MacOS Permission problem in VSCode

[berkobob]

I am writing a simple plugin to read, write, edit & delete Apple Reminders. The first thing I do is request access to reminders:

eventStore.requestAccess(to: EKEntityType.reminder, completion: {(granted, error) in 
            if let error = error { print(error) }
            self.hasAccess = granted ? true : false
            })

When I run my app from the terminal (iTerm) using flutter run -d macOS a window popped up to allow me to grant access to my Reminders. If I build the app and run the executable it also works. When I run my app from within VSCode, either using Debug or the VSCode terminal, the permission window does not appear and my app fails to get permission. I'm thinking this is a VSCode issue as it works everywhere else.

I have the same problem on my M1 MacStudio and my Intel MacBook Pro.

How do I grant access to my Reminders to VSCode?

flutter doctor -v

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.3.6, on macOS 13.0 22A380 darwin-arm, locale en-GB) • Flutter version 3.3.6 on channel stable at /Users/antoine/library/flutter • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git • Framework revision 6928314 (6 days ago), 2022-10-25 16:34:41 -0400 • Engine revision 3ad69d7be3 • Dart version 2.18.2 • DevTools version 2.15.0

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 33.0.0)
• Android SDK at /Users/antoine/Library/Android/sdk
• Platform android-33, build-tools 33.0.0
• Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/Contents/Home/bin/java
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.12+0-b1504.28-7817840)
• All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 14.0.1)
• Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
• Build 14A400
• CocoaPods version 1.11.3

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
• Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Android Studio (version 2021.2)
• Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
• Flutter plugin can be installed from:
🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
• Dart plugin can be installed from:
🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.12+0-b1504.28-7817840)

[✓] VS Code (version 1.72.2)
• VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
• Flutter extension version 3.50.0

[✓] Connected device (2 available)
• macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-arm64 • macOS 13.0 22A380 darwin-arm
• Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 107.0.5304.87

[✓] HTTP Host Availability
• All required HTTP hosts are available

• No issues found!

[exaby73]

Hello @berkobob. Thank you for filing this issue. Can you please provide the following information?

• A complete and minimal, reproducible example. Ideally, a single main.dart file that can be run directly, or a public Github repo.
• The output of flutter run-v

Please provide the information in the form of text. See how to make collapsible sections with Markdown here.

[berkobob]

Here is a public repo. I've included the absolute minimum necessary to reproduce the error but as this is a plugin, there is more than main.dart. main.dart is in the example/lib folder: https://github.com/berkobob/example

The output from flutter run -v is over 2.5K lines long so I'm attaching a text file instead of collapsible text. I hope that's OK. Let me know if you still need me to cut and paste:

run-v.txt

Screenshot when run from VSCode:

And this is the exact same code being run from the terminal (iTerm2):

I don't know if you need this but here it the output from 'flutter run -v' when run from the terminal:
run-v-from-terminal.txt

[exaby73]

I cannot reproduce this issue. I can see true when running the app from VSCode

[berkobob]

Can I ask you some questions then:

1. How are you running the app within VSCode? I've used the builtin configurations including Flutter (macos), Flutter (profile mode), Flutter (release mode), Example, Example (profile mode), Example (release mode) and I've tried the terminal within VS Code and nothing works.

2. Did you get a popup asking you for permission to access your calendar?

3. If you look in the Reminders section of Privacy & Security, do you have VS Code as an option.

As you can see, I have iTerm switched on and the app works well from iTerm but not from VS Code?

4. Do you know if there's a way to reset VSCode's permissions or even give it permission to access Reminders?

[exaby73]

Yes Visual Studio Code is showing up in this list, with it switched on. Looks like this issue is with VSCode not with Flutter directly.

Please see https://flutter.dev/community for resources and asking questions like this,
you may also get some help if you post it on Stack Overflow and if you need help with your code, please see https://www.reddit.com/r/flutterhelp/. Alternatively, you can raise an issue in the vscode repo
Closing, as this isn't an issue with Flutter itself. If you disagree, please write in the comments and I will reopen it.
Thank you

[berkobob]

Just before you close this issue, I think this repo is the right place to log issues with the Flutter extension for VSCode team. Is it possible for them to take a quick look please. Thanks.

[exaby73]

@DanTup Do you have any insights about this that I may have missed?