From 6b0b0d4d800ebabf296807f1965c0475391b83bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: agnostic-apollo <agnosticapollo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 02:57:05 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed: Do not add `BigTextStyle` to notification if big text
 is null

It may cause a `NullPointerException` on Android `6`.

```
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create service com.termux.app.TermuxService: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'java.lang.String java.lang.CharSequence.toString()' on a null object reference
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:3048)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2000(ActivityThread.java:156)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1493)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5609)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:746)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:636)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'java.lang.String java.lang.CharSequence.toString()' on a null object reference
  at android.app.Notification$Builder.processLegacyText(Notification.java:3217)
  at android.app.Notification$Builder.access$1100(Notification.java:2009)
  at android.app.Notification$BigTextStyle.makeBigContentView(Notification.java:4283)
  at android.app.Notification$BigTextStyle.populateBigContentView(Notification.java:4321)
  at android.app.Notification$Style.buildStyled(Notification.java:3858)
  at android.app.Notification$Builder.build(Notification.java:3661)
  at com.termux.app.TermuxService.buildNotification(TermuxService.java:841)
  at com.termux.app.TermuxService.runStartForeground(TermuxService.java:206)
  at com.termux.app.TermuxService.onCreate(TermuxService.java:120)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:3038)
  ... 8 more
```

- https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/android-6.0.1_r1:frameworks/base/core/java/android/app/Notification.java;l=4135

Closes termux/termux-app#5113
---
 .../com/termux/shared/notification/NotificationUtils.java     | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/notification/NotificationUtils.java b/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/notification/NotificationUtils.java
index e21a83f401..6d81b0c537 100644
--- a/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/notification/NotificationUtils.java
+++ b/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/notification/NotificationUtils.java
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ public static Notification.Builder geNotificationBuilder(
         Notification.Builder builder = new Notification.Builder(context);
         builder.setContentTitle(title);
         builder.setContentText(notificationText);
-        builder.setStyle(new Notification.BigTextStyle().bigText(notificationBigText));
+        if (notificationBigText != null) {
+            builder.setStyle(new Notification.BigTextStyle().bigText(notificationBigText));
+        }
         builder.setContentIntent(contentIntent);
         builder.setDeleteIntent(deleteIntent);