From 3031aecb199a778fa97c358a3b34f261f15ac503 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrei Popa <andrei.popa@analog.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:05:18 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] core: DeviceLoader: remove QThread::create() function - this
 is a fix for android builds since QThread::create is not permitted

Signed-off-by: Andrei Popa <andrei.popa@analog.com>
---
 core/src/deviceloader.cpp | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/src/deviceloader.cpp b/core/src/deviceloader.cpp
index d6b864420c..61c81874f6 100644
--- a/core/src/deviceloader.cpp
+++ b/core/src/deviceloader.cpp
@@ -43,10 +43,26 @@ void DeviceLoader::init(bool async)
 
 void DeviceLoader::asyncInit()
 {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+
+	QThread *th = new QThread();
+	connect(
+		th, &QThread::started, d,
+		[=]() {
+			// initializer thread
+			d->init();
+			th->quit(); // this replicates QThread::create behaviour of exiting the event loop after
+				    // executing the lambda function
+		},
+		Qt::QueuedConnection);
+
+#else
 	QThread *th = QThread::create([=] {
 		// initializer thread
 		d->init();
 	});
+#endif
+
 	oldParent = d->parent();
 	d->setParent(nullptr);
 	d->moveToThread(th);