diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e11df4d6..cd4405e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/lodash.debounce": "4.0.3",
     "@types/prop-types": "15.5.2",
-    "@types/react-native": "0.49.5",
     "@types/react": "16.4.7",
+    "@types/react-native": "0.49.5",
     "@types/resize-observer-browser": "0.1.7",
     "file-directives": "1.4.6",
     "tslint": "5.11.0",
diff --git a/src/core/RecyclerListView.tsx b/src/core/RecyclerListView.tsx
index e9c23802..974df98c 100644
--- a/src/core/RecyclerListView.tsx
+++ b/src/core/RecyclerListView.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import { ComponentCompat } from "../utils/ComponentCompat";
 import ScrollComponent from "../platform/reactnative/scrollcomponent/ScrollComponent";
 import ViewRenderer from "../platform/reactnative/viewrenderer/ViewRenderer";
 import { DefaultJSItemAnimator as DefaultItemAnimator } from "../platform/reactnative/itemanimators/defaultjsanimator/DefaultJSItemAnimator";
-import { Platform } from "react-native";
+import { Platform, ScrollView } from "react-native";
 const IS_WEB = !Platform || Platform.OS === "web";
 //#endif
 
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const IS_WEB = !Platform || Platform.OS === "web";
 //import ViewRenderer from "../platform/web/viewrenderer/ViewRenderer";
 //import { DefaultWebItemAnimator as DefaultItemAnimator } from "../platform/web/itemanimators/DefaultWebItemAnimator";
 //const IS_WEB = true;
+//type ScrollView = unknown;
 //#endif
 
 /***
@@ -334,6 +335,11 @@ export default class RecyclerListView<P extends RecyclerListViewProps, S extends
         return layoutManager ? layoutManager.getLayouts()[index] : undefined;
     }
 
+    public getLayouts(): Layout[] | null {
+        const layoutManager = this._virtualRenderer.getLayoutManager();
+        return layoutManager ? layoutManager.getLayouts() : null;
+    }
+
     public scrollToTop(animate?: boolean): void {
         this.scrollToOffset(0, 0, animate);
     }
@@ -398,6 +404,13 @@ export default class RecyclerListView<P extends RecyclerListViewProps, S extends
         return this._virtualRenderer.getLayoutDimension();
     }
 
+    public getNativeScrollRef(): ScrollView | null {
+        if (this._scrollComponent && this._scrollComponent.getNativeScrollRef) {
+          return this._scrollComponent.getNativeScrollRef();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     // Force Rerender forcefully to update view renderer. Use this in rare circumstances
     public forceRerender(): void {
         this.setState({
diff --git a/src/core/scrollcomponent/BaseScrollComponent.tsx b/src/core/scrollcomponent/BaseScrollComponent.tsx
index 2b6024cb..5bcd4762 100644
--- a/src/core/scrollcomponent/BaseScrollComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/core/scrollcomponent/BaseScrollComponent.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from "react";
+import { ScrollView } from "react-native";
 import { Dimension } from "../dependencies/LayoutProvider";
 import BaseScrollView, { ScrollEvent, ScrollViewDefaultProps } from "./BaseScrollView";
 
@@ -25,4 +26,9 @@ export default abstract class BaseScrollComponent extends React.Component<Scroll
     public getScrollableNode(): number | null {
         return null;
     }
+
+    //Override and return ref to your custom scrollview. Useful if you need to use Animated Events on the new architecture.
+     public getNativeScrollRef(): ScrollView | null {
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/reactnative/scrollcomponent/ScrollComponent.tsx b/src/platform/reactnative/scrollcomponent/ScrollComponent.tsx
index 0d0dedce..74e310ad 100644
--- a/src/platform/reactnative/scrollcomponent/ScrollComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/platform/reactnative/scrollcomponent/ScrollComponent.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ export default class ScrollComponent extends BaseScrollComponent {
         return null;
     }
 
+    public getNativeScrollRef(): ScrollView | null {
+        return this._scrollViewRef;
+    }
+
     public render(): JSX.Element {
         const Scroller = TSCast.cast<ScrollView>(this.props.externalScrollView); //TSI
         const renderContentContainer = this.props.renderContentContainer ? this.props.renderContentContainer : this._defaultContainer;