diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 90ddfd2..83a10e5 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.10.0'
   implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1'
   implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.4.1'
-  implementation 'app.rive:rive-android:8.2.1'
+  implementation 'app.rive:rive-android:8.4.0'
   implementation "androidx.startup:startup-runtime:1.1.1"
   implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.2.0'
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/rivereactnative/RiveReactNativeView.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/rivereactnative/RiveReactNativeView.kt
index 2cf2a6e..25a48d9 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/rivereactnative/RiveReactNativeView.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/rivereactnative/RiveReactNativeView.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import android.widget.FrameLayout
 import app.rive.runtime.kotlin.PointerEvents
 import app.rive.runtime.kotlin.RiveAnimationView
 import app.rive.runtime.kotlin.controllers.RiveFileController
-import app.rive.runtime.kotlin.RiveArtboardRenderer
 import app.rive.runtime.kotlin.core.*
 import app.rive.runtime.kotlin.core.errors.*
 import com.android.volley.NetworkResponse
@@ -13,14 +12,14 @@ import com.android.volley.Request
 import com.android.volley.Response
 import com.android.volley.toolbox.HttpHeaderParser
 import com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTEventEmitter
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.ExceptionsManagerModule
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTEventEmitter
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException
-import kotlin.IllegalStateException
 
 
 class RiveReactNativeView(private val context: ThemedReactContext) : FrameLayout(context) {
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ class RiveReactNativeView(private val context: ThemedReactContext) : FrameLayout
     STOP("onStop"),
     LOOP_END("onLoopEnd"),
     STATE_CHANGED("onStateChanged"),
+    RIVE_EVENT("onRiveEventReceived"),
     ERROR("onError");
 
     override fun toString(): String {
@@ -92,7 +92,18 @@ class RiveReactNativeView(private val context: ThemedReactContext) : FrameLayout
       }
 
     }
+
+    val eventListener = object : RiveFileController.RiveEventListener {
+      override fun notifyEvent(event: RiveEvent) {
+        when (event) {
+          is RiveGeneralEvent -> onRiveEventReceived(event as RiveGeneralEvent)
+          is RiveOpenURLEvent -> onRiveEventReceived(event as RiveOpenURLEvent)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     riveAnimationView.registerListener(listener)
+    riveAnimationView.addEventListener(eventListener)
     autoplay = false
     addView(riveAnimationView)
   }
@@ -146,6 +157,45 @@ class RiveReactNativeView(private val context: ThemedReactContext) : FrameLayout
     reactContext.getJSModule(RCTEventEmitter::class.java).receiveEvent(id, Events.STATE_CHANGED.toString(), data)
   }
 
+  private fun convertHashMapToWritableMap(hashMap: HashMap<String, Any>): WritableMap {
+    val writableMap = Arguments.createMap()
+
+    for ((key, value) in hashMap) {
+      when (value) {
+        is String -> writableMap.putString(key, value)
+        is Int -> writableMap.putInt(key, value)
+        is Float -> writableMap.putDouble(key, value.toDouble())
+        is Double -> writableMap.putDouble(key, value)
+        is Boolean -> writableMap.putBoolean(key, value)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return writableMap
+  }
+
+  fun onRiveEventReceived(event: RiveEvent) {
+    val reactContext = context as ReactContext
+    val topLevelDict = Arguments.createMap()
+
+    val eventProperties = Arguments.createMap().apply {
+      putString("name", event.name)
+      putDouble("delay", event.delay.toDouble())
+      putMap("properties", convertHashMapToWritableMap(event.properties))
+    }
+
+    if (event is RiveOpenURLEvent) {
+      eventProperties.putString("url", event.url)
+      eventProperties.putString("target", event.target)
+    }
+
+    topLevelDict.putMap(
+      "riveEvent",
+      eventProperties
+    )
+
+    reactContext.getJSModule(RCTEventEmitter::class.java).receiveEvent(id, Events.RIVE_EVENT.toString(), topLevelDict)
+  }
+
   fun play(animationName: String, rnLoopMode: RNLoopMode, rnDirection: RNDirection, isStateMachine: Boolean) {
     val loop = RNLoopMode.mapToRiveLoop(rnLoopMode)
     val direction = RNDirection.mapToRiveDirection(rnDirection)
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/raw/rating.riv b/example/android/app/src/main/res/raw/rating.riv
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index 0000000..330f7e9
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