crashes on opening video

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The Issue

sometimes when i open videos, the app crashes

Steps to reproduce

1.open video
2.open another if it doesnt crash
3.it will eventually crash

Expected behaviour

no crashes

Actual behaviour

crashes

System Configuration

• Device: pixel 4a 5g
• Android version: 11 (calyxos)

Anything Else

here is the crash log:

FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #12
Process: io.lbry.browser, PID: 9107
java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occurred while executing doInBackground()
at android.os.AsyncTask$4.done(AsyncTask.java:415)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:383)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:252)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:271)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:923)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int java.lang.String.length()' on a null object reference
at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.parseInternal(SimpleDateFormat.java:1741)
at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.parse(SimpleDateFormat.java:1728)
at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:360)
at io.lbry.browser.model.Claim.fromSearchJSONObject(Claim.java:371)
at io.lbry.browser.utils.Lighthouse.search(Lighthouse.java:65)
at io.lbry.browser.tasks.LighthouseSearchTask.doInBackground(LighthouseSearchTask.java:40)
at io.lbry.browser.tasks.LighthouseSearchTask.doInBackground(LighthouseSearchTask.java:16)
at android.os.AsyncTask$3.call(AsyncTask.java:394)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
... 3 more

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Acceptance Criteria

Definition of Done

• Tested against acceptance criteria
• Tested against the assumptions of the user story
• The project builds without errors
• Unit tests are written and passing
• Tests on devices/browsers listed in the issue have passed
• QA performed & issues resolved
• Refactoring completed
• Any configuration or build changes documented
• Documentation updated
• Peer Code Review performed