how do I swipe up to exit SMS app

If the virtual keyboard is on the screen I cant swipe up to exit, it will type whatever character from the virtual keyboard. How do you guys do it?

Close the virtual keyboard, then swipe-exit the app...

Playing with it I noticed that if you swipe from the top row it wont detect the virtual keyboard and close the app in one swipe. Thanks though.

If the device senses a touch anywhere other than the virtual keyboard on the screen, it will go down and you can close the app

You can swipe to the left starting from the rightmost side of the screen as long as it's not in the keyboard area to exit the hub too.