diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
index 2ffb063c966eac..b205bdeb3c76fb 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public void dispatchModern(RCTModernEventEmitter rctEventEmitter) {
     if (getSurfaceId() != -1) {
       WritableMap eventData = getEventData();
       if (eventData != null) {
-        rctEventEmitter.receiveEvent(getSurfaceId(), getViewTag(), getEventName(), getEventData());
+        rctEventEmitter.receiveEvent(getSurfaceId(), getViewTag(), getEventName(), eventData);
         return;
       }
     }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEvent.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEvent.java
index de64e8c8f903bb..f21e140b1f8f4f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEvent.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEvent.java
@@ -188,12 +188,8 @@ public void dispatch(RCTEventEmitter rctEventEmitter) {
               "Cannot dispatch a TouchEvent that has no MotionEvent; the TouchEvent has been recycled"));
       return;
     }
-    TouchesHelper.sendTouchEvent(
-        rctEventEmitter,
-        Assertions.assertNotNull(mTouchEventType),
-        getSurfaceId(),
-        getViewTag(),
-        this);
+
+    TouchesHelper.sendTouchEvent(rctEventEmitter, this);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -210,6 +206,10 @@ private boolean hasMotionEvent() {
     return mMotionEvent != null;
   }
 
+  public TouchEventType getTouchEventType() {
+    return Assertions.assertNotNull(mTouchEventType);
+  }
+
   public float getViewX() {
     return mViewX;
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchesHelper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchesHelper.java
index 676f6729549515..2b2c6ae9758102 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchesHelper.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchesHelper.java
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ public class TouchesHelper {
    * given {@param event} instance. This method use {@param reactTarget} parameter to set as a
    * target view id associated with current gesture.
    */
-  private static WritableArray createsPointersArray(
-      int surfaceId, int reactTarget, TouchEvent event) {
+  private static WritableArray createsPointersArray(TouchEvent event) {
     WritableArray touches = Arguments.createArray();
     MotionEvent motionEvent = event.getMotionEvent();
 
@@ -60,8 +59,8 @@ private static WritableArray createsPointersArray(
       float locationY = motionEvent.getY(index) - targetViewCoordinateY;
       touch.putDouble(LOCATION_X_KEY, PixelUtil.toDIPFromPixel(locationX));
       touch.putDouble(LOCATION_Y_KEY, PixelUtil.toDIPFromPixel(locationY));
-      touch.putInt(TARGET_SURFACE_KEY, surfaceId);
-      touch.putInt(TARGET_KEY, reactTarget);
+      touch.putInt(TARGET_SURFACE_KEY, event.getSurfaceId());
+      touch.putInt(TARGET_KEY, event.getViewTag());
       touch.putDouble(TIMESTAMP_KEY, event.getTimestampMs());
       touch.putDouble(POINTER_IDENTIFIER_KEY, motionEvent.getPointerId(index));
       touches.pushMap(touch);
@@ -75,17 +74,11 @@ private static WritableArray createsPointersArray(
    * context}. Touch event can encode multiple concurrent touches (pointers).
    *
    * @param rctEventEmitter Event emitter used to execute JS module call
-   * @param type type of the touch event (see {@link TouchEventType})
-   * @param reactTarget target view react id associated with this gesture
    * @param touchEvent native touch event to read pointers count and coordinates from
    */
-  public static void sendTouchEvent(
-      RCTEventEmitter rctEventEmitter,
-      TouchEventType type,
-      int surfaceId,
-      int reactTarget,
-      TouchEvent touchEvent) {
-    WritableArray pointers = createsPointersArray(surfaceId, reactTarget, touchEvent);
+  public static void sendTouchEvent(RCTEventEmitter rctEventEmitter, TouchEvent touchEvent) {
+    TouchEventType type = touchEvent.getTouchEventType();
+    WritableArray pointers = createsPointersArray(touchEvent);
     MotionEvent motionEvent = touchEvent.getMotionEvent();
 
     // For START and END events send only index of the pointer that is associated with that event