App crashed and video couldn't play

[abuhitham]

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Affected version

0.27.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Go to a video
2. Press play

Expected behavior

Video should play normally, tried 3 times

Actual behavior

It crashed

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

https://youtu.be/OetssqWJycg?feature=shared

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: SA
• Content Language: ar-SA
• App Language: en
• Service: none
• Version: 0.27.0
• OS: Linux samsung/b0qxxx/b0q:14/UP1A.231005.007/S908EXXU7DWL1:user/release-keys 14 - 34

Crash log

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.mediasession.MediaSessionConnector.setCustomActionProviders(com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.mediasession.MediaSessionConnector$CustomActionProvider[])' on a null object reference
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.mediasession.MediaSessionPlayerUi.updateMediaSessionActions(MediaSessionPlayerUi.java:215)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.mediasession.MediaSessionPlayerUi.onMetadataChanged(MediaSessionPlayerUi.java:282)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.lambda$updateMetadataWith$22(Player.java:1801)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.$r8$lambda$6LL1ynLVHUrHxxol0bvWL1Rn_TU(Player.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player$$ExternalSyntheticLambda47.accept(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at j$.util.AbstractList$RandomAccessSpliterator.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source:19)
	at j$.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$Head.forEachOrdered(Unknown Source:10)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.ui.PlayerUiList.call(PlayerUiList.java:88)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.updateMetadataWith(Player.java:1801)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.lambda$onEvents$13(Player.java:1293)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.$r8$lambda$5dalatdJw7zsnq99HOZvtSHTxZo(Player.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player$$ExternalSyntheticLambda37.accept(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at j$.util.Optional.ifPresent(Unknown Source:4)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.lambda$onEvents$14(Player.java:1287)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.$r8$lambda$67JZJPUrqqIwv2qPVBiXIeF-1Rs(Player.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player$$ExternalSyntheticLambda9.accept(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at j$.util.Optional.ifPresent(Unknown Source:4)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.onEvents(Player.java:1265)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl.lambda$new$0(ExoPlayerImpl.java:266)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl.$r8$lambda$FaN7Odt_OJn5xWFlmhnR2OmiNMg(ExoPlayerImpl.java:0)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1.invoke(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.ListenerSet$ListenerHolder.release(ListenerSet.java:320)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.ListenerSet.remove(ListenerSet.java:183)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl.removeListener(ExoPlayerImpl.java:1641)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.destroyPlayer(Player.java:573)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.initPlayback(Player.java:512)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.lambda$handleIntent$2(Player.java:451)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.$r8$lambda$T4ZdCaXulaeRrvH2hdgja9vB4co(Player.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player$$ExternalSyntheticLambda23.run(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeCallbackObserver.onComplete(MaybeCallbackObserver.java:93)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeObserveOn$ObserveOnMaybeObserver.run(MaybeObserveOn.java:105)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.android.schedulers.HandlerScheduler$ScheduledRunnable.run(HandlerScheduler.java:123)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:958)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8893)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:608)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 14

Affected device model

Samsung S22 Ultra

Additional information

https://youtu.be/OetssqWJycg

[lulukikilala]

I'm having the same issue as well.

[brandje41]

Same problem and crash report. Reproducible on multiple different videos.

[AudricV]

• I made sure that there are no existing issues - open or closed - which I could contribute my information to.

Duplicate of #11029. Please search (better, with different keywords?) for duplicates the next time you want to open an issue. Thank you.