app/build.gradle

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ android {
         resValue "string", "app_name", "NewPipe SponsorBlock"
         minSdk 21
         targetSdk 33
-        versionCode 996
-        versionName "0.26.1"
+        versionCode 995
+        versionName "0.26.0"
 
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
 

app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/channel/ChannelTabFragment.java

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ListExtractor;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.channel.tabs.ChannelTabInfo;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandler;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandlerFactory;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ReadyChannelTabListLinkHandler;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.list.BaseListInfoFragment;
@@ -129,13 +128,10 @@ public class ChannelTabFragment extends BaseListInfoFragment<InfoItem, ChannelTa
                 // once `handleResult` is called, the parsed data was already saved to cache, so
                 // we can discard any raw data in ReadyChannelTabListLinkHandler and create a
                 // link handler with identical properties, but without any raw data
-                final ListLinkHandlerFactory channelTabLHFactory = result.getService()
-                        .getChannelTabLHFactory();
-                if (channelTabLHFactory != null) {
-                    // some services do not not have a ChannelTabLHFactory
-                    tabHandler = channelTabLHFactory.fromQuery(tabHandler.getId(),
-                            tabHandler.getContentFilters(), tabHandler.getSortFilter());
-                }
+                tabHandler = result.getService()
+                        .getChannelTabLHFactory()
+                        .fromQuery(tabHandler.getId(), tabHandler.getContentFilters(),
+                                tabHandler.getSortFilter());
             } catch (final ParsingException e) {
                 // silently ignore the error, as the app can continue to function normally
                 Log.w(TAG, "Could not recreate channel tab handler", e);

fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/996.txt

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed a NullPointerException when opening a channel / conference in media.ccc.de.
-The Grinch tried to break our Christmas gift to you, but we fixed it.