[@nativescript/imagepicker] MediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource fails with status = 0xFFFFFFEA

[MiguelGonc]

Device: Samsung S21

Description

When selecting a video using @nativescript/imagepicker, the returned file path is a content:// URI.
Calling Android APIs such as:

android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(item.path);

or

android.media.ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail(item.path, ...)

throws:

Error: java.lang.RuntimeException: setDataSource failed: status = 0xFFFFFFEA

This happens because these overloads expect a real filesystem path, not a content:// URI.

Steps to Reproduce

Create imagepicker:

let imagePickerObj = imagePickerPlugin.create({
          mode: "multiple",  android: { use_photo_picker: true }});

Pick a video from gallery.

Try to generate metadata or thumbnail:

let retriever = new android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever();
retriever.setDataSource(item.path); // crashes