onError fires on Android 9 or lower (Only in production)

Bug

When attempting to play a video on an Android 9 or lower device (In a production build), onError fires, which returns as true. No other error messages appear. When running locally via react-native run-android, the error doesn’t happen and the video plays normally.

Platform

Android OS 9 or lower (Only in production)

Environment info

System:
    OS: macOS 12.3
    CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
    Memory: 1.19 GB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 17.8.0 - /opt/homebrew/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.18 - /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
    npm: 8.5.5 - /opt/homebrew/bin/npm
    Watchman: 2022.03.21.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: Not Found
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: DriverKit 21.4, iOS 15.4, macOS 12.3, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5
    Android SDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 2021.1 AI-211.7628.21.2111.8193401
    Xcode: 13.3/13E113 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.15 - /Users/jeffmon/.sdkman/candidates/java/current/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 17.0.2 => 17.0.2
    react-native: ^0.66.4 => 0.66.4
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Library version: 5.2.0

Steps To Reproduce

1. Set up the video player within an app
2. Package the app for production
3. Test the video player on an Android device OS 9 or lower

Expected behaviour

1. The video should play properly with no error

Thanks in advanced for any help with this!

[jeffmon]

Thanks for responding, @freeboub!

[freeboub]

I close this ticket as legacy media player implementation has been dropped on V6