Build fails with "Unresolved reference: filePermissions" in FlutterPlugin.kt

[surjyam]

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Description
My Flutter project consistently fails to build with a Kotlin compilation error in the Flutter SDK's own FlutterPlugin.kt file. The error is Unresolved reference: filePermissions.This error occurs on a fresh project created with flutter create as well as my existing project. It has survived a complete reinstall of the Flutter SDK, clearing all Gradle and Flutter caches, and multiple attempts to reconfigure the project's Gradle files.

Expected results

a successful Flutter run and application build

Actual results

Resolving dependencies...
Downloading packages...
  characters 1.4.0 (1.4.1 available)
  flutter_hooks 0.20.5 (0.21.3+1 available)
  http 1.5.0 (1.6.0 available)
  material_color_utilities 0.11.1 (0.13.0 available)
  test_api 0.7.7 (0.7.8 available)
Got dependencies!
5 packages have newer versions incompatible with dependency constraints.
Try `flutter pub outdated` for more information.
Launching lib/main.dart on sdk gphone64 x86 64 in debug mode...
Running Gradle task 'assembleDebug'...
WARNING: A restricted method in java.lang.System has been called
WARNING: java.lang.System::load has been called by net.rubygrapefruit.platform.internal.NativeLibraryLoader in an unnamed module (file:/Users/surjyamisraadmin/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-7.5-all/6qsw290k5lz422uaf8jf6m7co/gradle-7.5/lib/native-platform-0.22-milestone-23.jar)
WARNING: Use --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED to avoid a warning for callers in this module
WARNING: Restricted methods will be blocked in a future release unless native access is enabled

e: file:///Users/surjyamisraadmin/flutter/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/src/main/kotlin/FlutterPlugin.kt:744:21 Unresolved reference: filePermissions
e: file:///Users/surjyamisraadmin/flutter/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/src/main/kotlin/FlutterPlugin.kt:745:25 Unresolved reference: user
e: file:///Users/surjyamisraadmin/flutter/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/src/main/kotlin/FlutterPlugin.kt:746:29 Unresolved reference: read
e: file:///Users/surjyamisraadmin/flutter/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/src/main/kotlin/FlutterPlugin.kt:747:29 Unresolved reference: write

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':gradle:compileKotlin'.
> A failure occurred while executing org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.GradleCompilerRunnerWithWorkers$GradleKotlinCompilerWorkAction
   > Compilation error. See log for more details

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BUILD FAILED in 6s
Error: Gradle task assembleDebug failed with exit code 1

Code sample

surjyamisraadmin@MacBook-Pro-3 Spin_to_Win % flutter doctor -v

[✓] Flutter (Channel beta, 3.39.0-0.1.pre, on macOS 15.7.2 24G325 darwin-x64, locale en-US) [1,424ms]
    • Flutter version 3.39.0-0.1.pre on channel beta at /Users/surjyamisraadmin/flutter
    • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision cbb46938ee (3 days ago), 2025-11-10 17:13:11 -0600
    • Engine revision b9afb03275
    • Dart version 3.11.0 (build 3.11.0-93.1.beta)
    • DevTools version 2.52.0
    • Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets,
      omit-legacy-version-file, enable-lldb-debugging

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.1.0) [4.4s]
    • Android SDK at /Users/surjyamisraadmin/Library/Android/sdk
    • Emulator version 36.2.12.0 (build_id 14214601) (CL:N/A)
    • Platform android-36, build-tools 36.1.0
    • Java binary at: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-25.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
      This JDK is specified in your Flutter configuration.
      To change the current JDK, run: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
    • Java version Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 25.0.1+8-LTS-27)
    • All Android licenses accepted.

[!] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 26.1.1) [2.4s]
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Build 17B100
    ✗ Unable to get list of installed Simulator runtimes.
    • CocoaPods version 1.16.2

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [18ms]
    • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Connected device (3 available) [7.6s]
    • sdk gphone64 x86 64 (mobile) • emulator-5554 • android-x64    • Android 16 (API 36) (emulator)
    • macOS (desktop)              • macos         • darwin-x64     • macOS 15.7.2 24G325 darwin-x64
    • Chrome (web)                 • chrome        • web-javascript • Google Chrome 142.0.7444.135

[✓] Network resources [372ms]
    • All expected network resources are available.

! Doctor found issues in 1 category.
surjyamisraadmin@MacBook-Pro-3 Spin_to_Win % 

I am running this for an android device

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[darshankawar]

@surjyam Please check this to see if it helps to resolve your case or not.

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Without additional information, we are unfortunately not sure how to resolve this issue. We are therefore reluctantly going to close this bug for now.
If you find this problem please file a new issue with the same description, what happens, logs and the output of 'flutter doctor -v'. All system setups can be slightly different so it's always better to open new issues and reference the related ones.
Thanks for your contribution.

[surjyam]

Thanks. I solved it with fixes. *Best Regards,* Surjya (Surya) Misra

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