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Crash when opening Control Settings in android 4.2

Description

On old 4.2 and 4.4 devices, when opening the Control Settings in the video player, it crashes


                                                                                                    	2025-03-06 11:59:08.023  3689-3689  AndroidRuntime          org.videolan.vlc.debug               E  FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                                                    java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: android.media.AudioManager.isVolumeFixed
                                                                                                    	at org.videolan.vlc.gui.preferences.PreferencesVideoControls.onCreate(PreferencesVideoControls.kt:82)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performCreate(Fragment.java:3094)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.create(FragmentStateManager.java:504)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStateManager.java:268)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManager.java:1943)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManager.java:1845)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.execSingleAction(FragmentManager.java:1751)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.BackStackRecord.commitNowAllowingStateLoss(BackStackRecord.java:323)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView.(FragmentContainerView.kt:163)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentLayoutInflaterFactory.onCreateView(FragmentLayoutInflaterFactory.java:53)
                                                                                                    	at android.view.LayoutInflater$FactoryMerger.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:168)
                                                                                                    	at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:675)
                                                                                                    	at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
                                                                                                    	at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:749)
                                                                                                    	at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
                                                                                                    	at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.databinding.DataBindingUtil.inflate(DataBindingUtil.java:126)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.databinding.ViewDataBinding.inflateInternal(ViewDataBinding.java:1409)
                                                                                                    	at org.videolan.vlc.databinding.DialogVideoControlsSettingsBinding.inflate(DialogVideoControlsSettingsBinding.java:54)
                                                                                                    	at org.videolan.vlc.databinding.DialogVideoControlsSettingsBinding.inflate(DialogVideoControlsSettingsBinding.java:40)
                                                                                                    	at org.videolan.vlc.gui.dialogs.VideoControlsSettingsDialog.onCreateView(VideoControlsSettingsDialog.kt:32)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:3114)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.DialogFragment.performCreateView(DialogFragment.java:775)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.createView(FragmentStateManager.java:557)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStateManager.java:272)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManager.java:1943)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManager.java:1845)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1782)
                                                                                                    	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager$5.run(FragmentManager.java:565)
                                                                                                    	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:725)
                                                                                                    	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
                                                                                                    	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
                                                                                                    	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5041)
                                                                                                    	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
                                                                                                    	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
                                                                                                    	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
                                                                                                    	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
                                                                                                    	at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
                                                                                                    	at Android.MODEL(ARCHOS GAMEPAD2)
                                                                                                    	at Android.VERSION(4.2.2)
                                                                                                    	at Android.FINGERPRINT(archos/RK3170GP2/A70GP2:4.2.2/JDQ39/20140213.175138:user/release-keys)

Context

App version

3.6.3

Android version

4.2 (tested by me) / 4.4 (reported by user)

Device model

App mode

Smartphone