diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 5fd3bee1..a508ba48 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" tools:node="remove"/>
   <!-- expo-camera declares the microphone for video; QR scanning never records audio. -->
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" tools:node="remove"/>
-  <!-- expo-screen-capture declares it for its screenshot listener; the app only blocks capture. -->
-  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE" tools:node="remove"/>
+  <!-- expo-screen-capture registers its screenshot listener on Android 14+ as soon
+       as it loads; without this permission the app crashes at launch. -->
+  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
   <!-- Device sync (#34): contacts and calendars in Android's providers, driven by the sync framework. -->
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"/>
diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/screen-capture-permission.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/screen-capture-permission.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..982dca6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/screen-capture-permission.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+// expo-screen-capture calls Activity.registerScreenCaptureCallback on
+// Android 14+ when its module loads. With DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE removed from
+// the manifest that throws a SecurityException and the app crashed at launch.
+
+const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../..');
+
+describe('screen capture permission', () => {
+  it('keeps DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE while expo-screen-capture is a dependency', () => {
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
+    expect(pkg.dependencies['expo-screen-capture']).toBeTruthy();
+    const manifest = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml'), 'utf8');
+    expect(manifest).toMatch(/<uses-permission android:name="android\.permission\.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE"\s*\/>/);
+    expect(manifest).not.toMatch(/DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE"\s+tools:node="remove"/);
+  });
+});