Fix and simplify openUrlInBrowser

The code was not previously working in case no default browser is set[1] AND NewPipe is set as default handler for the link in question. We improve it by telling the system to choose the target app as if the URI was `http://`, which works even if the user has not set a default browser. [1]: also the case if platform refuses to tell an app what the user's default browser is, which I observed on CalyxOS.
Merge pull request #12603 from Stypox/better-error-panel
2025-09-21 10:40:51 +02:00 · 2025-09-05 17:49:58 +02:00 · 2025-09-05 13:31:39 +02:00 · 2025-09-05 12:39:16 +02:00 · 2025-09-04 13:18:40 +02:00 · 2025-09-04 13:17:45 +02:00
329 changed files with 5604 additions and 2001 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ jobs:
          - api-level: 21
            target: default
            arch: x86
-          - api-level: 33
-            target: google_apis # emulator API 33 only exists with Google APIs
+          - api-level: 35
+            target: default
            arch: x86_64

    permissions:
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ jobs:
          path: app/build/reports/androidTests/connected/**

  sonar:
+    if: ${{ false }} # the key has expired and needs to be regenerated by the sonar admins
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    permissions:
--- a/.github/workflows/image-minimizer.js
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-minimizer.js
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ module.exports = async ({github, context}) => {

    // Regex for finding images (simple variant) ![ALT_TEXT](https://*.githubusercontent.com/<number>/<variousHexStringsAnd->.<fileExtension>)
    const REGEX_USER_CONTENT_IMAGE_LOOKUP = /\!\[([^\]]*)\]\((https:\/\/[-a-z0-9]+\.githubusercontent\.com\/\d+\/[-0-9a-f]{32,512}\.(jpg|gif|png))\)/gm;
-    const REGEX_ASSETS_IMAGE_LOCKUP = /\!\[([^\]]*)\]\((https:\/\/github\.com\/[-\w\d]+\/[-\w\d]+\/assets\/\d+\/[\-0-9a-f]{32,512})\)/gm;
+    const REGEX_ASSETS_IMAGE_LOOKUP = /\!\[([^\]]*)\]\((https:\/\/github\.com\/(?:user-attachments\/assets|[-\w\d]+\/[-\w\d]+\/assets\/\d+)\/[\-0-9a-f]{32,512})\)/gm;

    // Check if we found something
    let foundSimpleImages = REGEX_USER_CONTENT_IMAGE_LOOKUP.test(initialBody)
-        || REGEX_ASSETS_IMAGE_LOCKUP.test(initialBody);
+        || REGEX_ASSETS_IMAGE_LOOKUP.test(initialBody);
    if (!foundSimpleImages) {
        console.log('Found no simple images to process');
        return;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = async ({github, context}) => {

    // Try to find and replace the images with minimized ones
    let newBody = await replaceAsync(initialBody, REGEX_USER_CONTENT_IMAGE_LOOKUP, minimizeAsync);
-    newBody = await replaceAsync(newBody, REGEX_ASSETS_IMAGE_LOCKUP, minimizeAsync);
+    newBody = await replaceAsync(newBody, REGEX_ASSETS_IMAGE_LOOKUP, minimizeAsync);
    
    if (!wasMatchModified) {
        console.log('Nothing was modified. Skipping update');
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
-<h3 align="center">We are planning to <i>rewrite</i> large chunks of the codebase, to bring about <a href="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/discussions/10118">a new, modern and stable NewPipe</a>!</h3>
-<h4 align="center">Please do <b>not</b> open pull requests for <i>new features</i> now, only bugfix PRs will be accepted.</h4>
+<h3 align="center">We are <i>rewriting</i> large chunks of the codebase, to bring about <a href="https://newpipe.net/blog/pinned/announcement/newpipe-0.27.6-rewrite-team-states/#the-refactor">a modern and stable NewPipe</a>! You can download nightly builds <a href="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe-refactor-nightly/releases">here</a>.</h3>
+<h4 align="center">Please work on the <code>refactor</code> branch if you want to contribute <i>new features</i>. The current codebase is in maintenance mode and will only receive <i>bugfixes</i>.</h4>

 <p align="center"><a href="https://newpipe.net"><img src="assets/new_pipe_icon_5.png" width="150"></a></p> 
 <h2 align="center"><b>NewPipe</b></h2>
 <h4 align="center">A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.</h4>

-<p align="center"><a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/"><img src="https://fdroid.gitlab.io/artwork/badge/get-it-on-en.svg" alt="Get it on F-Droid" height=80/></a></p>
+<p align="center"><a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/"><img src="https://fdroid.gitlab.io/artwork/badge/get-it-on-en.svg" alt="Get it on F-Droid" width=206/></a></p>

 <p align="center">
-<a href="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases" alt="GitHub release"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe.svg" ></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases" alt="GitHub NewPipe releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe.svg" ></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe-nightly/releases" alt="GitHub NewPipe nightly releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe-nightly.svg?labelColor=purple&label=dev%20nightly"></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe-refactor-nightly/releases" alt="GitHub NewPipe refactor nightly releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe-refactor-nightly.svg?labelColor=purple&label=refactor%20nightly"></a>
 <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0" alt="License: GPLv3"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v3-blue.svg"></a>
-<a href="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/actions" alt="Build Status"><img src="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=dev&event=push"></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/actions" alt="Build Status"><img src="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=dev&event=push"></a>
 <a href="https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/newpipe/" alt="Translation Status"><img src="https://hosted.weblate.org/widgets/newpipe/-/svg-badge.svg"></a>
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
 <a href="https://web.libera.chat/#newpipe" alt="IRC channel: #newpipe"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC%20chat-%23newpipe-brightgreen.svg"></a>
 <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#newpipe:matrix.newpipe-ev.de" alt="Matrix channel: #newpipe"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Matrix%20chat-%23newpipe-blue"></a>
 </p>
+
 <hr>
 <p align="center"><a href="#screenshots">Screenshots</a> &bull; <a href="#supported-services">Supported Services</a> &bull; <a href="#description">Description</a> &bull; <a href="#features">Features</a> &bull; <a href="#installation-and-updates">Installation and updates</a> &bull; <a href="#contribution">Contribution</a> &bull; <a href="#donate">Donate</a> &bull; <a href="#license">License</a></p>
 <p align="center"><a href="https://newpipe.net">Website</a> &bull; <a href="https://newpipe.net/blog/">Blog</a> &bull; <a href="https://newpipe.net/FAQ/">FAQ</a> &bull; <a href="https://newpipe.net/press/">Press</a></p>
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -12,20 +12,20 @@ plugins {
 }

 android {
-    compileSdk 34
+    compileSdk 36
    namespace 'org.schabi.newpipe'

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "org.schabi.newpipe"
        resValue "string", "app_name", "NewPipe"
        minSdk 21
-        targetSdk 33
+        targetSdk 35
        if (System.properties.containsKey('versionCodeOverride')) {
            versionCode System.getProperty('versionCodeOverride') as Integer
        } else {
-            versionCode 1003
+            versionCode 1005
        }
-        versionName "0.27.6"
+        versionName "0.28.0"
        if (System.properties.containsKey('versionNameSuffix')) {
            versionNameSuffix System.getProperty('versionNameSuffix')
        }
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ android {
        androidTest.assets.srcDirs += files("$projectDir/schemas".toString())
    }

+    androidResources {
+        generateLocaleConfig = true
+    }
+
    buildFeatures {
        viewBinding true
        buildConfig true
@@ -205,10 +209,12 @@ dependencies {
    // Or you can use a commit you pushed to GitHub by just replacing TeamNewPipe with your GitHub
    // name and the commit hash with the commit hash of the (pushed) commit you want to test
    // This works thanks to JitPack: https://jitpack.io/
-    implementation 'com.github.TeamNewPipe:nanojson:1d9e1aea9049fc9f85e68b43ba39fe7be1c1f751'
+    implementation 'com.github.TeamNewPipe:nanojson:e9d656ddb49a412a5a0a5d5ef20ca7ef09549996'
    // WORKAROUND: if you get errors with the NewPipeExtractor dependency, replace `v0.24.3` with
-    // the corresponding commit hash, since JitPack is sometimes buggy
-    implementation 'com.github.TeamNewPipe:NewPipeExtractor:9f83b385a'
+    // the corresponding commit hash, since JitPack sometimes deletes artifacts.
+    // If there’s already a git hash, just add more of it to the end (or remove a letter)
+    // to cause jitpack to regenerate the artifact.
+    implementation 'com.github.TeamNewPipe:NewPipeExtractor:0023b22095a2d62a60cdfc87f4b5cd85c8b266c3'
    implementation 'com.github.TeamNewPipe:NoNonsense-FilePicker:5.0.0'

 /** Checkstyle **/
@@ -219,7 +225,7 @@ dependencies {
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:${kotlin_version}"

 /** AndroidX **/
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1'
    implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4'
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.12.0'
@@ -274,7 +280,7 @@ dependencies {
    implementation "com.github.lisawray.groupie:groupie-viewbinding:${groupieVersion}"

    // Image loading
-    //noinspection GradleDependency --> 2.8 is the last version, not 2.71828!
+    //noinspection NewerVersionAvailable,GradleDependency --> 2.8 is the last version, not 2.71828!
    implementation "com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.8"

    // Markdown library for Android
--- a/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -5,10 +5,17 @@

 ## Rules for NewPipeExtractor
 -keep class org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.timeago.patterns.** { *; }
+## Rules for Rhino and Rhino Engine
+-keep class org.mozilla.javascript.* { *; }
 -keep class org.mozilla.javascript.** { *; }
+-keep class org.mozilla.javascript.engine.** { *; }
 -keep class org.mozilla.classfile.ClassFileWriter
 -dontwarn org.mozilla.javascript.JavaToJSONConverters
 -dontwarn org.mozilla.javascript.tools.**
+-keep class javax.script.** { *; }
+-dontwarn javax.script.**
+-keep class jdk.dynalink.** { *; }
+-dontwarn jdk.dynalink.**

 ## Rules for ExoPlayer
 -keep class com.google.android.exoplayer2.** { *; }
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ErrorInfoTest.java
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ErrorInfoTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ServiceList;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;

 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Objects;

 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -23,8 +24,23 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@LargeTest
 public class ErrorInfoTest {

+    /**
+     * @param errorInfo the error info to access
+     * @return the private field errorInfo.message.stringRes using reflection
+     */
+    private int getMessageFromErrorInfo(final ErrorInfo errorInfo)
+            throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
+        final var message = ErrorInfo.class.getDeclaredField("message");
+        message.setAccessible(true);
+        final var messageValue = (ErrorInfo.Companion.ErrorMessage) message.get(errorInfo);
+
+        final var stringRes = ErrorInfo.Companion.ErrorMessage.class.getDeclaredField("stringRes");
+        stringRes.setAccessible(true);
+        return (int) Objects.requireNonNull(stringRes.get(messageValue));
+    }
+
    @Test
-    public void errorInfoTestParcelable() {
+    public void errorInfoTestParcelable() throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
        final ErrorInfo info = new ErrorInfo(new ParsingException("Hello"),
                UserAction.USER_REPORT, "request", ServiceList.YouTube.getServiceId());
        // Obtain a Parcel object and write the parcelable object to it:
@@ -39,7 +55,7 @@ public class ErrorInfoTest {
        assertEquals(ServiceList.YouTube.getServiceInfo().getName(),
                infoFromParcel.getServiceName());
        assertEquals("request", infoFromParcel.getRequest());
-        assertEquals(R.string.parsing_error, infoFromParcel.getMessageStringId());
+        assertEquals(R.string.parsing_error, getMessageFromErrorInfo(infoFromParcel));

        parcel.recycle();
    }
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS"/>

    <!-- We need to be able to open links in the browser on API 30+ -->
@@ -57,6 +59,15 @@
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

+        <service
+            android:name="androidx.appcompat.app.AppLocalesMetadataHolderService"
+            android:enabled="false"
+            android:exported="false">
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="autoStoreLocales"
+                android:value="true" />
+        </service>
+
        <service
            android:name=".player.PlayerService"
            android:exported="true"
@@ -64,6 +75,9 @@
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON" />
            </intent-filter>
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.media.browse.MediaBrowserService"/>
+            </intent-filter>
        </service>

        <activity
@@ -82,9 +96,22 @@
            android:exported="false"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_about" />

-        <service android:name=".local.subscription.services.SubscriptionsImportService" />
-        <service android:name=".local.subscription.services.SubscriptionsExportService" />
-        <service android:name=".local.feed.service.FeedLoadService" />
+        <service
+            android:name=".local.subscription.services.SubscriptionsImportService"
+            android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync" />
+
+        <service
+            android:name=".local.subscription.services.SubscriptionsExportService"
+            android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync" />
+
+        <service
+            android:name=".local.feed.service.FeedLoadService"
+            android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync" />
+
+        <service
+            android:name="androidx.work.impl.foreground.SystemForegroundService"
+            android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync"
+            tools:node="merge" />

        <activity
            android:name=".PanicResponderActivity"
@@ -116,7 +143,8 @@
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:launchMode="singleTask" />

-        <service android:name="us.shandian.giga.service.DownloadManagerService" />
+        <service android:name="us.shandian.giga.service.DownloadManagerService"
+            android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync" />

        <activity
            android:name=".util.FilePickerActivityHelper"
@@ -409,6 +437,7 @@
        </activity>
        <service
            android:name=".RouterActivity$FetcherService"
+            android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync"
            android:exported="false" />

        <!-- opting out of sending metrics to Google in Android System WebView -->
@@ -424,5 +453,10 @@
        <meta-data
            android:name="com.samsung.android.multidisplay.keep_process_alive"
            android:value="true" />
+        <!-- Android Auto -->
+        <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
+            android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc" />
+        <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.notification.SmallIcon"
+            android:resource="@mipmap/ic_launcher" />
    </application>
 </manifest>
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class App extends Application {
        NewPipe.init(getDownloader(),
            Localization.getPreferredLocalization(this),
            Localization.getPreferredContentCountry(this));
-        Localization.initPrettyTime(Localization.resolvePrettyTime(getApplicationContext()));
+        Localization.initPrettyTime(Localization.resolvePrettyTime());

        BridgeStateSaverInitializer.init(this);
        StateSaver.init(this);
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import okhttp3.ResponseBody;

 public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
    public static final String USER_AGENT =
-            "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0";
+            "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:140.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/140.0";
    public static final String YOUTUBE_RESTRICTED_MODE_COOKIE_KEY =
            "youtube_restricted_mode_key";
    public static final String YOUTUBE_RESTRICTED_MODE_COOKIE = "PREF=f2=8000000";
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/MainActivity.java
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/RouterActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/RouterActivity.java
@@ -58,20 +58,10 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService.LinkType;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.channel.ChannelInfo;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.AgeRestrictedContentException;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ContentNotAvailableException;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ContentNotSupportedException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.GeographicRestrictionException;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.PaidContentException;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.PrivateContentException;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ReCaptchaException;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.SoundCloudGoPlusContentException;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.YoutubeMusicPremiumContentException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandler;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.playlist.PlaylistInfo;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.ktx.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.local.dialog.PlaylistDialog;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.player.PlayerType;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.player.helper.PlayerHelper;
@@ -84,7 +74,6 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.util.ChannelTabHelper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.Constants;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.DeviceUtils;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.NavigationHelper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.PermissionHelper;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.ThemeHelper;
@@ -132,7 +121,6 @@ public class RouterActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
        ThemeHelper.setDayNightMode(this);
        setTheme(ThemeHelper.isLightThemeSelected(this)
                ? R.style.RouterActivityThemeLight : R.style.RouterActivityThemeDark);
-        Localization.assureCorrectAppLanguage(this);

        // Pass-through touch events to background activities
        // so that our transparent window won't lock UI in the mean time
@@ -262,7 +250,8 @@ public class RouterActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
                        showUnsupportedUrlDialog(url);
                    }
                }, throwable -> handleError(this, new ErrorInfo(throwable,
-                        UserAction.SHARE_TO_NEWPIPE, "Getting service from url: " + url))));
+                        UserAction.SHARE_TO_NEWPIPE, "Getting service from url: " + url,
+                        null, url))));
    }

    /**
@@ -271,40 +260,19 @@ public class RouterActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     * @param errorInfo the error information
     */
    private static void handleError(final Context context, final ErrorInfo errorInfo) {
-        if (errorInfo.getThrowable() != null) {
-            errorInfo.getThrowable().printStackTrace();
-        }
-
-        if (errorInfo.getThrowable() instanceof ReCaptchaException) {
+        if (errorInfo.getRecaptchaUrl() != null) {
            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.recaptcha_request_toast, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            // Starting ReCaptcha Challenge Activity
            final Intent intent = new Intent(context, ReCaptchaActivity.class);
            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
+            intent.putExtra(ReCaptchaActivity.RECAPTCHA_URL_EXTRA, errorInfo.getRecaptchaUrl());
            context.startActivity(intent);
-        } else if (errorInfo.getThrowable() != null
-                && ExceptionUtils.isNetworkRelated(errorInfo.getThrowable())) {
-            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.network_error, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
-        } else if (errorInfo.getThrowable() instanceof AgeRestrictedContentException) {
-            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.restricted_video_no_stream,
-                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
-        } else if (errorInfo.getThrowable() instanceof GeographicRestrictionException) {
-            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.georestricted_content, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
-        } else if (errorInfo.getThrowable() instanceof PaidContentException) {
-            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.paid_content, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
-        } else if (errorInfo.getThrowable() instanceof PrivateContentException) {
-            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.private_content, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
-        } else if (errorInfo.getThrowable() instanceof SoundCloudGoPlusContentException) {
-            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.soundcloud_go_plus_content,
-                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
-        } else if (errorInfo.getThrowable() instanceof YoutubeMusicPremiumContentException) {
-            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.youtube_music_premium_content,
-                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
-        } else if (errorInfo.getThrowable() instanceof ContentNotAvailableException) {
-            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.content_not_available, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
-        } else if (errorInfo.getThrowable() instanceof ContentNotSupportedException) {
-            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.content_not_supported, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
-        } else {
+        } else if (errorInfo.isReportable()) {
            ErrorUtil.createNotification(context, errorInfo);
+        } else {
+            // this exception does not usually indicate a problem that should be reported,
+            // so just show a toast instead of the notification
+            Toast.makeText(context, errorInfo.getMessage(context), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

        if (context instanceof RouterActivity) {
@@ -667,7 +635,8 @@ public class RouterActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
                        startActivity(intent);
                        finish();
                    }, throwable -> handleError(this, new ErrorInfo(throwable,
-                            UserAction.SHARE_TO_NEWPIPE, "Starting info activity: " + currentUrl)))
+                            UserAction.SHARE_TO_NEWPIPE, "Starting info activity: " + currentUrl,
+                            null, currentUrl)))
            );
            return;
        }
@@ -854,10 +823,10 @@ public class RouterActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
                                            })
                                    )),
                            throwable -> runOnVisible(ctx -> handleError(ctx, new ErrorInfo(
-                                    throwable,
-                                    UserAction.REQUESTED_STREAM,
+                                    throwable, UserAction.REQUESTED_STREAM,
                                    "Tried to add " + currentUrl + " to a playlist",
-                                    ((RouterActivity) ctx).currentService.getServiceId())
+                                    ((RouterActivity) ctx).currentService.getServiceId(),
+                                    currentUrl)
                            ))
                    )
            );
@@ -997,7 +966,7 @@ public class RouterActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
                            }
                        }, throwable -> handleError(this, new ErrorInfo(throwable, finalUserAction,
                                choice.url + " opened with " + choice.playerChoice,
-                                choice.serviceId)));
+                                choice.serviceId, choice.url)));
            }
        }

--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/about/AboutActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/about/AboutActivity.kt
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.BuildConfig
 import org.schabi.newpipe.R
 import org.schabi.newpipe.databinding.ActivityAboutBinding
 import org.schabi.newpipe.databinding.FragmentAboutBinding
-import org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.ThemeHelper
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils

 class AboutActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
-        Localization.assureCorrectAppLanguage(this)
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        ThemeHelper.setTheme(this)
        title = getString(R.string.title_activity_about)
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/about/LicenseFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/about/LicenseFragment.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.R
 import org.schabi.newpipe.databinding.FragmentLicensesBinding
 import org.schabi.newpipe.databinding.ItemSoftwareComponentBinding
 import org.schabi.newpipe.ktx.parcelableArrayList
-import org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils

 /**
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ class LicenseFragment : Fragment() {
                    val webView = WebView(context)
                    webView.loadData(webViewData, "text/html; charset=UTF-8", "base64")

-                    Localization.assureCorrectAppLanguage(context)
                    val builder = AlertDialog.Builder(requireContext())
                        .setTitle(softwareComponent.name)
                        .setView(webView)
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/history/model/StreamHistoryEntry.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/history/model/StreamHistoryEntry.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.database.history.model
 import androidx.room.ColumnInfo
 import androidx.room.Embedded
 import org.schabi.newpipe.database.stream.model.StreamEntity
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfoItem
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.image.ImageStrategy
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime

 data class StreamHistoryEntry(
@@ -27,4 +29,17 @@ data class StreamHistoryEntry(
        return this.streamEntity.uid == other.streamEntity.uid && streamId == other.streamId &&
            accessDate.isEqual(other.accessDate)
    }
+
+    fun toStreamInfoItem(): StreamInfoItem =
+        StreamInfoItem(
+            streamEntity.serviceId,
+            streamEntity.url,
+            streamEntity.title,
+            streamEntity.streamType,
+        ).apply {
+            duration = streamEntity.duration
+            uploaderName = streamEntity.uploader
+            uploaderUrl = streamEntity.uploaderUrl
+            thumbnails = ImageStrategy.dbUrlToImageList(streamEntity.thumbnailUrl)
+        }
 }
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/playlist/PlaylistLocalItem.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/playlist/PlaylistLocalItem.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.database.playlist;

+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import org.schabi.newpipe.database.LocalItem;

 public interface PlaylistLocalItem extends LocalItem {
@@ -10,4 +12,7 @@ public interface PlaylistLocalItem extends LocalItem {
    long getUid();

    void setDisplayIndex(long displayIndex);
+
+    @Nullable
+    String getThumbnailUrl();
 }
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/playlist/PlaylistMetadataEntry.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/playlist/PlaylistMetadataEntry.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import static org.schabi.newpipe.database.playlist.model.PlaylistEntity.PLAYLIST
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.database.playlist.model.PlaylistEntity.PLAYLIST_THUMBNAIL_STREAM_ID;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.database.playlist.model.PlaylistEntity.PLAYLIST_THUMBNAIL_URL;

+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+
 public class PlaylistMetadataEntry implements PlaylistLocalItem {
    public static final String PLAYLIST_STREAM_COUNT = "streamCount";

@@ -71,4 +73,10 @@ public class PlaylistMetadataEntry implements PlaylistLocalItem {
    public void setDisplayIndex(final long displayIndex) {
        this.displayIndex = displayIndex;
    }
+
+    @Nullable
+    @Override
+    public String getThumbnailUrl() {
+        return thumbnailUrl;
+    }
 }
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/playlist/dao/PlaylistRemoteDAO.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/playlist/dao/PlaylistRemoteDAO.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public interface PlaylistRemoteDAO extends BasicDAO<PlaylistRemoteEntity> {

    @Query("SELECT * FROM " + REMOTE_PLAYLIST_TABLE + " WHERE "
            + REMOTE_PLAYLIST_ID + " = :playlistId")
-    Flowable<List<PlaylistRemoteEntity>> getPlaylist(long playlistId);
+    Flowable<PlaylistRemoteEntity> getPlaylist(long playlistId);

    @Query("SELECT * FROM " + REMOTE_PLAYLIST_TABLE + " WHERE "
            + REMOTE_PLAYLIST_URL + " = :url AND " + REMOTE_PLAYLIST_SERVICE_ID + " = :serviceId")
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/playlist/model/PlaylistRemoteEntity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/playlist/model/PlaylistRemoteEntity.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.database.playlist.model;

 import android.text.TextUtils;

+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.room.ColumnInfo;
 import androidx.room.Entity;
 import androidx.room.Ignore;
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ public class PlaylistRemoteEntity implements PlaylistLocalItem {
        this.name = name;
    }

+    @Nullable
+    @Override
    public String getThumbnailUrl() {
        return thumbnailUrl;
    }
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/download/DownloadActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/download/DownloadActivity.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.views.FocusOverlayView;
 import us.shandian.giga.service.DownloadManagerService;
 import us.shandian.giga.ui.fragment.MissionsFragment;

-import static org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization.assureCorrectAppLanguage;
-
 public class DownloadActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private static final String MISSIONS_FRAGMENT_TAG = "fragment_tag";
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ public class DownloadActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
        i.setClass(this, DownloadManagerService.class);
        startService(i);

-        assureCorrectAppLanguage(this);
        ThemeHelper.setTheme(this);

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/download/DownloadDialog.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/download/DownloadDialog.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.download;

 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.DeliveryMethod.PROGRESSIVE_HTTP;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.util.ListHelper.getStreamsOfSpecifiedDelivery;
-import static org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization.assureCorrectAppLanguage;

 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
@@ -390,8 +389,7 @@ public class DownloadDialog extends DialogFragment
                    }
                }, throwable -> ErrorUtil.showSnackbar(context,
                        new ErrorInfo(throwable, UserAction.DOWNLOAD_OPEN_DIALOG,
-                                "Downloading video stream size",
-                                currentInfo.getServiceId()))));
+                                "Downloading video stream size", currentInfo))));
        disposables.add(StreamInfoWrapper.fetchMoreInfoForWrapper(getWrappedAudioStreams())
                .subscribe(result -> {
                    if (dialogBinding.videoAudioGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId()
@@ -400,8 +398,7 @@ public class DownloadDialog extends DialogFragment
                    }
                }, throwable -> ErrorUtil.showSnackbar(context,
                        new ErrorInfo(throwable, UserAction.DOWNLOAD_OPEN_DIALOG,
-                                "Downloading audio stream size",
-                                currentInfo.getServiceId()))));
+                                "Downloading audio stream size", currentInfo))));
        disposables.add(StreamInfoWrapper.fetchMoreInfoForWrapper(wrappedSubtitleStreams)
                .subscribe(result -> {
                    if (dialogBinding.videoAudioGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId()
@@ -410,8 +407,7 @@ public class DownloadDialog extends DialogFragment
                    }
                }, throwable -> ErrorUtil.showSnackbar(context,
                        new ErrorInfo(throwable, UserAction.DOWNLOAD_OPEN_DIALOG,
-                                "Downloading subtitle stream size",
-                                currentInfo.getServiceId()))));
+                                "Downloading subtitle stream size", currentInfo))));
    }

    private void setupAudioTrackSpinner() {
@@ -751,7 +747,6 @@ public class DownloadDialog extends DialogFragment
    }

    private void showFailedDialog(@StringRes final int msg) {
-        assureCorrectAppLanguage(requireContext());
        new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
                .setTitle(R.string.general_error)
                .setMessage(msg)
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/AcraReportSender.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/AcraReportSender.java
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public class AcraReportSender implements ReportSender {
        ErrorUtil.openActivity(context, new ErrorInfo(
                new String[]{report.getString(ReportField.STACK_TRACE)},
                UserAction.UI_ERROR,
-                ErrorInfo.SERVICE_NONE,
                "ACRA report",
+                null,
                R.string.app_ui_crash));
    }
 }
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ErrorActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ErrorActivity.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.error;

-import static org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization.assureCorrectAppLanguage;
-
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.net.Uri;
@@ -79,7 +77,6 @@ public class ErrorActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-        assureCorrectAppLanguage(this);
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        ThemeHelper.setDayNightMode(this);
@@ -118,7 +115,7 @@ public class ErrorActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

        // normal bugreport
        buildInfo(errorInfo);
-        activityErrorBinding.errorMessageView.setText(errorInfo.getMessageStringId());
+        activityErrorBinding.errorMessageView.setText(errorInfo.getMessage(this));
        activityErrorBinding.errorView.setText(formErrorText(errorInfo.getStackTraces()));

        // print stack trace once again for debugging:
@@ -306,7 +303,7 @@ public class ErrorActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    }

    private String getAppLanguage() {
-        return Localization.getAppLocale(getApplicationContext()).toString();
+        return Localization.getAppLocale().toString();
    }

    private String getOsString() {
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ErrorInfo.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ErrorInfo.kt
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ErrorPanelHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ErrorPanelHelper.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.error

 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.Intent
-import android.util.Log
 import android.view.View
 import android.widget.Button
 import android.widget.TextView
@@ -14,28 +13,14 @@ import io.reactivex.rxjava3.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.disposables.Disposable
 import org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity
 import org.schabi.newpipe.R
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.AccountTerminatedException
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.AgeRestrictedContentException
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ContentNotAvailableException
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ContentNotSupportedException
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.GeographicRestrictionException
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.PaidContentException
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.PrivateContentException
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ReCaptchaException
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.SoundCloudGoPlusContentException
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.YoutubeMusicPremiumContentException
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Utils.isNullOrEmpty
 import org.schabi.newpipe.ktx.animate
-import org.schabi.newpipe.ktx.isInterruptedCaused
-import org.schabi.newpipe.ktx.isNetworkRelated
-import org.schabi.newpipe.util.ServiceHelper
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.external_communication.ShareUtils
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit

 class ErrorPanelHelper(
    private val fragment: Fragment,
    rootView: View,
-    onRetry: Runnable
+    onRetry: Runnable?,
 ) {
    private val context: Context = rootView.context!!

@@ -56,12 +41,15 @@ class ErrorPanelHelper(
        errorPanelRoot.findViewById(R.id.error_open_in_browser)

    private var errorDisposable: Disposable? = null
+    private var retryShouldBeShown: Boolean = (onRetry != null)

    init {
-        errorDisposable = errorRetryButton.clicks()
-            .debounce(300, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-            .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
-            .subscribe { onRetry.run() }
+        if (onRetry != null) {
+            errorDisposable = errorRetryButton.clicks()
+                .debounce(300, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
+                .subscribe { onRetry.run() }
+        }
    }

    private fun ensureDefaultVisibility() {
@@ -75,64 +63,32 @@ class ErrorPanelHelper(
    }

    fun showError(errorInfo: ErrorInfo) {
-
-        if (errorInfo.throwable != null && errorInfo.throwable!!.isInterruptedCaused) {
-            if (DEBUG) {
-                Log.w(TAG, "onError() isInterruptedCaused! = [$errorInfo.throwable]")
-            }
-            return
-        }
-
        ensureDefaultVisibility()
+        errorTextView.text = errorInfo.getMessage(context)

-        if (errorInfo.throwable is ReCaptchaException) {
-            errorTextView.setText(R.string.recaptcha_request_toast)
-
-            showAndSetErrorButtonAction(
-                R.string.recaptcha_solve
-            ) {
+        if (errorInfo.recaptchaUrl != null) {
+            showAndSetErrorButtonAction(R.string.recaptcha_solve) {
                // Starting ReCaptcha Challenge Activity
                val intent = Intent(context, ReCaptchaActivity::class.java)
-                intent.putExtra(
-                    ReCaptchaActivity.RECAPTCHA_URL_EXTRA,
-                    (errorInfo.throwable as ReCaptchaException).url
-                )
+                intent.putExtra(ReCaptchaActivity.RECAPTCHA_URL_EXTRA, errorInfo.recaptchaUrl)
                fragment.startActivityForResult(intent, ReCaptchaActivity.RECAPTCHA_REQUEST)
                errorActionButton.setOnClickListener(null)
            }
-
-            errorRetryButton.isVisible = true
-            showAndSetOpenInBrowserButtonAction(errorInfo)
-        } else if (errorInfo.throwable is AccountTerminatedException) {
-            errorTextView.setText(R.string.account_terminated)
-
-            if (!isNullOrEmpty((errorInfo.throwable as AccountTerminatedException).message)) {
-                errorServiceInfoTextView.text = context.resources.getString(
-                    R.string.service_provides_reason,
-                    ServiceHelper.getSelectedService(context)?.serviceInfo?.name ?: "<unknown>"
-                )
-                errorServiceInfoTextView.isVisible = true
-
-                errorServiceExplanationTextView.text =
-                    (errorInfo.throwable as AccountTerminatedException).message
-                errorServiceExplanationTextView.isVisible = true
-            }
-        } else {
-            showAndSetErrorButtonAction(
-                R.string.error_snackbar_action
-            ) {
+        } else if (errorInfo.isReportable) {
+            showAndSetErrorButtonAction(R.string.error_snackbar_action) {
                ErrorUtil.openActivity(context, errorInfo)
            }
+        }

-            errorTextView.setText(getExceptionDescription(errorInfo.throwable))
+        if (errorInfo.isRetryable) {
+            errorRetryButton.isVisible = retryShouldBeShown
+        }

-            if (errorInfo.throwable !is ContentNotAvailableException &&
-                errorInfo.throwable !is ContentNotSupportedException
-            ) {
-                // show retry button only for content which is not unavailable or unsupported
-                errorRetryButton.isVisible = true
+        if (errorInfo.openInBrowserUrl != null) {
+            errorOpenInBrowserButton.isVisible = true
+            errorOpenInBrowserButton.setOnClickListener {
+                ShareUtils.openUrlInBrowser(context, errorInfo.openInBrowserUrl)
            }
-            showAndSetOpenInBrowserButtonAction(errorInfo)
        }

        setRootVisible()
@@ -150,15 +106,6 @@ class ErrorPanelHelper(
        errorActionButton.setOnClickListener(listener)
    }

-    fun showAndSetOpenInBrowserButtonAction(
-        errorInfo: ErrorInfo
-    ) {
-        errorOpenInBrowserButton.isVisible = true
-        errorOpenInBrowserButton.setOnClickListener {
-            ShareUtils.openUrlInBrowser(context, errorInfo.request)
-        }
-    }
-
    fun showTextError(errorString: String) {
        ensureDefaultVisibility()

@@ -189,27 +136,5 @@ class ErrorPanelHelper(
    companion object {
        val TAG: String = ErrorPanelHelper::class.simpleName!!
        val DEBUG: Boolean = MainActivity.DEBUG
-
-        @StringRes
-        fun getExceptionDescription(throwable: Throwable?): Int {
-            return when (throwable) {
-                is AgeRestrictedContentException -> R.string.restricted_video_no_stream
-                is GeographicRestrictionException -> R.string.georestricted_content
-                is PaidContentException -> R.string.paid_content
-                is PrivateContentException -> R.string.private_content
-                is SoundCloudGoPlusContentException -> R.string.soundcloud_go_plus_content
-                is YoutubeMusicPremiumContentException -> R.string.youtube_music_premium_content
-                is ContentNotAvailableException -> R.string.content_not_available
-                is ContentNotSupportedException -> R.string.content_not_supported
-                else -> {
-                    // show retry button only for content which is not unavailable or unsupported
-                    if (throwable != null && throwable.isNetworkRelated) {
-                        R.string.network_error
-                    } else {
-                        R.string.error_snackbar_message
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
    }
 }
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ErrorUtil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ErrorUtil.kt
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ import android.widget.Toast
 import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat
 import androidx.core.app.NotificationManagerCompat
 import androidx.core.app.PendingIntentCompat
+import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
 import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager
 import com.google.android.material.snackbar.Snackbar
+import org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity
 import org.schabi.newpipe.R

 /**
@@ -35,12 +38,20 @@ class ErrorUtil {
         * activity (since the workflow would be interrupted anyway in that case). So never use this
         * for background services.
         *
+         * If the crashed occurred while the app was in the background open a notification instead
+         *
         * @param context the context to use to start the new activity
         * @param errorInfo the error info to be reported
         */
        @JvmStatic
        fun openActivity(context: Context, errorInfo: ErrorInfo) {
-            context.startActivity(getErrorActivityIntent(context, errorInfo))
+            if (PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
+                .getBoolean(MainActivity.KEY_IS_IN_BACKGROUND, true)
+            ) {
+                createNotification(context, errorInfo)
+            } else {
+                context.startActivity(getErrorActivityIntent(context, errorInfo))
+            }
        }

        /**
@@ -111,7 +122,7 @@ class ErrorUtil {
                )
                    .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_bug_report)
                    .setContentTitle(context.getString(R.string.error_report_notification_title))
-                    .setContentText(context.getString(errorInfo.messageStringId))
+                    .setContentText(errorInfo.getMessage(context))
                    .setAutoCancel(true)
                    .setContentIntent(
                        PendingIntentCompat.getActivity(
@@ -126,9 +137,11 @@ class ErrorUtil {
            NotificationManagerCompat.from(context)
                .notify(ERROR_REPORT_NOTIFICATION_ID, notificationBuilder.build())

-            // since the notification is silent, also show a toast, otherwise the user is confused
-            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.error_report_notification_toast, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
-                .show()
+            ContextCompat.getMainExecutor(context).execute {
+                // since the notification is silent, also show a toast, otherwise the user is confused
+                Toast.makeText(context, R.string.error_report_notification_toast, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
+                    .show()
+            }
        }

        private fun getErrorActivityIntent(context: Context, errorInfo: ErrorInfo): Intent {
@@ -143,10 +156,10 @@ class ErrorUtil {
                // fallback to showing a notification if no root view is available
                createNotification(context, errorInfo)
            } else {
-                Snackbar.make(rootView, R.string.error_snackbar_message, Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
+                Snackbar.make(rootView, errorInfo.getMessage(context), Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
                    .setActionTextColor(Color.YELLOW)
                    .setAction(context.getString(R.string.error_snackbar_action).uppercase()) {
-                        openActivity(context, errorInfo)
+                        context.startActivity(getErrorActivityIntent(context, errorInfo))
                    }.show()
            }
        }
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/UserAction.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/UserAction.java
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ public enum UserAction {
    PREFERENCES_MIGRATION("migration of preferences"),
    SHARE_TO_NEWPIPE("share to newpipe"),
    CHECK_FOR_NEW_APP_VERSION("check for new app version"),
-    OPEN_INFO_ITEM_DIALOG("open info item dialog");
+    OPEN_INFO_ITEM_DIALOG("open info item dialog"),
+    GETTING_MAIN_SCREEN_TAB("getting main screen tab"),
+    PLAY_ON_POPUP("play on popup"),
+    SUBSCRIPTIONS("loading subscriptions");

    private final String message;

--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/BlankFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/BlankFragment.java
@@ -7,16 +7,57 @@ import android.view.ViewGroup;

 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;

+import com.evernote.android.state.State;
+
 import org.schabi.newpipe.BaseFragment;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.R;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.error.ErrorInfo;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.error.ErrorPanelHelper;

 public class BlankFragment extends BaseFragment {
+
+    @State
+    @Nullable
+    ErrorInfo errorInfo;
+    @Nullable
+    ErrorPanelHelper errorPanel = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Builds a blank fragment that just says the app name and suggests clicking on search.
+     */
+    public BlankFragment() {
+        this(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param errorInfo if null acts like {@link BlankFragment}, else shows an error panel.
+     */
+    public BlankFragment(@Nullable final ErrorInfo errorInfo) {
+        this.errorInfo = errorInfo;
+    }
+
    @Nullable
    @Override
    public View onCreateView(final LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable final ViewGroup container,
                             final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        setTitle("NewPipe");
-        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_blank, container, false);
+        final View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_blank, container, false);
+        if (errorInfo != null) {
+            errorPanel = new ErrorPanelHelper(this, view, null);
+            errorPanel.showError(errorInfo);
+            view.findViewById(R.id.blank_page_content).setVisibility(View.GONE);
+        }
+        return view;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onDestroyView() {
+        super.onDestroyView();
+
+        if (errorPanel != null) {
+            errorPanel.dispose();
+            errorPanel = null;
+        }
    }

    @Override
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/MainFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/MainFragment.java
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ import com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.BaseFragment;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.R;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.databinding.FragmentMainBinding;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.error.ErrorInfo;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.error.ErrorUtil;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.error.UserAction;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.local.playlist.LocalPlaylistFragment;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.settings.tabs.Tab;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.settings.tabs.TabsManager;
@@ -303,9 +304,9 @@ public class MainFragment extends BaseFragment implements TabLayout.OnTabSelecte
            final Fragment fragment;
            try {
                fragment = tab.getFragment(context);
-            } catch (final ExtractionException e) {
-                ErrorUtil.showUiErrorSnackbar(context, "Getting fragment item", e);
-                return new BlankFragment();
+            } catch (final Throwable t) {
+                return new BlankFragment(new ErrorInfo(t, UserAction.GETTING_MAIN_SCREEN_TAB,
+                        "Tab " + tab.getClass().getSimpleName() + ":" + tab.getTabName(context)));
            }

            if (fragment instanceof BaseFragment) {
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/detail/DescriptionFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/detail/DescriptionFragment.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class DescriptionFragment extends BaseDescriptionFragment {

        if (streamInfo.getLanguageInfo() != null) {
            addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false, R.string.metadata_language,
-                    streamInfo.getLanguageInfo().getDisplayLanguage(getAppLocale(getContext())));
+                    streamInfo.getLanguageInfo().getDisplayLanguage(getAppLocale()));
        }

        addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, true, R.string.metadata_support,
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/detail/VideoDetailFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/detail/VideoDetailFragment.java
@@ -236,11 +236,14 @@ public final class VideoDetailFragment
    // Service management
    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////*/
    @Override
-    public void onServiceConnected(final Player connectedPlayer,
-                                   final PlayerService connectedPlayerService,
-                                   final boolean playAfterConnect) {
-        player = connectedPlayer;
+    public void onServiceConnected(@NonNull final PlayerService connectedPlayerService) {
        playerService = connectedPlayerService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onPlayerConnected(@NonNull final Player connectedPlayer,
+                                  final boolean playAfterConnect) {
+        player = connectedPlayer;

        // It will do nothing if the player is not in fullscreen mode
        hideSystemUiIfNeeded();
@@ -272,11 +275,18 @@ public final class VideoDetailFragment
        updateOverlayPlayQueueButtonVisibility();
    }

+    @Override
+    public void onPlayerDisconnected() {
+        player = null;
+        // the binding could be null at this point, if the app is finishing
+        if (binding != null) {
+            restoreDefaultBrightness();
+        }
+    }
+
    @Override
    public void onServiceDisconnected() {
        playerService = null;
-        player = null;
-        restoreDefaultBrightness();
    }


@@ -866,7 +876,7 @@ public final class VideoDetailFragment
                        }
                    }
                }, throwable -> showError(new ErrorInfo(throwable, UserAction.REQUESTED_STREAM,
-                        url == null ? "no url" : url, serviceId)));
+                        url == null ? "no url" : url, serviceId, url)));
    }

    /*//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -1413,7 +1423,8 @@ public final class VideoDetailFragment
        intentFilter.addAction(ACTION_SHOW_MAIN_PLAYER);
        intentFilter.addAction(ACTION_HIDE_MAIN_PLAYER);
        intentFilter.addAction(ACTION_PLAYER_STARTED);
-        activity.registerReceiver(broadcastReceiver, intentFilter);
+        ContextCompat.registerReceiver(activity, broadcastReceiver, intentFilter,
+                ContextCompat.RECEIVER_EXPORTED);
    }


@@ -1582,8 +1593,8 @@ public final class VideoDetailFragment
            }

            if (!info.getErrors().isEmpty()) {
-                showSnackBarError(new ErrorInfo(info.getErrors(),
-                        UserAction.REQUESTED_STREAM, info.getUrl(), info));
+                showSnackBarError(new ErrorInfo(info.getErrors(), UserAction.REQUESTED_STREAM,
+                        "Some info not extracted: " + info.getUrl(), info));
            }
        }

@@ -1848,13 +1859,16 @@ public final class VideoDetailFragment

    @Override
    public void onServiceStopped() {
-        setOverlayPlayPauseImage(false);
-        if (currentInfo != null) {
-            updateOverlayData(currentInfo.getName(),
-                    currentInfo.getUploaderName(),
-                    currentInfo.getThumbnails());
+        // the binding could be null at this point, if the app is finishing
+        if (binding != null) {
+            setOverlayPlayPauseImage(false);
+            if (currentInfo != null) {
+                updateOverlayData(currentInfo.getName(),
+                        currentInfo.getUploaderName(),
+                        currentInfo.getThumbnails());
+            }
+            updateOverlayPlayQueueButtonVisibility();
        }
-        updateOverlayPlayQueueButtonVisibility();
    }

    @Override
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/BaseListInfoFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/BaseListInfoFragment.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;

 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;

 import com.evernote.android.state.State;

@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ public abstract class BaseListInfoFragment<I extends InfoItem, L extends ListInf

    private final UserAction errorUserAction;
    protected L currentInfo;
+    @Nullable
    protected Page currentNextPage;
    protected Disposable currentWorker;

@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ public abstract class BaseListInfoFragment<I extends InfoItem, L extends ListInf
                    handleResult(result);
                }, throwable ->
                        showError(new ErrorInfo(throwable, errorUserAction,
-                                "Start loading: " + url, serviceId)));
+                                "Start loading: " + url, serviceId, url)));
    }

    /**
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ public abstract class BaseListInfoFragment<I extends InfoItem, L extends ListInf
                    handleNextItems(infoItemsPage);
                }, (@NonNull Throwable throwable) ->
                        dynamicallyShowErrorPanelOrSnackbar(new ErrorInfo(throwable,
-                                errorUserAction, "Loading more items: " + url, serviceId)));
+                                errorUserAction, "Loading more items: " + url, serviceId, url)));
    }

    private void forbidDownwardFocusScroll() {
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ public abstract class BaseListInfoFragment<I extends InfoItem, L extends ListInf

        if (!result.getErrors().isEmpty()) {
            dynamicallyShowErrorPanelOrSnackbar(new ErrorInfo(result.getErrors(), errorUserAction,
-                    "Get next items of: " + url, serviceId));
+                    "Get next items of: " + url, serviceId, url));
        }
    }

@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ public abstract class BaseListInfoFragment<I extends InfoItem, L extends ListInf

            if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
                dynamicallyShowErrorPanelOrSnackbar(new ErrorInfo(result.getErrors(),
-                        errorUserAction, "Start loading: " + url, serviceId));
+                        errorUserAction, "Start loading: " + url, serviceId, url));
            }
        }
    }
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/channel/ChannelAboutFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/channel/ChannelAboutFragment.java
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ public class ChannelAboutFragment extends BaseDescriptionFragment {

        if (channelInfo.getSubscriberCount() != UNKNOWN_SUBSCRIBER_COUNT) {
            addMetadataItem(inflater, layout, false, R.string.metadata_subscribers,
-                    Localization.localizeNumber(
-                            requireContext(),
-                            channelInfo.getSubscriberCount()));
+                    Localization.localizeNumber(channelInfo.getSubscriberCount()));
        }

        addImagesMetadataItem(inflater, layout, R.string.metadata_avatars,
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More