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Audio player tips menu triggers an application crash

Description

Opening the Audio player tips menu causes VLC to restart. I have found that opening Playlist tips prior to the Audio player menu seems to prevent the crash; however, the playlist tips are not always shown correctly.

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FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: org.videolan.vlc.debug, PID: 30923
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout.getChildCount()' on a null object reference
	at androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintSet.clone(ConstraintSet.java:1499)
	at org.videolan.vlc.gui.audio.AudioTipsDelegate.init(AudioTipsDelegate.kt:66)
	at org.videolan.vlc.gui.helpers.PlayerOptionsDelegate.onClick(PlayerOptionsDelegate.kt:200)
	at org.videolan.vlc.gui.helpers.PlayerOptionsDelegate$OptionsAdapter$ViewHolder$1.onClick(PlayerOptionsDelegate.kt:378)
	at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:7448)
	at android.view.View.performClickInternal(View.java:7425)
	at android.view.View.access$3600(View.java:810)
	at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:28305)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7664)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)

Context

App version

3.4.1 Beta 3

Android version

Android 11

Device model

Pixel 3

App mode

Smartphone

Edited by Robert Stone