UI error crash when playing video in background after screen is off.

[Xenothekid]

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Affected version

0.27.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Leave video to play in background
2. Turn device screen off.

Expected behavior

App does not crash in background and video continues to play.

Actual behavior

App crashes in background, abruptly ending the video.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: GB
• Content Language: en-GB
• App Language: en_GB
• Service: none
• Version: 0.27.0
• OS: Linux Android 14 - 34

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to stop service org.schabi.newpipe.player.PlayerService@d3fc93c: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.mediasession.MediaSessionConnector.setCustomActionProviders(com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.mediasession.MediaSessionConnector$CustomActionProvider[])' on a null object reference
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleStopService(ActivityThread.java:5318)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleStopService(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2539)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8918)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:608)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.mediasession.MediaSessionConnector.setCustomActionProviders(com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.mediasession.MediaSessionConnector$CustomActionProvider[])' on a null object reference
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.mediasession.MediaSessionPlayerUi.updateMediaSessionActions(MediaSessionPlayerUi.java:215)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.mediasession.MediaSessionPlayerUi.onMetadataChanged(MediaSessionPlayerUi.java:282)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.lambda$updateMetadataWith$22(Player.java:1801)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.$r8$lambda$6LL1ynLVHUrHxxol0bvWL1Rn_TU(Player.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player$$ExternalSyntheticLambda47.accept(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at j$.util.AbstractList$RandomAccessSpliterator.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source:19)
	at j$.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$Head.forEachOrdered(Unknown Source:10)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.ui.PlayerUiList.call(PlayerUiList.java:88)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.updateMetadataWith(Player.java:1801)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.lambda$onEvents$13(Player.java:1293)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.$r8$lambda$5dalatdJw7zsnq99HOZvtSHTxZo(Player.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player$$ExternalSyntheticLambda37.accept(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at j$.util.Optional.ifPresent(Unknown Source:4)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.lambda$onEvents$14(Player.java:1287)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.$r8$lambda$67JZJPUrqqIwv2qPVBiXIeF-1Rs(Player.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player$$ExternalSyntheticLambda9.accept(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at j$.util.Optional.ifPresent(Unknown Source:4)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.onEvents(Player.java:1265)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl.lambda$new$0(ExoPlayerImpl.java:266)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl.$r8$lambda$FaN7Odt_OJn5xWFlmhnR2OmiNMg(ExoPlayerImpl.java:0)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1.invoke(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.ListenerSet$ListenerHolder.release(ListenerSet.java:320)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.ListenerSet.remove(ListenerSet.java:183)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl.removeListener(ExoPlayerImpl.java:1641)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.destroyPlayer(Player.java:573)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.destroy(Player.java:600)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.PlayerService.cleanup(PlayerService.java:150)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.PlayerService.onDestroy(PlayerService.java:145)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleStopService(ActivityThread.java:5298)
	... 9 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 14

Affected device model

Samsung S24 Ultra

Additional information

No response

[dolmen]

Looks like #11066.

[opusforlife2]

Is this 100% reproducible?

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