React Native SMS Linking override draft message

Question

I'm trying to send a message via react-native Linking

const sendSms = async (phoneNumber, message) => {
  const separator = Platform.isIos ? '&' : '?'
  const url = `sms:${phoneNumber}${separator}body=${message}`

  await Linking.openURL(url)
}

expected behavior:

• sms app is opened and the message is populated inside a field

actual behavior:

• when I already had a conversation with this person via SMS and have a message in the draft, sms app opened but the message is not populated. Instead old unfinished message takes priority