element-hq / element-hq/element-android

Share Screen is not visible to recipient

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A-Screen-Sharing O-Uncommon S-Minor T-Defect Z-fdroid
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Open element on android
2. Navigate to friend
3. Call friend
4. Click triple dot more button
5. Click "share screen"
6. Accept android dialogue
7. Notice that the screen share appears on the "camera preview" window
8. Ask friend if they see anything
9. Friend sees black screen

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?

Screen sharing working

#### What happened instead?

Screen share works on broadcast device, but on viewer devices they see nothing.

#### Related
#sc

### Your phone model

OP8T

### Operating system version

Lineage 19.1

### Application version and app store

1.5.11 F-Droid

### Homeserver

matrix.org

### Will you send logs?

Yes

### Are you willing to provide a PR?

No

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