diff --git a/types/react-native-swipe-gestures/index.d.ts b/types/react-native-swipe-gestures/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for react-native-swipe-gestures 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/glepur/react-native-swipe-gestures
+// Definitions by: Ian <https://github.com/ian-rudge>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.8
+
+import { Component } from 'react';
+import { PanResponderGestureState } from 'react-native';
+
+export interface SwipeDirections {
+  SWIPE_UP: 'SWIPE_UP';
+  SWIPE_DOWN: 'SWIPE_DOWN';
+  SWIPE_LEFT: 'SWIPE_LEFT';
+  SWIPE_RIGHT: 'SWIPE_RIGHT';
+}
+
+export const swipeDirections: SwipeDirections;
+
+export interface GestureRecognizerConfig {
+  velocityThreshold?: number;
+  directionalOffsetThreshold?: number;
+  gestureIsClickThreshold?: number;
+}
+
+export interface GestureRecognizerProps {
+  config?: GestureRecognizerConfig;
+  onSwipe?: (gestureName: string, state: PanResponderGestureState) => void;
+  onSwipeUp?: (state: PanResponderGestureState) => void;
+  onSwipeDown?: (state: PanResponderGestureState) => void;
+  onSwipeLeft?: (state: PanResponderGestureState) => void;
+  onSwipeRight?: (state: PanResponderGestureState) => void;
+}
+
+export default class GestureRecognizer extends Component<GestureRecognizerProps> {}
diff --git a/types/react-native-swipe-gestures/react-native-swipe-gestures-tests.tsx b/types/react-native-swipe-gestures/react-native-swipe-gestures-tests.tsx
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+import * as React from 'react';
+import GestureRecognizer, { GestureRecognizerConfig, swipeDirections } from 'react-native-swipe-gestures';
+
+const { SWIPE_UP, SWIPE_DOWN, SWIPE_LEFT, SWIPE_RIGHT } = swipeDirections;
+
+const config: GestureRecognizerConfig = {
+    velocityThreshold: 0.3,
+    directionalOffsetThreshold: 80,
+    gestureIsClickThreshold: 5,
+};
+
+class Example extends React.Component {
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <GestureRecognizer
+                config={config}
+                onSwipe={(direction, state) => {}}
+                onSwipeUp={state => {}}
+                onSwipeDown={state => {}}
+                onSwipeLeft={state => {}}
+                onSwipeRight={state => {}}
+            />
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/react-native-swipe-gestures/tsconfig.json b/types/react-native-swipe-gestures/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+        "jsx": "react"
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "react-native-swipe-gestures-tests.tsx"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/react-native-swipe-gestures/tslint.json b/types/react-native-swipe-gestures/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }