From 2ffd39fc7fea60d4e3453f5b115e1d21df4aa3c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Artem Samoilenko <artem@brave.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:10:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [Android] Fix for edge case crash on brave news settings

---
 .../browser/settings/BraveNewsPreferencesTypeAdapter.java       | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/settings/BraveNewsPreferencesTypeAdapter.java b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/settings/BraveNewsPreferencesTypeAdapter.java
index 00c10e371e96..240d7229e4eb 100644
--- a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/settings/BraveNewsPreferencesTypeAdapter.java
+++ b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/settings/BraveNewsPreferencesTypeAdapter.java
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public BraveNewsPreferencesTypeAdapter(
         mBraveNewsPreferencesType = braveNewsPreferencesType;
         mPublisherList = publisherList;
         mChannelList = channelList;
+        // Init channel list as an empty array if it is null to avoid null pointer crashes.
+        if (mChannelList == null) mChannelList = new ArrayList<>();
         if (mChannelList.size() > 0) {
             mChannelIcons = BraveNewsUtils.getChannelIcons();
         }