permission_plus_linux

The Linux implementation of permission_plus.

Usage

This package is endorsed and will be automatically included when you depend on permission_plus. There is no need to add this package to your pubspec.yaml directly.

Users should depend on permission_plus instead of this package.

Platform Behavior

On standard (non-sandboxed) Linux desktop applications, there is no system-level permission model like Android or iOS. Apps run as the current user and have full access to resources like the camera, microphone, file system, etc.

Because of this, all permissions are reported as granted by default.

Note: Sandboxed environments (Flatpak, Snap) do enforce permissions via xdg-desktop-portal. Support for xdg-desktop-portal is planned for a future release.

Supported Permission Types

Permission Type Status
Camera ✅ Granted
Microphone ✅ Granted
Location ✅ Granted
Location Always ✅ Granted
Location When In Use ✅ Granted
Notifications ✅ Granted
Contacts ✅ Granted
Calendar ✅ Granted
Storage ✅ Granted
Photos ✅ Granted
Bluetooth ✅ Granted
Sensors ✅ Granted
All others ✅ Granted

API Reference

import 'package:permission_plus/permission_plus.dart';

// Check a permission
final status = await PermissionPlus.checkPermission(PermissionType.camera);

// Request a permission
final result = await PermissionPlus.requestPermission(PermissionType.camera);

// Request multiple permissions
final results = await PermissionPlus.requestPermissions([
  PermissionType.camera,
  PermissionType.microphone,
]);

// Check location accuracy
final accuracy = await PermissionPlus.getLocationAccuracy();

Limitations

  • openSettings() — Returns false on Linux. There is no standardized "App Settings" page across Linux desktop environments.
  • shouldShowRationale() — Always returns false. This concept does not exist on Linux.
  • permissionStatusStream() — Not implemented. Throws UnimplementedError.
  • Sandboxed apps — Flatpak/Snap portal integration is not yet supported. All permissions return granted regardless of sandbox state.

Building the Example App

The example app can be built inside Docker for cross-compilation:

# From the project root (permission_plus_linux/)
docker build -f example/Dockerfile -t flutter-linux-builder .

# Build the app
docker run --name flutter-build flutter-linux-builder flutter build linux

# Extract the binary
docker cp flutter-build:/app/example/build/linux/arm64/release/bundle ./linux-build
docker rm flutter-build

Replace arm64 with x64 if building on an x86_64 host, or use --platform linux/amd64 with Docker on Apple Silicon.

Running Tests

Dart Unit Tests

flutter test

C++ Unit Tests

After building the example app, run the native test binary:

build/linux/arm64/release/plugins/permission_plus_linux/permission_plus_linux_test

Issues

Please file any issues or feature requests at the issue tracker.

Libraries

permission_plus_linux