Ability to check the permissions without requesting it

[xsahil03x]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We currently have a voice recording flow similar to whatsApp in our SDK, we request the check for the record permission when the first time user holds the mic button. But in order to accept the permission, we lose the hold gesture.

The solution we initially thought was to just request the permission in the first hold and continue recording in the subsequent holds. but because there is no way to check the permission without requesting it. We cannot determine if it's a permission request or permission check.

Describe the solution you'd like
A simple boolean (bool request = true) or a separate method to differentiate them.

Additional context
GetStream/stream-chat-flutter#2355

Note: I am also open to create a PR if you are fine with the request.

[llfbandit]

Thanks for the report.
Maybe a better solution would be permission_handler package to achieve your goal?

[xsahil03x]

Hey @llfbandit , yes we also thought about that but as a SDK we want to minimize adding new dependencies and permission_handler will be an overkill just for this simple usecase. We already have a dependency on Record in our SDK so having the possibility to only check the permission through Record is the best scenario for us.

[llfbandit]

I understand. Please fill a PR with hasPermission including request as named parameter.