lbryio / lbryio/lbry-android

App doesn't care if video is downloaded.

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Description

## The Issue

### Steps to reproduce
1. go to a video
2. pause the video (#963)
3. click the download button
4. wait for the video to download. do other stuff on your phone.
5. go to the `Library` section in the LBRY app
6. click the video you downloaded

### Expected behaviour
The video plays smoothly as it's all downloaded.

### Actual behaviour
The video takes a long time to load, and pauses to buffer very often.

## System Configuration
- Device: Pixel 2 XL
- Android version: 10

## Anything Else

App version: 0.15.14
LBRY SDK: 0.76.0

## Screenshots

## Internal Use

### Acceptance Criteria
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### Definition of Done
- [ ] Tested against acceptance criteria
- [ ] Tested against the assumptions of the user story
- [ ] The project builds without errors
- [ ] Unit tests are written and passing
- [ ] Tests on devices/browsers listed in the issue have passed
- [ ] QA performed & issues resolved
- [ ] Refactoring completed
- [ ] Any configuration or build changes documented
- [ ] Documentation updated
- [ ] Peer Code Review performed

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue using the listed steps on Android 10 with the reported app and SDK versions, then trace how a downloaded video is opened from the Library section. Confirm that playback uses the completed download rather than buffering, and verify the behavior against the reported device configuration.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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