chore: improve nativeImage path converter error (#21243)

shell/common/api/atom_api_native_image.cc

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "base/files/file_util.h"
 #include "base/strings/pattern.h"
 #include "base/strings/string_util.h"
+#include "base/strings/utf_string_conversions.h"
 #include "base/threading/thread_restrictions.h"
 #include "net/base/data_url.h"
 #include "shell/common/asar/asar_util.h"
@@ -542,8 +543,18 @@ bool Converter<electron::api::NativeImage*>::FromV8(
   base::FilePath path;
   if (ConvertFromV8(isolate, val, &path)) {
     *out = electron::api::NativeImage::CreateFromPath(isolate, path).get();
-    // Should throw when failed to initialize from path.
+    if ((*out)->image().IsEmpty()) {
-    return !(*out)->image().IsEmpty();
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+      const auto img_path = base::UTF16ToUTF8(path.value());
+#else
+      const auto img_path = path.value();
+#endif
+      isolate->ThrowException(v8::Exception::Error(
+          StringToV8(isolate, "Image could not be created from " + img_path)));
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
   }
 
   *out = static_cast<electron::api::NativeImage*>(

spec-main/api-tray-spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { Menu, Tray, nativeImage } from 'electron'
 import { ifdescribe, ifit } from './spec-helpers'
+import * as path from 'path'
 
 describe('tray module', () => {
   let tray: Tray
@@ -12,6 +13,15 @@ describe('tray module', () => {
     tray = null as any
   })
 
+  describe('new Tray', () => {
+    it('throws a descriptive error for a missing file', () => {
+      const badPath = path.resolve('I', 'Do', 'Not', 'Exist')
+      expect(() => {
+        tray = new Tray(badPath)
+      }).to.throw(/Image could not be created from .*/)
+    })
+  })
+
   ifdescribe(process.platform === 'darwin')('tray get/set ignoreDoubleClickEvents', () => {
     it('returns false by default', () => {
       const ignored = tray.getIgnoreDoubleClickEvents()