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java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: ui error maximizing freezed popup player #13612
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Affected version
0.28.8
Steps to reproduce the bug
Playing a popup video
In background another process uses a lot of resources so the popup player temporarily freezes
Popup video does not recover
Maximize popup video
Current playlist queue is deleted > this should not happen :(
NewPipe crashes
Expected behavior
- Maximize popup should not delete current playlist queue
- Current playlist queue should be saved in a temporary queue for recovery when restarting Newpipe after a crash
Actual behavior
No response
Screenshots/Screen recordings
No response
Logs
Exception
- User Action: ui error
- Request: ACRA report
- Content Country: DE
- Content Language: en-
- App Language: en
- Service: <unknown_service>
- Timestamp: 2026-06-17T07:01:55.132+02:00
- Package: org.schabi.newpipe
- Service: <unknown_service>
- Version: 0.28.8
- OS: Linux Android 9 - 28
Crash log
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.Assertions.checkArgument(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:1)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.BaseMediaSource.prepareSource(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:3)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.CompositeMediaSource.prepareChildSource(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:60)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.WrappingMediaSource.prepareChildSource(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:5)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.MaskingMediaSource.prepareSourceInternal(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:8)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.WrappingMediaSource.prepareSourceInternal(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:2)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.BaseMediaSource.prepareSource(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:10)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.CompositeMediaSource.prepareChildSource(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:60)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.ConcatenatingMediaSource.addMediaSourceInternal(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:62)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.ConcatenatingMediaSource.addMediaSourcesInternal(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:19)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.ConcatenatingMediaSource.handleMessage(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:210)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.ConcatenatingMediaSource.$r8$lambda$xvlxaabNVihM68DRWdn_WPenrXk(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:1)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.ConcatenatingMediaSource$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0.handleMessage(r8-map-id-1be563feaba4a3cfc509c2ed643962b6ef6b98519cc2d4ab49b069e9c8994f63:19)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:65)
Affected Android/Custom ROM version
Android 9 - 28, Lineage OS
Affected device model
Samsung S2Tab SM-T813
Additional information
No response
Activity
ShareASmile commentedon Oct 26, 2026
Can't reproduce, looks your device has limited capacity, due to old hardware and can't handle it, meanwhile how much empty RAM has it when you use popup player ?