Crash using popup mode with playlist: Play Queue has not been initialized

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Affected version

28.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Creating a playlist during popup player mode
2. Unclear what circumstance triggered the crash

Expected behavior

No crash

Actual behavior

Crash

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: DE
• Content Language: en-
• App Language: en
• Service: none
• Timestamp: 2025-12-21T11:48:33.105+01:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: none
• Version: 0.28.0
• OS: Linux Android 9 - 28

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service org.schabi.newpipe.player.PlayerService@334b705 with Intent { cmp=org.schabi.newpipe/.player.PlayerService (has extras) }: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Play Queue has not been initialized.
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:3724)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1600(ActivityThread.java:200)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1688)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6718)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:491)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Play Queue has not been initialized.
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.playqueue.PlayQueueAdapter.<init>(PlayQueueAdapter.java:65)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.ui.MainPlayerUi.initPlayback(MainPlayerUi.java:217)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.ui.PlayerUiList.addAndPrepare(PlayerUiList.java:43)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.initUIsForCurrentPlayerType(Player.java:502)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.handleIntent(Player.java:361)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.PlayerService.onStartCommand(PlayerService.java:172)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:3705)
	... 8 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 9 LineageOS

Affected device model

Samsung S2 Tab 9.7

Additional information

No response