App Crashes when refreshing Feed

[simpleavinash]

2026_01_27_01_51_40.mp4

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Affected version

28.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Choose any feed
2. Pull to refresh
3. App crashes

Expected behavior

Feed should refresh. I'm unable to refresh feed on version 0.28.1. App crashed every single time.

Actual behavior

No response

Screenshots/Screen recordings

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Logs

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: <unknown_service>
• Timestamp: 2026-01-27T01:32:42.6+05:30
• Package: org.schabi.newpipa
• Service: <unknown_service>
• Version: 0.28.1
• OS: Linux Android 8.1.0 - 27

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.service.FeedLoadService@7582db0 with Intent { cmp=org.schabi.newpipa/org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.service.FeedLoadService (has extras) }: java.lang.RuntimeException: Permission org.schabi.newpipa.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION is required by your application to receive broadcasts, please add it to your manifest
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:3582)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap21(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1742)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6626)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:438)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:811)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Permission org.schabi.newpipa.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION is required by your application to receive broadcasts, please add it to your manifest
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.obtainAndCheckReceiverPermission(ContextCompat.java:977)
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat$Api26Impl.registerReceiver(ContextCompat.java:1114)
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.registerReceiver(ContextCompat.java:825)
	at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.registerReceiver(ContextCompat.java:772)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.service.FeedLoadService.setupBroadcastReceiver(FeedLoadService.kt:204)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.service.FeedLoadService.onStartCommand(FeedLoadService.kt:89)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:3565)
	... 8 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

No response

Affected device model

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Additional information

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Was 0.28.0 affected?

[simpleavinash]

Dear developers,
I make a basic modification in app package name to install the app update as a different app. So that I can experience any issue without updating the original app.
The same I did with this update. Here app package name is 'org.schabi.newpipA'. This csused the app crash. In earlier version it doesn't used to happen. I'm sorry for your inconvenience. And wasting your time on my mistake. Now you can close this issue. Thank you so much for your attention. 🙏

But can you suggest me any other method to test the app update, without upgrading older version.

Dear developers, I make a basic modification in app package name to install the app update as a different app. So that I can experience any issue without updating the original app. The same I did with this update. Here app package name is 'org.schabi.newpipA'. This csused the app crash. In earlier version it doesn't used to happen. I'm sorry for your inconvenience. And wasting your time on my mistake. Now you can close this issue. Thank you so much for your attention. 🙏

But can you suggest me any other method to test the app update, without upgrading older version.

Yeah, now i see <org.schabi.newpipa.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION>

Depends on your restrictions this method can not work but you can utilize

1. work profile (there is an app on fdroid)
2. private space
3. app copies feature (available only on recent androids and compiled out from most devices :/)
4. building your custom debug build which will have different but correct package name (I assume you changed package name of newpipe with some external utility? Probably requiring root or something like that...)

Now you can close this issue.

You could do it by yourself ;)