crash when playing video #13101
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Affected version
0.28
Steps to reproduce the bug
Exception
- User Action: ui error
- Request: ACRA report
- Content Country: US
- Content Language: en-US
- App Language: en_US
- Service: none
- Timestamp: 2026-01-24T00:59:39.811-06:00
- Package: org.schabi.newpipe
- Service: none
- Version: 0.28.0
- OS: Linux samsung/xcoverpro2sq/xcoverpro2:16/BP2A.250605.031.A3/G736USQUCGYK2:user/release-keys 16 - 36
Crash log
android.app.RemoteServiceException$ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{a57a422 u0 org.schabi.newpipe/.player.PlayerService c:org.schabi.newpipe}
at android.app.ActivityThread.generateForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException(ActivityThread.java:2675)
at android.app.ActivityThread.throwRemoteServiceException(ActivityThread.java:2643)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mthrowRemoteServiceException(Unknown Source:0)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:3068)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)
at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:273)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:363)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:10060)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:632)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:975)
Caused by: android.app.StackTrace: Last startServiceCommon() call for this service was made here
at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:2131)
at android.app.ContextImpl.startForegroundService(ContextImpl.java:2075)
at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:877)
at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:877)
at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat$Api26Impl.startForegroundService(ContextCompat.java:1128)
at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.startForegroundService(ContextCompat.java:700)
at androidx.media.session.MediaButtonReceiver.onReceive(MediaButtonReceiver.java:120)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:5663)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleReceiver(Unknown Source:0)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2904)
... 7 more
Expected behavior
Attempted to play video
Actual behavior
"Sorry, that should not have happened. Guru Meditation"
Screenshots/Screen recordings
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Logs
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Affected Android/Custom ROM version
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Affected device model
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Additional information
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