[YouTube] Guru Meditation in case of network connection loss during background playback

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Affected version

0.27.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Start playback of a video
2. Turn off screen to send NewPipe to background (unclear if it happens also in foreground)
3. Enter an area with poor network connection (e.g. metro/subway) which leads to frequent loss of connection (e.g. between stations), during video playback.

Expected behavior

Video playback pauses until network connection is restored. Once connection is restored, video playback resumes.

Actual behavior

Video will play up until the player has pre-buffered the content. Once playback reaches the end of the buffered section, NewPipe crashes with Guru Meditation.

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@5d559ab: 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:5085)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleStopService(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2398)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8501)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:552)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:878)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.mediasession.MediaSessionConnector.setCustomActionProviders(com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.mediasession.MediaSessionConnector$CustomActionProvider[])' on a null object reference
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.mediasession.MediaSessionPlayerUi.updateMediaSessionActions(MediaSessionPlayerUi.java:215)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.mediasession.MediaSessionPlayerUi.onMetadataChanged(MediaSessionPlayerUi.java:282)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.lambda$updateMetadataWith$22(Player.java:1801)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player.$r8$lambda$6LL1ynLVHUrHxxol0bvWL1Rn_TU(Player.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.Player$$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:5065)
	... 9 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 14

Affected device model

Google Pixel 6 Pro

Additional information

No response

[opusforlife2]

Duplicate of ##11029.