UI Crash on Download Folder Selection

[js290]

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Affected version

0.23.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Pick a video to download
2. Select parameters and click OK
3. UI will ask to select download folder
4. select folder and press Use this folder
5. UI crashes

Expected behavior

UI should not crash, and selected folder should be used for download

Actual behavior

UI crashes generating exception.

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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
• Version: 0.23.0
• OS: Linux motorola/racer_retail/racer:11/RPD31.Q4U-39-26-14/dcd58b:user/release-keys 11 - 30

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resume activity {org.schabi.newpipe/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=1597476056, result=-1, data=Intent { dat=content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/tree/primary:Podcasts flg=0xc3 }} to activity {org.schabi.newpipe/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.toLowerCase()' on a null object reference
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4506)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4538)
	at android.app.servertransaction.ResumeActivityItem.execute(ResumeActivityItem.java:52)
	at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:176)
	at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:97)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2115)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:250)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7755)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:958)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=1597476056, result=-1, data=Intent { dat=content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/tree/primary:Podcasts flg=0xc3 }} to activity {org.schabi.newpipe/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.toLowerCase()' on a null object reference
	at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:5080)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4493)
	... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.toLowerCase()' on a null object reference
	at org.schabi.newpipe.streams.io.StoredDirectoryHelper.findFileSAFHelper(StoredDirectoryHelper.java:300)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.streams.io.StoredDirectoryHelper.findFile(StoredDirectoryHelper.java:218)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog.requestDownloadPickFolderResult(DownloadDialog.java:527)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog.requestDownloadPickAudioFolderResult(DownloadDialog.java:463)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog.$r8$lambda$ZkWQqHfoXkKABn6hHnEEj8ilCGQ(Unknown Source:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog$$ExternalSyntheticLambda4.onActivityResult(Unknown Source:4)
	at androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultRegistry.doDispatch(ActivityResultRegistry.java:392)
	at androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultRegistry.dispatchResult(ActivityResultRegistry.java:351)
	at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.onActivityResult(ComponentActivity.java:647)
	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onActivityResult(FragmentActivity.java:164)
	at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:8393)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:5073)
	... 12 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 11

Affected device model

Motorola Edge 2020

Additional information

Workaround is to set the download folder in Settings before doing the download.

[MDP43140]

i also have this happened, but its different.
on mine, a toast that says "no download directory selected" (i forget what this toast says) appeared for couple seconds,
then the app crashed (without any exception thing opened after it), opening the app again will crash again. the only way to get rid of continous crashing is to clear the app data (root is required to backup newpipe.db as opening newpipe will always crashing)

[CLtheman1]

The same thing happens to me, on my Android 8.1 device. I push the download button, select parameters, and as soon as it opens up the menu to select download folder, a toast pops up with an error and NewPipe crashes.

On my other device, it downloads just fine(Android 9 or 10).

[steebn]

I get the same thing on a Pixel 6 Pro / Android 13

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: none
• Version: 0.25.1
• OS: Linux Android 13 - 33

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resume activity {org.schabi.newpipe/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=2038289667, result=-1, data=Intent { dat=content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/... flg=0xc3 }} to activity {org.schabi.newpipe/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.toLowerCase()' on a null object reference
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4770)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4803)
	at android.app.servertransaction.ResumeActivityItem.execute(ResumeActivityItem.java:57)
	at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityTransactionItem.execute(ActivityTransactionItem.java:45)
	at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:179)
	at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:97)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2303)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7884)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:936)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=2038289667, result=-1, data=Intent { dat=content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/... flg=0xc3 }} to activity {org.schabi.newpipe/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.toLowerCase()' on a null object reference
	at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:5335)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4757)
	... 13 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.toLowerCase()' on a null object reference
	at org.schabi.newpipe.streams.io.StoredDirectoryHelper.findFileSAFHelper(StoredDirectoryHelper.java:295)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.streams.io.StoredDirectoryHelper.findFile(StoredDirectoryHelper.java:213)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog.requestDownloadPickFolderResult(DownloadDialog.java:507)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog.requestDownloadPickVideoFolderResult(DownloadDialog.java:449)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog.$r8$lambda$8_4uGa65e4V9wh3gclKUnD8enuc(DownloadDialog.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog$$ExternalSyntheticLambda2.onActivityResult(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultRegistry.doDispatch(ActivityResultRegistry.java:418)
	at androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultRegistry.dispatchResult(ActivityResultRegistry.java:375)
	at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.onActivityResult(ComponentActivity.java:777)
	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onActivityResult(FragmentActivity.java:140)
	at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:8664)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:5328)
	... 14 more

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[steebn]

Update, once i set the download folder in settings > download it works fine

[js290]

Happening on Android 14 (LineageOS 21) and NewPipe 0.26.1. As @steebn points out, setting the download folder first before downloading works. But, setting the download folder on initial download does not.

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: none
• Version: 0.26.1
• OS: Linux Android 14 - 34

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resume activity {org.schabi.newpipe/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=2112959158, result=-1, data=Intent { dat=content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/... flg=0xc3 }} to activity {org.schabi.newpipe/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.toLowerCase()' on a null object reference
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:5003)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:5036)
	at android.app.servertransaction.ResumeActivityItem.execute(ResumeActivityItem.java:57)
	at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityTransactionItem.execute(ActivityTransactionItem.java:45)
	at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:180)
	at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:98)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2468)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:205)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:294)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8248)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:552)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:971)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=2112959158, result=-1, data=Intent { dat=content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/... flg=0xc3 }} to activity {org.schabi.newpipe/org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.toLowerCase()' on a null object reference
	at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:5568)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4990)
	... 13 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.toLowerCase()' on a null object reference
	at org.schabi.newpipe.streams.io.StoredDirectoryHelper.findFileSAFHelper(StoredDirectoryHelper.java:317)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.streams.io.StoredDirectoryHelper.findFile(StoredDirectoryHelper.java:229)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog.requestDownloadPickFolderResult(DownloadDialog.java:560)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog.requestDownloadPickAudioFolderResult(DownloadDialog.java:497)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog.$r8$lambda$liBpbzpyKRBfQ6k5_3ZkABe_ukA(DownloadDialog.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1.onActivityResult(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultRegistry.doDispatch(ActivityResultRegistry.java:418)
	at androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultRegistry.dispatchResult(ActivityResultRegistry.java:375)
	at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.onActivityResult(ComponentActivity.java:777)
	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onActivityResult(FragmentActivity.java:140)
	at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:8969)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:5561)
	... 14 more

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[ShareASmile]

Please test NewPipe nightly-1136 to check whether recent related download fixes has also fixed this particular issue? ..If not, please comment with latest crash report of nightly-1136.

Otherwise this issue will be understood fixed and would be closed after a stipulated time, thank you.