Recording audio without access to external storage permission

Version of flutter_sound

1.4.1

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Platforms you faced the error (IOS or Android or both?)

Android and presumably IOS

Expected behaviour

Write into temporary directory provided by path_provider without requiring access to external storage.

Actual behaviour

Unhandled Exception: Exception: PlatformException(FlutterSoundPlugin, NO PERMISSION GRANTED, android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO or android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)

Tested environment (Emulator? Real Device?)

Real Device with Android 7.0

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Directory tempDir = await getTemporaryDirectory();
final ms = DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch.toString();
final audioFileName = '${tempDir.path}/$ms.m4a';
_outputAudioPath = await flutterSound.startRecorder(audioFileName);

[pyzenberg]

Sorry, I think I won’t deliver my intention. You are right, I workaround the issue by asking permission from user. But my original question was, is it possible to get a File() instance without writing it to storage? (i.e. in-memory file or a temp file using getTemporaryDirectory())

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