element-hq / element-hq/element-android

When using "Google Photos" as source of an image to post in a room, only videos are shown.

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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. In a room
2. Click the (+) next to the message bar then select the first icon (landscape picture)
3. See various images including pictures (no videos)
4. Select "Photos" under "Browse files in other apps"
5. Screen shows "<- Select Videos" and a list of videos in folders, no photos or images are available

This was mentioned by @ouchadam in https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/4545#issuecomment-999726221 but I can't find if an issue was already raised via searching for `video google photos` and similar.

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?

Only photos/images or photos and images to be available

#### What happened instead?

Just videos were shown

### Your phone model

Pixel 5

### Operating system version

Android 12

### Application version and app store

1.4.2 [40104022] (G-b6284)

### Homeserver

EMS

### Will you send logs?

No

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