nullpointer when returning to main page

[kovben2004]

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Affected version

0.28.8

Steps to reproduce the bug

return from search feature

Expected behavior

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Actual behavior

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Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: none
• Timestamp: 2025-12-07T12:49:07.127+01:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: none
• Version: 0.28.0
• OS: Linux samsung/j5y17ltexx/j5y17lte:9/PPR1.180610.011/J530FXXU6CSK9:user/release-keys 9 - 28

Crash log

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.widget.RelativeLayout org.schabi.newpipe.databinding.PlaylistHeaderBinding.getRoot()' on a null object reference
	at org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.list.playlist.PlaylistFragment.handleResult(PlaylistFragment.java:293)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.list.playlist.PlaylistFragment.handleResult(PlaylistFragment.java:71)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.list.BaseListInfoFragment.lambda$startLoading$0(BaseListInfoFragment.java:153)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.list.BaseListInfoFragment.$r8$lambda$jP3S7xgoSQGsTQZzHKTelUOT9LU(BaseListInfoFragment.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.list.BaseListInfoFragment$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0.accept(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.observers.ConsumerSingleObserver.onSuccess(ConsumerSingleObserver.java:62)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleObserveOn$ObserveOnSingleObserver.run(SingleObserveOn.java:81)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.android.schedulers.HandlerScheduler$ScheduledRunnable.run(HandlerScheduler.java:123)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:873)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:216)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7266)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:494)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:975)

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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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[absurdlylongusername]

I know what causes this bug and have been investigating it, or at the very least I am able to reproduce this exact exception log.

That being said, on the offchance this is actually a different bug, please give proper reproduction steps so someone can reliably reproduce it.

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