From d2d44e0dec8d218f387cdfa8c922ab22012857ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Rath <139418639+rathlinus@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:06:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: stop the app from crashing at launch on android 14 and
 later

---
 android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml      |  5 +++--
 .../screen-capture-permission.test.ts         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/lib/__tests__/screen-capture-permission.test.ts

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"/);
+  });
+});