Give QApplication dummy arguments

QApplication takes the command line arguments and parses them itself
for some built in command line arguments that it has. We don't want
any of those built in arguments, so instead give it dummy arguments.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index 482bf0543d..5ce4f3c191 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -169,8 +169,11 @@ void BitcoinCore::shutdown()
     }
 }
 
-BitcoinApplication::BitcoinApplication(interfaces::Node& node, int &argc, char **argv):
-    QApplication(argc, argv),
+static int qt_argc = 1;
+static const char* qt_argv = "bitcoin-qt";
+
+BitcoinApplication::BitcoinApplication(interfaces::Node& node):
+    QApplication(qt_argc, const_cast<char **>(&qt_argv)),
     coreThread(nullptr),
     m_node(node),
     optionsModel(nullptr),
@@ -433,7 +436,7 @@ int GuiMain(int argc, char* argv[])
     QApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowIconsInMenus);
 #endif
 
-    BitcoinApplication app(*node, argc, argv);
+    BitcoinApplication app(*node);
 
     // Register meta types used for QMetaObject::invokeMethod
     qRegisterMetaType< bool* >();