Unable to create service

[A-Nicoladie]

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Affected version

0.28.0-25-202508180153

Steps to reproduce the bug

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Expected behavior

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Actual behavior

Crash : Unable to create service

Screenshots/Screen recordings

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Logs

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: FR
• Content Language: fr-FR
• App Language: fr_FR
• Service: none
• Timestamp: 2025-08-19T22:46:52.098+02:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe.refactor.nightly
• Service: none
• Version: 0.28.0-25-202508180153
• OS: Linux Android 15 - 35

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create service org.schabi.newpipe.RouterActivity$FetcherService: android.app.MissingForegroundServiceTypeException: Starting FGS without a type  callerApp=ProcessRecord{9749d2 20930:org.schabi.newpipe.refactor.nightly/u0a202} targetSDK=35
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:5148)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleCreateService(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2547)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:109)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8934)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:591)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:911)
Caused by: android.app.MissingForegroundServiceTypeException: Starting FGS without a type  callerApp=ProcessRecord{9749d2 20930:org.schabi.newpipe.refactor.nightly/u0a202} targetSDK=35
	at android.app.MissingForegroundServiceTypeException$1.createFromParcel(MissingForegroundServiceTypeException.java:53)
	at android.app.MissingForegroundServiceTypeException$1.createFromParcel(MissingForegroundServiceTypeException.java:49)
	at android.os.Parcel.readParcelableInternal(Parcel.java:5094)
	at android.os.Parcel.readParcelable(Parcel.java:5076)
	at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:3256)
	at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:3245)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:3228)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:3170)
	at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.setServiceForeground(IActivityManager.java:7268)
	at android.app.Service.startForeground(Service.java:776)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.RouterActivity$FetcherService.onCreate(RouterActivity.java:949)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:5135)
	... 9 more

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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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[Isira-Seneviratne]

Thanks for the report. I did a fix for this issue here: #12471