import as type

Author: YoussefHenna

packages/core/package.json

@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@
     "uuid": "^11.0.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "react-native-avoid-softinput": "^4.0.1",
-    "expo-file-system": "~19.0.21"
+    "react-native-avoid-softinput": "^4.0.1"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
     "react-native-avoid-softinput": {

packages/core/src/components/MediaPlayer/MediaPlayerCommon.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { AVPlaybackSource, AVPlaybackStatus } from "expo-av";
-import { File, Paths } from "expo-file-system";
+import type { File as FileType, Paths as PathsType } from "expo-file-system";
 import { v4 as uuid } from "uuid";
 import { Platform } from "react-native";
 import React from "react";
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ export async function normalizeBase64Source(
   source: AVPlaybackSource,
   type: "audio" | "video"
 ): Promise<AVPlaybackSource> {
+  const expoFs = require("expo-file-system");
+  const File: typeof FileType = expoFs.File;
+  const Paths: typeof PathsType = expoFs.Paths;
+
   const uri: string | undefined = (source as any)?.uri;
 
   if (Platform.OS === "ios" && uri && !uri.match(URL_REGEX)) {