From fd5b867689f6f2b29d4681e0edd51238be7ac415 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sander van Grieken <sander@outrightsolutions.nl>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:20:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] qml: don't import QtMultimedia when running on android
 (android 8 compat)

---
 electrum/gui/qml/components/ScanDialog.qml |  5 ++++-
 electrum/gui/qml/components/main.qml       | 10 ++--------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/ScanDialog.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/ScanDialog.qml
index d8e4ed93a..8b6b3d750 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/ScanDialog.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/ScanDialog.qml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import org.electrum
 
 import "controls"
 
-// currently not used on android, kept for future use when qt6 camera stops crashing
+// currently not used on android, kept for testing on desktop, and future use
+// on android when qt6 camera support becomes usable (i.e. stops crashing)
 ElDialog {
     id: scanDialog
 
@@ -50,4 +51,6 @@ ElDialog {
             onClicked: doReject()
         }
     }
+
+    onClosed: destroy()
 }
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/main.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/main.qml
index 7de57ff7f..ce01372c9 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/main.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/main.qml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import QtQuick.Controls.Material.impl
 import QtQuick.Window
 
 import QtQml
-import QtMultimedia
 
 import org.electrum 1.0
 
@@ -450,12 +449,6 @@ ApplicationWindow
             onFinished: destroy()
         }
     }
-    Component {
-        id: _qtScanDialog
-        ScanDialog {
-            onClosed: destroy()
-        }
-    }
 
     Component {
         id: crashDialog
@@ -533,7 +526,8 @@ ApplicationWindow
         if (AppController.isAndroid()) {
             app.scanDialog = _scanDialog
         } else {
-            app.scanDialog = _qtScanDialog
+            // for running on Desktop. uses QtMultimedia.
+            app.scanDialog = Qt.createComponent('ScanDialog.qml')
         }
 
         function continueWithServerConnection() {