Targeting S+ (version 31 and above) requires that one of FLAG_IMMUTABLE or FLAG_IMMUTABLE be specified when creating a Pendingintent

Question

I am facing this issue while upgrading the targetSDK to 31 (Android 12)

I am using react native, A package called react-native-sms-retriver There is a PendingIntent used in PhoneNumberHelper.java

        final GoogleApiClient googleApiClient = getGoogleApiClient(context);

        final PendingIntent intent = Auth.CredentialsApi
                .getHintPickerIntent(googleApiClient, request);

        try {
            activity.startIntentSenderForResult(intent.getIntentSender(),
                    REQUEST_PHONE_NUMBER_REQUEST_CODE, null, 0, 0, 0);
        } catch (IntentSender.SendIntentException e) {
            promiseReject(SEND_INTENT_ERROR_TYPE, SEND_INTENT_ERROR_MESSAGE);
            callAndResetListener();
        } finally {
            if (googleApiClient.isConnected()) {
                googleApiClient.disconnect();
            }
        }

How can i fix this?

I have tried the following to no avail

1. adding implementation 'androidx.work:work-runtime:2.7.1' in android/build.gragle
2. adding implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:18.1.0' implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:18.1.0' in app/build.gradle

I have seen the following code in similar questions but not sure how to use it in my case

 if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.S) {
             return PendingIntent.getActivity(context, id, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE | flag);
         } else {
             return PendingIntent.getActivity(context, id, intent, flag);
         }

I am not sure how to use it since there is no PendingIntent.getActivity() in the packages code.