crash notifications is null on Android 6

[sujitacharya2005]

Resolves brave/brave-browser#26988

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  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Proxy-redirected-URLs
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Fingerprinting-Protections
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Brave%E2%80%99s-Use-of-Referral-Codes
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Custom-Headers
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Web-Compatibility-Exceptions-in-Brave
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/QA-Guide
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/P3A

Test Plan:

1. In android 6 device
2. Open brave app settings

[SergeyZhukovsky]

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[deeppandya]

LGTM

[LaurenWags]

Verified on Asus Zenfone (x86) with Android 6 running 1.48.10.

Reproduced the issue using 1.46.129 and test plan from #16090 (comment), observed crash when tapping on "Settings" from 3 dots menu.

Confirmed no crash when using 1.48.10 and test plan from #16090 (comment).

1.46.129	1.48.10	1.48.10