Email verification link that opens RN Expo app instead of webpage?

import { Client, Account, ID } from "react-native-appwrite";

export const appwriteConfig = {
    endpoint: 'https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1',
    projectId: '66d7be2e0028d583a81a',
    platform: 'com.appwrite.database',
}

let client = new Client();

client
    .setEndpoint(appwriteConfig.endpoint)
    .setProject(appwriteConfig.projectId)
    .setPlatform(appwriteConfig.platform);

export let account = new Account(client);

export const verificationUrl = "http://localhost:8081"; //<==== works as intended, but opens webpage
                                                //this is the address for Expo development server==========> exp://nxov2pc-waltert3-8081.exp.direct
 

const deleteSession = async () => {
    try {
        const activeSessions = await account.listSessions();
        if (activeSessions.total>0) {
            await account.deleteSessions();
        }
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error)
    }

}

export async function loginUser(email, password) {
    try {
        await deleteSession();
        const session = await account.createEmailPasswordSession(email, password);
        console.log(session)
        await account.createVerification(verificationUrl)
        return session;
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error)
    }
}

export async function registerUser(email, password) {
   await account.create(ID.unique(), email, password);
   // await loginUser(email, password); auto login after signup
}