From c7dcdc1c09e469aa02f971ecaf1dd4d3cac3f926 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Nardone <tnardone@meta.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 08:05:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ReactEventEmitter null fix (#44394)

Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/44394

Lint fix - flip to a guaranteed non-null value instead of the nullable field

Changelog: [Internal]

Reviewed By: NickGerleman

Differential Revision: D56898951

fbshipit-source-id: 8740ed77d71a827c7ce80b2df941d24985339619
---
 .../facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
index aba13e8b9c6..0b44b10c66b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
@@ -142,8 +142,11 @@ class ReactEventEmitter implements RCTModernEventEmitter {
           customCoalesceKey,
           event,
           category);
-    } else if (uiManagerType == UIManagerType.DEFAULT && getDefaultEventEmitter() != null) {
-      mDefaultEventEmitter.receiveEvent(targetReactTag, eventName, event);
+    } else if (uiManagerType == UIManagerType.DEFAULT) {
+      RCTEventEmitter defaultEmitter = getDefaultEventEmitter();
+      if (defaultEmitter != null) {
+        defaultEmitter.receiveEvent(targetReactTag, eventName, event);
+      }
     } else {
       ReactSoftExceptionLogger.logSoftException(
           TAG,