diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
index 38371436b8834a..c2b0b31d6a0482 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
+import android.graphics.drawable.LayerDrawable;
 import android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.HorizontalScrollView;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
+import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.MeasureSpecAssertions;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactClippingViewGroup;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactClippingViewGroupHelper;
@@ -140,12 +143,19 @@ public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    if (super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
-      NativeGestureUtil.notifyNativeGestureStarted(this, ev);
-      ReactScrollViewHelper.emitScrollBeginDragEvent(this);
-      mDragging = true;
-      enableFpsListener();
-      return true;
+    try {
+      if (super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
+        NativeGestureUtil.notifyNativeGestureStarted(this, ev);
+        ReactScrollViewHelper.emitScrollBeginDragEvent(this);
+        mDragging = true;
+        enableFpsListener();
+        return true;
+      }
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      // Log and ignore the error. This seems to be a bug in the android SDK and
+      // this is the commonly accepted workaround.
+      // https://tinyurl.com/mw6qkod (Stack Overflow)
+      Log.w(ReactConstants.TAG, "Error intercepting touch event.", e);
     }
 
     return false;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
index a9c7960cf14ae5..509964ceb13064 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
@@ -190,12 +190,19 @@ public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    if (super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
-      NativeGestureUtil.notifyNativeGestureStarted(this, ev);
-      ReactScrollViewHelper.emitScrollBeginDragEvent(this);
-      mDragging = true;
-      enableFpsListener();
-      return true;
+    try {
+      if (super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
+        NativeGestureUtil.notifyNativeGestureStarted(this, ev);
+        ReactScrollViewHelper.emitScrollBeginDragEvent(this);
+        mDragging = true;
+        enableFpsListener();
+        return true;
+      }
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      // Log and ignore the error. This seems to be a bug in the android SDK and
+      // this is the commonly accepted workaround.
+      // https://tinyurl.com/mw6qkod (Stack Overflow)
+      Log.w(ReactConstants.TAG, "Error intercepting touch event.", e);
     }
 
     return false;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/viewpager/ReactViewPager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/viewpager/ReactViewPager.java
index 9a76bace545907..7d99e272a40153 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/viewpager/ReactViewPager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/viewpager/ReactViewPager.java
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 
 import android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter;
 import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
+import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerModule;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.NativeGestureUtil;
@@ -176,10 +178,18 @@ public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    if (super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
-      NativeGestureUtil.notifyNativeGestureStarted(this, ev);
-      return true;
+    try {
+      if (super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
+        NativeGestureUtil.notifyNativeGestureStarted(this, ev);
+        return true;
+      }
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      // Log and ignore the error. This seems to be a bug in the android SDK and
+      // this is the commonly accepted workaround.
+      // https://tinyurl.com/mw6qkod (Stack Overflow)
+      Log.w(ReactConstants.TAG, "Error intercepting touch event.", e);
     }
+
     return false;
   }