lbryio / lbryio/lbry-android

App doesn't start in airplane mode

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Description

## The Issue

### Steps to reproduce
1. close lbry
2. turn on airplane mode
3. start lbry

### Expected behaviour
The app should start up and for example allow me to watch videos I've downloaded to my library

### Actual behaviour
I get a screen saying
```
Oops! Something went wrong
App startup failed. Please check your data connection and try again.

✓ Loaded installation ID.
✓ Loaded local known and followed tags.
❌ Loaded LBC/USD exchange rate.
❌ User authenticated.
❌ Installation registered.
❌ Loaded subscriptions.
❌ Resolved subscriptions.
```

I know I can find the videos in the downloads folder and watch them from there, so there is a workaround. But I think it would be nice if I could watch my downloaded videos in LBRY even if I'm offline.

## 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 startup in airplane mode on Android 10 using the reported steps, then trace the app startup path around the failed exchange-rate, authentication, installation, and subscription checks. Done means the app starts offline and downloaded library videos remain playable, with tests covering the offline startup behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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