Merge "Fix NPE by returning empty params." into rvc-dev am: 4d420fca86

Change-Id: I202a25feedee193bac5767b80f4c41d3fb84ae4a

packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/row/BindStage.java

@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ public abstract class BindStage<Params> extends BindRequester {
         if (params == null) {
             // TODO: This should throw an exception but there are some cases of re-entrant calls
             // in NotificationEntryManager (e.g. b/155324756) that cause removal in update that
-            // lead to inflation after the notification is "removed".
+            // lead to inflation after the notification is "removed". We return an empty params
+            // to avoid any NPEs for now, but we should remove this when all re-entrant calls are
+            // fixed.
             Log.wtf(TAG, String.format("Entry does not have any stage parameters. key: %s",
                             entry.getKey()));
+            return newStageParams();
         }
         return params;
     }