Crashing with java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure from system

[netizeni]

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Affected version

v0.26.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Search for some video
2. Tap on it
3. It mostly starts the video with "Sorry, something went wrong." error. Also, comments are randomly shown or not.

I saw two similar issues #10810 and #10748 with no concrete discussion nor a fix, so I'm opening this one.

"Sorry, something went wrong." appears 90% of the time and comments are missing, yet there are video which are opened without the error and comments are loaded.

Expected behavior

Not to get the error and (optionally) see comments.

Actual behavior

It throws an error and randomly shows (or not show) comments.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

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 samsung/o1sxxx/o1s:12/SP1A.210812.016

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure from system
	at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1749)
	at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:5473)
	at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.startActivityForResult(ComponentActivity.java:712)
	at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:5431)
	at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.startActivityForResult(ComponentActivity.java:693)
	at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:5817)
	at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:5770)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.error.ErrorUtil$Companion.openActivity(ErrorUtil.kt:43)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.error.ErrorUtil$Companion.showSnackbar$lambda$0(ErrorUtil.kt:149)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.error.ErrorUtil$Companion.$r8$lambda$hbVLiP6-HtFc17h3_yyNDsmaIY8(ErrorUtil.kt:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.error.ErrorUtil$Companion$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0.onClick(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at com.google.android.material.snackbar.Snackbar.lambda$setAction$0(Snackbar.java:352)
	at com.google.android.material.snackbar.Snackbar.$r8$lambda$4rINiMZz55Dc47hSTCuz-ALWyEw(Snackbar.java:0)
	at com.google.android.material.snackbar.Snackbar$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1.onClick(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:7792)
	at android.widget.TextView.performClick(TextView.java:16112)
	at android.view.View.performClickInternal(View.java:7769)
	at android.view.View.access$3800(View.java:910)
	at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:30218)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8751)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:571)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1135)
Caused by: android.os.TransactionTooLargeException: data parcel size 1242008 bytes
	at android.os.BinderProxy.transactNative(Native Method)
	at android.os.BinderProxy.transact(BinderProxy.java:635)
	at android.app.IActivityTaskManager$Stub$Proxy.startActivity(IActivityTaskManager.java:2891)
	at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1743)
	... 26 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 12

Affected device model

Samsung S21

Additional information

Fresh installation of the latest version of NewPipe with no settings changed.

[opusforlife2]

Your crash log doesn't match your given steps. To be very specific, does this crash occur when try to open the error report using the button in the snackbar, or when you simply tap on a video, like you say in step 2?

[netizeni]

When I tap on some video the error appears, but not every time. It loads a video with a slight delay, comments are not shown and the error appears. Lets say in 10 videos, at least 6 or 7 videos show the error.

Also, I'm a long time user of NewPipe, so never had this issue until the latest version.

[opusforlife2]

So all you're doing is opening a video and then the app crashes completely? You aren't able to ignore the error and continue using it?

[netizeni]

It doesn't always crash completely, but almost always shows the error.

I'm able to ignore the error, as it appears minimized with "Sorry, something went wrong", but anecdotally, comments are not loaded whenever I'm interested to see them.

[opusforlife2]

I'm able to ignore the error

This is what I was looking for. This makes it a duplicate of #10748, which you've linked in your description.

[netizeni]

@opusforlife2 and what happens now, when this issue is closed? That one is opened for three months now with no info will it be fixed, what's causing the issue or any other info beside OP. If there was any, I wouldn't open this one, but continue conversation there.

Based on your comment there, seems like there are more people having it, and it's not something small, considering the complete comment section is not shown.

[opusforlife2]

There is no conversation to continue. I did what I could in investigating the issue, but I'm not a dev, so the triage work is done as far as I'm concerned. Now it's up to the devs to look at the bug.

Also, this bug is about overly large crash reports. The comments thing is completely unrelated. You can subscribe to the first pinned issue. And in general, make it a habit to look at pinned issues, because they're highlighted for a reason.