App UI Crash

[uneeb49]

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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: 2025-11-10T01:16:21.396+05:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: none
• Version: 0.28.0
• OS: Linux Xiaomi/star_global/star:14/UKQ1.240624.001/OS2.0.4.0.UKAMIXM:user/release-keys 14 - 34

Crash log

android.app.RemoteServiceException$ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{211a45c u0 org.schabi.newpipe/.player.PlayerService}
	at android.app.ActivityThread.generateForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException(ActivityThread.java:2261)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.throwRemoteServiceException(ActivityThread.java:2232)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mthrowRemoteServiceException(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2530)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:222)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:314)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8857)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:565)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1013)
Caused by: android.app.StackTrace: Last startServiceCommon() call for this service was made here
	at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:1963)
	at android.app.ContextImpl.startForegroundService(ContextImpl.java:1917)
	at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:841)
	at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:841)
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat$Api26Impl.startForegroundService(Unknown Source:0)
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.startForegroundService(Unknown Source:6)
	at androidx.media.session.MediaButtonReceiver.onReceive(Unknown Source:32)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:4693)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleReceiver(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2417)
	... 7 more

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