[Bug]: Notification permission status always returns Denied but was granted in request

[quanvm97]

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Please select affected platform(s)

• Android
• iOS
• Windows

Steps to reproduce

The issue only happened on iOS devices.

1. The permission request dialog is shown, and the permission is allowed. (Verified on iOS device that the permission is granted.)

2. Calling Permission.notification.status or Permission.notification.request() both return Denied. The result is shown in the screenshot below.

Expected results

Must be "Granted" status if the permission was allowed.

Actual results

Always returns Denied.

Code sample

Code sample

final permissionStatus = await Permission.notification.request();
// or use
final permissionStatus = await Permission.notification.status;

print("=============== $permissionStatus");

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Version

12.0.0+1 (also tried 12.0.1)

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[htetaunglin]

I'm also facing this issue.

[burakJs]

I'm also facing this issue too

[mohsinelahii]

I am also facing this issue.

[mateusztylman]

This issue can also occur if you don’t add the notification permission flag in your Podfile.
It might be worth checking if you have the following configuration inside the post_install block:

config.build_settings['GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS'] ||= [
  '$(inherited)',

  ## dart: PermissionGroup.notification
  'PERMISSION_NOTIFICATIONS=1',
]

Without this, the iOS permission status will always return Denied.

[mohsinelahii]

config.build_settings['GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS'] ||= [
'$(inherited)',

dart: PermissionGroup.notification

'PERMISSION_NOTIFICATIONS=1',
]

Thank you, it worked.

[aa-mudassir]

config.build_settings['GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS'] ||= [
'$(inherited)',

dart: PermissionGroup.notification

'PERMISSION_NOTIFICATIONS=1',
]

Is it possible to fix it by the library later?

[knottx]

config.build_settings['GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS'] ||= [
'$(inherited)',

dart: PermissionGroup.notification

'PERMISSION_NOTIFICATIONS=1',
]

Is it possible to fix it by the library later?

It's not

[YukiAttano]

config.build_settings['GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS'] ||= [
'$(inherited)',

dart: PermissionGroup.notification

'PERMISSION_NOTIFICATIONS=1',
]

Is it possible to fix it by the library later?

What do you mean by "fix it by the library later"?
The library is intended to work like that. It's stated in the docs on https://pub.dev/packages/permission_handler