RN.Linking.openURL does not pre-populate SMS message body

[pawlowskim]

This is re-opened bug from #23992. The same behaviour, but on Motorola g(6) play, android 9. It works or second test device with android 8 (honor).

React Native version:

  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 10.14.5
      CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700B CPU @ 3.20GHz
      Memory: 1.41 GB / 32.00 GB
      Shell: 3.2.57
    Binaries:
      Node: 10.15.3
      npm: 6.4.1
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 12.2, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 23, 25, 26, 28
        Build Tools: 27.0.3, 28.0.3
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.8.3 => 16.8.3
      react-native: 0.59.10 => 0.59.10

Steps To Reproduce

1. Linking.openUrl(sms:${phone}?sms_body=${body});

Describe what you expected to happen:
It should pre populate SMS body content.

Investigation:
Quick look for Linking library and I saw it uses "ACTION_VIEW" intent for each intent. It might be the case, since android doc says it should be one of: ACTION_SENDTO, ACTION_SEND or ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE. Manually triggered intent from adb with ACTION_SENDTO works as expected. Maybe it was different for older android version and that why it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.

[GabrielCoding98]

Been working on this same issue... seems to not pre-populate via Google Messenger. It only worked when I specified the phone number.

[react-native-bot]

It looks like you are using an older version of React Native. Please update to the latest release, v0.60 and verify if the issue still exists.

The "Resolution: Old Version" label will be removed automatically once you edit your original post with the results of running `react-native info` on a project using the latest release.

[pawlowskim]

Don't listen the bot, update to v 0.60 is not that trivial if you use custom libraries. But from this version you can use sendIntent directly from Linking library, and this should work as expected: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/linking#sendintent (not tested). For iOS keep sms link:

sms:phoneNumber&body=message

[soledaddiez]

Still happening in RN v0.60.4

[pawlowskim]

Still happening in RN v0.60.4

Use sendIntent for android with
ACTION_SENDTO
and
sms_body
as extra param. It should work as expected.

https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common#SendMessage

[soledaddiez]

Hi @pawlowskim,
Thanks for your help.
I don't seem to get it to work. Lost in how to send all the params to the Linking.sendIntent.
sms: phone-number
sms_body: message

Could you help me here?.

[pawlowskim]

Try this (not tested)

Linking.sendIntent("ACTION_SENDTO", [{key:"sms_body", value:"message"}]);

You can also try without "ACTION" prefix, idk what is the implementation of it under the hood. Guys could provide at least one example for usage and it would be clear.

[sshmyg]

Try to open link Linking.openUrl('sms:0971234567&body=Test') and get

Linking open not exact message but just list of messages.

React native version 0.61.0-rc.0

[namvoeh]

you can use Linking.openUrl(smsto:${phone}?sms_body=${body}) instead of Linking.openUrl(sms:${phone}?sms_body=${body})

Some Android devices works with smsto

[zPhong]

try this : sms://${number}/${Platform.OS === 'ios' ? '&' : '?'}body=${encodeURIComponent(body)}

p/s: may be work in API 26 -> 29

[stale]

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[stale]

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