Pressing 'pause' button on headphones while no video is currently playing will crash NewPipe

[spitemim]

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Affected version

0.24.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Connect any kind of headphones, that have a physical 'pause' button, to the device
2. Ensure that no video is currently playing
3. Press the 'pause' button on the connected headphones
4. Wait for a few seconds

Expected behavior

The pause button on your headphones should not have any effect on the app when there is no video playing.

Actual behavior

After a few seconds, the app crashes. This happens regardless of whether the user interacts with the application before or after the button is pressed. The application functions normally in the period of time between pressing the button and the app crashing. I've tested this with bluetooth and wired headphones. I've also tested this when opening the app after a force stop, or after watching a video and then closing it. The bug persists in all cases.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

newpipe-bug-report-3000.mp4

Logs

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: none
• Version: 0.24.0
• OS: Linux Android 12 - 32

Crash log

android.app.RemoteServiceException$ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{69897de u0 org.schabi.newpipe/.player.PlayerService}
	at android.app.ActivityThread.generateForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException(ActivityThread.java:1966)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.throwRemoteServiceException(ActivityThread.java:1937)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2700(ActivityThread.java:257)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2191)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7876)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
	at com.android.internal.os.ExecInit.main(ExecInit.java:48)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:355)
Caused by: android.app.StackTrace: Last startServiceCommon() call for this service was made here
	at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:1898)
	at android.app.ContextImpl.startForegroundService(ContextImpl.java:1853)
	at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:781)
	at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:781)
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat$Api26Impl.startForegroundService(ContextCompat.java:931)
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.startForegroundService(ContextCompat.java:703)
	at androidx.media.session.MediaButtonReceiver.onReceive(MediaButtonReceiver.java:115)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:4376)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1600(ActivityThread.java:257)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2103)
	... 9 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 12 / GrapheneOS (build number SP2A.220505.008.2022090700)

Affected device model

Pixel 3a XL

Additional information

No response

[DominikNovosel]

I'm getting a similar error even without headphones, and Android repeatedly reports the app has crashed despite the fact that it continues running normally. See if you can reproduce #9070 or any of the related duplicates.

[opusforlife2]

It used to just cause a blank Newpipe notification to appear because it is the last used media app. Since 0.24.0 it causes a crash instead.

[DominikNovosel]

Any idea when will this be fixed? Or, I guess more importantly, how?

[opusforlife2]

Nope, I'm not a dev.

[SentientCoffee]

Getting the same error on version 0.25.0, especially annoying when my car tries to autoplay any media and NewPipe crashes.

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Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: CA
• Content Language: en-CA
• App Language: en_CA
• Service: none
• Version: 0.25.0
• OS: Linux Android 13 - 33

Crash log

android.app.RemoteServiceException$ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{d37f1f6 u0 org.schabi.newpipe/.player.PlayerService}
	at android.app.ActivityThread.generateForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException(ActivityThread.java:2006)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.throwRemoteServiceException(ActivityThread.java:1977)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mthrowRemoteServiceException(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2242)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7879)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
	at com.android.internal.os.ExecInit.main(ExecInit.java:49)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:355)
Caused by: android.app.StackTrace: Last startServiceCommon() call for this service was made here
	at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:1936)
	at android.app.ContextImpl.startForegroundService(ContextImpl.java:1891)
	at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:822)
	at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:822)
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat$Api26Impl$$ExternalSyntheticApiModelOutline0.m(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat$Api26Impl.startForegroundService(ContextCompat.java:931)
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.startForegroundService(ContextCompat.java:703)
	at androidx.media.session.MediaButtonReceiver.onReceive(MediaButtonReceiver.java:115)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:4307)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleReceiver(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2154)
	... 9 more

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[ShareASmile]

This issue along with other methods could be used to reproduce #10135 as evident from the comment there
#10135 (comment) & logs are similar.

Edited: However after the merge of android auto PR in dev branch might change this! This bug needs to be tested again on nightly build if it is reproducible!

[ShareASmile]

@spitemim please test latest nightly build from to check whether behavior is changed?