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app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/detail/VideoDetailFragment.java

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.ReCaptchaActivity;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.download.DownloadDialog;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.InfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ServiceList;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.comments.CommentsInfo;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.comments.CommentsInfoItem;
@@ -200,6 +199,7 @@ public class VideoDetailFragment
     private ImageButton relatedStreamExpandButton;
 
     private LinearLayout commentsRootLayout;
+    private View commentsEmptyStateView;
     private LinearLayout commentsView;
     private ImageButton commentsExpandButton;
     private Disposable commentsDisposable;
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ public class VideoDetailFragment
         relatedStreamExpandButton = rootView.findViewById(R.id.detail_related_streams_expand);
 
         commentsRootLayout = rootView.findViewById(R.id.detail_comments_root_layout);
+        commentsEmptyStateView = rootView.findViewById(R.id.comments_empty_state_view);
         commentsView = rootView.findViewById(R.id.detail_comments_view);
         commentsExpandButton = rootView.findViewById(R.id.detail_comments_expand);
 
@@ -750,9 +751,13 @@ public class VideoDetailFragment
     }
 
     private void initComments(CommentsInfo info) {
-        if(null == info) return;
+        clearComments();
 
-        if (commentsView.getChildCount() > 0) commentsView.removeAllViews();
+        if(null == info || null == info.getRelatedItems() || info.getRelatedItems().size() == 0){
+            commentsEmptyStateView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
+            return;
+        }
+        commentsEmptyStateView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
 
         List<CommentsInfoItem> initialComments = info.getRelatedItems();
         if (null != info && initialComments != null

app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_comments.xml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:layout_gravity="center"
-            android:text="@string/empty_view_no_videos"
+            android:text="@string/empty_view_no_comments"
             android:textSize="24sp"/>
 
     </LinearLayout>

app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_video_detail.xml

@@ -477,6 +477,35 @@
                                     android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
                                     android:orientation="vertical">
 
+                                    <LinearLayout
+                                        android:id="@+id/comments_empty_state_view"
+                                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                                        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
+                                        android:orientation="vertical"
+                                        android:paddingTop="65dp"
+                                        android:visibility="gone"
+                                        tools:visibility="visible">
+
+                                        <TextView
+                                            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                                            android:layout_gravity="center"
+                                            android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
+                                            android:fontFamily="monospace"
+                                            android:text="(╯°-°)╯"
+                                            android:textSize="35sp"
+                                            tools:ignore="HardcodedText,UnusedAttribute"/>
+
+                                        <TextView
+                                            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                                            android:layout_gravity="center"
+                                            android:text="@string/empty_view_no_comments"
+                                            android:textSize="18sp"/>
+
+                                    </LinearLayout>
+
                                     <LinearLayout
                                         android:id="@+id/detail_comments_view"
                                         android:layout_width="match_parent"

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@
     <string name="user_report">User report</string>
     <string name="search_no_results">No results</string>
     <string name="empty_view_no_videos" translatable="false">@string/no_videos</string>
+    <string name="empty_view_no_comments" translatable="false">@string/no_comments</string>
     <string name="empty_subscription_feed_subtitle">Nothing Here But Crickets</string>
     <string name="detail_drag_description">Drag to reorder</string>
 
@@ -264,6 +265,12 @@
         <item quantity="other">%s videos</item>
     </plurals>
 
+    <string name="no_comments">No comments</string>
+    <plurals name="comments">
+        <item quantity="one">%s comment</item>
+        <item quantity="other">%s comments</item>
+    </plurals>
+
     <!-- Missions -->
     <string name="start">Start</string>
     <string name="pause">Pause</string>