[nightly] Minimize to background player option is not working properly

[Cubillas7]

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Affected version

0.28.1 RC1

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Check option "Minimize to background player" on minimize on app switch option
2. Open a livestream or video
3. Minimize app
4. Come back to the app

Expected behavior

App is open livestream is reproducing.
Bug is not reproducing for me using the previous version, 0.28.0 with the same settings and database

Actual behavior

App crashes.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: ES
• Content Language: es-
• App Language: en_GB
• Service: <unknown_service>
• Timestamp: 2025-12-26T22:33:25.513+01:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe.debug.release0281
• Service: <unknown_service>
• Version: 0.28.1
• OS: Linux Android 11 - 30

Crash log

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot set 'scaleX' to Float.NaN
	at android.view.View.sanitizeFloatPropertyValue(View.java:17479)
	at android.view.View.sanitizeFloatPropertyValue(View.java:17453)
	at android.view.View.setScaleX(View.java:16822)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.views.ExpandableSurfaceView.onLayout(ExpandableSurfaceView.java:71)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onLayout(RelativeLayout.java:1103)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:332)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:270)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:332)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:270)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:332)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:270)
	at com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout.onLayout(CollapsingToolbarLayout.java:778)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1829)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1673)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1582)
	at com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout.onLayout(AppBarLayout.java:667)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout.layoutChild(CoordinatorLayout.java:1213)
	at androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onLayoutChild(CoordinatorLayout.java:899)
	at com.google.android.material.appbar.ViewOffsetBehavior.layoutChild(ViewOffsetBehavior.java:66)
	at com.google.android.material.appbar.ViewOffsetBehavior.onLayoutChild(ViewOffsetBehavior.java:43)
	at com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout$BaseBehavior.onLayoutChild(AppBarLayout.java:1906)
	at com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout$Behavior.onLayoutChild(AppBarLayout.java:1566)
	at com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout$BaseBehavior.onLayoutChild(AppBarLayout.java:1585)
	at androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onLayout(CoordinatorLayout.java:918)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:332)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:270)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:332)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:270)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout.layoutChild(CoordinatorLayout.java:1213)
	at androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onLayoutChild(CoordinatorLayout.java:899)
	at com.google.android.material.bottomsheet.BottomSheetBehavior.onLayoutChild(BottomSheetBehavior.java:579)
	at androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onLayout(CoordinatorLayout.java:918)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout.onLayout(DrawerLayout.java:1263)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:332)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:270)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1829)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1673)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1582)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:332)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:270)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1829)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1673)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1582)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:332)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:270)
	at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.onLayout(DecorView.java:784)
	at android.view.View.layout(View.java:22844)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:6389)
	at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performLayout(ViewRootImpl.java:3475)
	at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:2943)
	at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1948)
	at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:8177)
	at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:972)
	at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:796)
	at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:731)
	at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:957)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7664)
	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)

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 11 Lineage OS 18.1

Affected device model

One plus 3T

Additional information

No response

[TobiGr]

What resize mode (FIT, FILL, ZOOM) is used? Does it happen with every video type or is there a difference between protrait and landscape videos (e.g. YouTube shorts?). Does it happen when you phone is in landscape or portrait mode or both?

[TobiGr]

@Cubillas7 I pushed another commit attempting to fix the crash. Please test the latest APK from #12952. If that does not help, we could apply this patch, but this is more like ducktape than a proper fix for the underlying issue:

diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/views/ExpandableSurfaceView.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/views/ExpandableSurfaceView.java
index 7452fff..bf92dd4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/views/ExpandableSurfaceView.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/views/ExpandableSurfaceView.java
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ public class ExpandableSurfaceView extends SurfaceView {
     @Override
     protected void onLayout(final boolean changed,
                             final int left, final int top, final int right, final int bottom) {
-        setScaleX(scaleX);
-        setScaleY(scaleY);
+        setScaleX(Float.isFinite(scaleX) ? scaleX : 1.0f);
+        setScaleY(Float.isFinite(scaleY) ? scaleY : 1.0f);
     }
 
     /**

[Cubillas7]

@Cubillas7 I pushed another commit attempting to fix the crash. Please test the latest APK from #12952. If that does not help, we could apply this patch, but this is more like ducktape than a proper fix for the underlying issue:

diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/views/ExpandableSurfaceView.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/views/ExpandableSurfaceView.java
index 7452fff..bf92dd4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/views/ExpandableSurfaceView.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/views/ExpandableSurfaceView.java
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ public class ExpandableSurfaceView extends SurfaceView {
     @Override
     protected void onLayout(final boolean changed,
                             final int left, final int top, final int right, final int bottom) {
-        setScaleX(scaleX);
-        setScaleY(scaleY);
+        setScaleX(Float.isFinite(scaleX) ? scaleX : 1.0f);
+        setScaleY(Float.isFinite(scaleY) ? scaleY : 1.0f);
     }
 
     /**

With the last commit it is working now, thanks 😊