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Widgets are broken

Description

When you install a widget on your home, the app crashes each time a playback is launched.

Stacktrace:

2020-01-27 13:36:38.934 17037-17037/org.videolan.vlc.debug E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: org.videolan.vlc.debug, PID: 17037
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start receiver org.videolan.vlc.widget.VLCAppWidgetProviderBlack: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No such package org.videolan.vlc
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:3797)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1400(ActivityThread.java:219)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1870)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7356)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:492)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:930)
     Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No such package org.videolan.vlc
        at android.widget.RemoteViews.getApplicationInfo(RemoteViews.java:3768)
        at android.widget.RemoteViews.<init>(RemoteViews.java:2212)
        at org.videolan.vlc.widget.VLCAppWidgetProvider.onReceive(VLCAppWidgetProvider.kt:72)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:3788)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1400(ActivityThread.java:219) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1870) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7356) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:492) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:930) 

Expected behavior

Actual behavior

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install a widget
  2. The widget shows an error
  3. Launch a playback

Screenshot / video

Context

App version

3.3

Android version

Device model

App mode

Smartphone