expo SMS.sendSMSAsync inside a loop pops sms modal and immediately closing - reactjs

Question

I'm trying to send a text message using expo-sms, the problem is when the sms modal is open to send the message - it immediately closing and the result of SMS.sendSMSAsync is cancelled.
my code is this:
<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => handleSend(contacts, text)}>{...}</TouchableOpacity>
async function handleSend(contacts, text) {
try {
const numbersArr = contacts.map(c => c.number)
while (numbersArr.length > 0) {
const number = numbersArr.pop()
const { result } = await SMS.sendSMSAsync(number, text)
// 'result' here is 'canceled' for each number
}
showMessagesSuccessfullySentMessage()
} catch (e) {
console.error(e)
showSmsSendingProblemError()
}
}
SMS sending is available, of course, I do the check in advanced using useEffect when the component is mounted:
useEffect(() => {
;(async function() {
const isAvailable = await SMS.isAvailableAsync()
setIsSmsAllowed(isAvailable)
})()
}, [])
what am I doing wrong? what did I miss?
Moreover, when I write a brand new app from scratch with the following code, everything works just perfect:
const numbersArr = ['1234', '12345', '123456', '1234567'] // dummy numbers here
export default function App() {
async function handleSend () {
const isAvailable = await SMS.isAvailableAsync()
if (isAvailable) {
while (numbersArr.length > 0) {
const n = numbersArr.pop()
const result = await SMS.sendSMSAsync(n, 'My sample HelloWorld message')
console.log('results', result)
}
} else {
// misfortune... there's no SMS available on this device
}
}
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text>Open up App.js to start working on your app!</Text>
<StatusBar style="auto" />
<Button title="Send" onPress={handleSend}/>
</View>
)
}
some technical data and versions:
tested on iPhone 11 Pro
"expo": "~36.0.0"
"expo-sms": "~8.0.0"

Answer 1

We don't have any known issues with Expo SMS at the moment. I wrote a small example Snack, you can see it here. I've tested the dialog on both Android and iOS.
If you think this is an issue with Expo, please open an issue at expo/expo.

Answer 2

the problem was that my selected dummy contacts was accidentally created with the wrong phone number field, eventually resulted with number=undefined being called on SMS.sendSMSAsync(undefined, 'My sample HelloWorld message')
Obviously I created those dummy contacts to avoid testing the app on my real contacts...
(sorry for bothering the network)
Opened an issue to expo to discuss the option to throw error or at least a warning in dev stage to warn for undefined/null value being passed to SMS.sendSMSAsync