
index 858e68843f..b2832c5482 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/ui/press-highlight.native.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/ui/press-highlight.native.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { forwardRef, useMemo } from "react";
 import { Pressable, StyleSheet, View } from "react-native";
-import { Gesture, GestureDetector } from "react-native-gesture-handler";
+import { Gesture, GestureDetector, PointerType } from "react-native-gesture-handler";
 import Animated, { useAnimatedStyle, useSharedValue } from "react-native-reanimated";
 import { resolveHighlightCorners } from "./press-highlight.shape";
 import type { PressHighlightProps } from "./press-highlight.types";
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ export const PressHighlight = forwardRef<View, PressHighlightProps>(function Pre
         .enabled(disabled !== true && highlightStyle != null)
         .maxDistance(8)
         .shouldCancelWhenOutside(true)
+        // A mouse never gets the touch glow. Left unchecked, this Tap activates on the primary
+        // button release and cancels the Pressable's press, so the click never reaches onPress.
+        // Android delivers the first touch-down before the Tap begins, and on the UI thread the
+        // failure lands synchronously, before ACTION_BUTTON_PRESS or ACTION_BUTTON_RELEASE.
+        .onTouchesDown((event, stateManager) => {
+          if (event.pointerType === PointerType.MOUSE) {
+            stateManager.fail();
+          }
+        })
         .onBegin(() => {
           highlighted.value = 1;
         })