FileResult of MediaPicker.PickPhotoAsync has no Metadata (bug or intentional?)

[ouijahija]

I'm using the MetadataExtractor of drewnoakes to read the creation date and location of images that the user uploads to the app. What I noticed is, that when I try to read the metadata of a file result with

using (var stream = await result.OpenReadAsync()) { var directories = ImageMetadataReader.ReadMetadata(stream); }

I find with await FilePicker.PickAsync(new PickOptions() { FileTypes = FilePickerFileType.Images }); all the directories as expected
but not if I use await MediaPicker.PickPhotoAsync();.

At first I thought: "Oh well, I'll just use the FilePicker then, instead of the MediaPicker." But now that I work on the iOS side of things, I realize that I don't have access to most of the pictures (like photos from the gallery etc.) with the FilePicker.

So here's my question: Am I just missing some iOS specific permissions (I have "NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription" and "NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription" in my Info.plist) or is there a bug with the MediaPicker or is it intentional that the FileResult has no Metadata (maybe for privacy reasons idk)?
Does anybody have some suggestions? Is it worth a shot and create a bug report (I didn't want to immediately create one before knowing for sure that it is a bug)?

[ouijahija]

If someone having the same problem stumbles over this: Just use this Nuget Package instead... This package actually works as intended (Something you sadly can't say about many Maui features that should've worked from the start/before they forced you to switch to Xamarin).