RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.ReactNative
[FEATURE] Show Thumbnails/Preview for Uploaded Videos
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Description
Description:
Currently there is no thumbnail displayed for an uploaded video.

Steps to reproduce:
- Upload a video
Expected behavior:
Thumbnails should show up, like this

Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue by uploading a video in the React Native app, then locate the mobile attachment or media-rendering entry point. Confirm the behavior on the supported mobile platforms and consider the work complete when uploaded videos display thumbnails or previews like the expected example.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react-native, typescript
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100