if you want...i can throw a few things over your way. i think i know a few of the issues you're having there.

Oh I’d love to know! There’s 3 issues: 1. It gets stuck on the screen sometimes and won’t go away 2. It blocks interaction while transitioning 3. It’s slow and bad looking

i think deckblue put this on a different post on accident...so uh, sorry if i am posting this twice. this is what we can achive though with expo-image, reanimated, gesture-handler, and a modal i.imgur.com/7IVwwtY.mp4