UI error crash when rotating screen while typing url to import soundcloud file

[mengqianX]

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Affected version

0.27.4(latest build)

Steps to reproduce the bug

1.click "Navigation Drawer"/"Hamburger Menu"
2.click "Subscriptions" button
3.click "more options" and click "import from"
4.select "soundcloud" button
5.type anything in edit view and click "import" button
6.when the confirm dialog appears, rotating the device and app crash.

Expected behavior

keep same state before rotating

Actual behavior

crash

Screenshots/Screen recordings

newpipe-bug1.mp4

Logs

crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{org.schabi.newpipe.debug/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Result intent is null
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3449)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3601)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivityInner(ActivityThread.java:5456)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:5362)
        at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityRelaunchItem.execute(ActivityRelaunchItem.java:69)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2066)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7656)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Result intent is null
        at org.schabi.newpipe.local.subscription.ImportConfirmationDialog.onCreate(ImportConfirmationDialog.java:57)
        at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performCreate(Fragment.java:3094)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.create(FragmentStateManager.java:504)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStateManager.java:268)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStore.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStore.java:114)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1455)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.dispatchStateChange(FragmentManager.java:3034)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.dispatchCreate(FragmentManager.java:2941)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentController.dispatchCreate(FragmentController.java:252)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onCreate(FragmentActivity.java:219)
        at org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:142)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7994)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7978)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1309)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3422)
        ... 13 more

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

android11

Affected device model

google nexus4

Additional information

may be similar with #7825 ?

[ceshifunny123]

I have met this bug in the newest version too

newpipe-crash1.mp4

[ShareASmile]

@ceshifunny123 logs please?

[ceshifunny123]

@ceshifunny123 logs please?

OK,here is the bug report.Thanks for replying~

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: none
• Timestamp: 2025-05-14T02:08:20.456Z
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: none
• Version: 0.27.6
• OS: Linux Android 11 - 30

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{org.schabi.newpipe/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Result intent is null
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3449)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3601)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivityInner(ActivityThread.java:5456)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:5362)
        at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityRelaunchItem.execute(ActivityRelaunchItem.java:69)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2066)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7656)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Result intent is null
        at org.schabi.newpipe.local.subscription.ImportConfirmationDialog.onCreate(ImportConfirmationDialog.java:57)
        at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performCreate(Fragment.java:3094)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.create(FragmentStateManager.java:504)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStateManager.java:268)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStore.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStore.java:114)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1455)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.dispatchStateChange(FragmentManager.java:3034)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.dispatchCreate(FragmentManager.java:2941)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentController.dispatchCreate(FragmentController.java:252)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onCreate(FragmentActivity.java:219)
        at org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:144)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7994)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7978)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1309)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3422)
        ... 13 more

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[ShareASmile]

Ok, thanks for confirming.

[siddhesh-06]

Hello @ShareASmile, I’m able to reproduce this bug. Can I work on it?