diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/switchview/ReactSwitchEvent.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/switchview/ReactSwitchEvent.java
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index f3073c928f3389..00000000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/switchview/ReactSwitchEvent.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.views.switchview;
-
-import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Nullsafe;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewUtil;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
-
-/** Event emitted by a ReactSwitchManager once a switch is fully switched on/off */
-/*package*/ @Nullsafe(Nullsafe.Mode.LOCAL)
-class ReactSwitchEvent extends Event<ReactSwitchEvent> {
-
-  public static final String EVENT_NAME = "topChange";
-
-  private final boolean mIsChecked;
-
-  @Deprecated
-  public ReactSwitchEvent(int viewId, boolean isChecked) {
-    this(ViewUtil.NO_SURFACE_ID, viewId, isChecked);
-  }
-
-  public ReactSwitchEvent(int surfaceId, int viewId, boolean isChecked) {
-    super(surfaceId, viewId);
-    mIsChecked = isChecked;
-  }
-
-  public boolean getIsChecked() {
-    return mIsChecked;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String getEventName() {
-    return EVENT_NAME;
-  }
-
-  @Nullable
-  @Override
-  protected WritableMap getEventData() {
-    WritableMap eventData = Arguments.createMap();
-    eventData.putInt("target", getViewTag());
-    eventData.putBoolean("value", getIsChecked());
-    return eventData;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/switchview/ReactSwitchEvent.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/switchview/ReactSwitchEvent.kt
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/switchview/ReactSwitchEvent.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.views.switchview
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewUtil
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event
+
+/** Event emitted by a ReactSwitchManager once a switch is fully switched on/off */
+internal class ReactSwitchEvent(surfaceId: Int, viewId: Int, private val isChecked: Boolean) :
+    Event<ReactSwitchEvent>(surfaceId, viewId) {
+
+  @Deprecated(
+      "Use the constructor with surfaceId, viewId and isChecked parameters.",
+      replaceWith = ReplaceWith("ReactSwitchEvent(surfaceId, viewId, isChecked)"))
+  constructor(viewId: Int, isChecked: Boolean) : this(ViewUtil.NO_SURFACE_ID, viewId, isChecked)
+
+  public override fun getEventName(): String {
+    return EVENT_NAME
+  }
+
+  public override fun getEventData(): WritableMap? {
+    val eventData = Arguments.createMap()
+    eventData.putInt("target", viewTag)
+    eventData.putBoolean("value", isChecked)
+    return eventData
+  }
+
+  private companion object {
+    private const val EVENT_NAME = "topChange"
+  }
+}