Duck Player shows empty page instead of requested video content

[Ricky-Tigg]

Describe the bug

Hello. Duck Player that is provided via the Videos page is not operational; at duck://player/_11-character string_, an empty page is shown.

How to Reproduce

1. In Videos page, select an video item for which an option for viewing a video with Duck Player is exhibited.
2. Click Turn on Duck Player.
3. Observe the resulting behavior.

Expected behavior

The resulting redirect to duck://player/<11-character string> not to show an empty page, but instead queried video content.

Environment

- DuckDuckGo version: 5.216.2
- Android version: 8.0.0

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[CrisBarreiro]

Hi @Ricky-Tigg,
Thank you for reporting the issue. It looks like there's some issue on Android 8 preventing Duck Player from loading. We'll try to address it

[Ricky-Tigg]

I had investigated at one point about replacing this Android with a postmarketOS, however I still lack the know-how required for the task.

[CrisBarreiro]

Fix will be available in version 5.218.0