DEV Community: Manoj Patadiya

🚀 I just made your life easier

Manoj Patadiya — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:21:07 +0000

Managing permissions in Flutter can be messy…
So I built permission_manager 🧩

✅ Clean API
✅ Multi-platform support
✅ Easy integration

🎉 Just released version 2.0.9 with improved docs & visuals!

Check it out 👇
https://pub.dev/packages/permission_manager

If you're building Flutter apps, this might save you time ⏳

Let me know your thoughts 🙌

🚀 Exciting Update! permission_manager v2.0.6 is Live!

Manoj Patadiya — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:25:00 +0000

Thrilled to announce the latest update to my Flutter package — permission_manager — now with iOS 13.1 minimum version support!

🔐 A modern, federated Flutter plugin to check, request, and stream app permissions across all platforms with one clean, unified API — no platform-specific complexity needed.

✨ What's inside:
🏗 Federated Architecture for future-proof multi-platform support
⚡ Real-time permission status updates via streams
🖼 Android 13 granular media permissions (Images, Video, Audio)
🍏 Full iOS parity — handles restricted, limited & not-determined states
📦 Swift Package Manager (SPM) support
📚 100% documented public API
📱 Supported Platforms: Android • iOS • Web • macOS • Windows • Linux
📦 Install it:

dependencies: permission_manager: ^2.0.6

🔗 Check it out on pub.dev: 👉 https://pub.dev/packages/permission_manager

💬 Would love your feedback, suggestions, and contributions! If you find it useful, a ⭐ like on pub.dev means a lot.

New Plugin

Manoj Patadiya — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:12:45 +0000

🚨 Developer Reality Moment 😅

Manoj Patadiya — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:12:35 +0000

🚀 Coding Smarter with AI

Manoj Patadiya — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:01:54 +0000

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming how developers write, debug, and optimize code. Recently, I participated in the GitHub Copilot Challenge to explore how AI-assisted development can improve productivity, reduce repetitive work, and help developers focus on solving real problems instead of writing boilerplate code.

Here is my experience, what I learned, and how GitHub Copilot changed my development workflow.

🧠 What Are GitHub Copilot Challenges?

GitHub Copilot Challenges encourage developers to build projects using AI-assisted coding. The goal is not just to complete tasks but to explore new workflows, experiment with AI suggestions, and discover better ways to write clean and efficient code.

These challenges focus on:
✅ Productivity improvement
✅ Faster development cycles
✅ Learning AI-assisted coding techniques
✅ Real-world problem solving

💻 My Project & Approach

For this challenge, I focused on building features using a modern development workflow supported by GitHub Copilot. As a developer, I wanted to test:

1) Code generation assistance
2) Smart auto-completion
3) Refactoring suggestions
4) Faster debugging

Instead of manually writing repetitive structures, I relied on Copilot to generate initial implementations and then refined the logic according to project requirements.

🤖 How GitHub Copilot Helped Me

1️⃣ Faster Boilerplate Creation

Copilot significantly reduced time spent writing repetitive code structures. It suggested:

1) Function templates
2) Model structures
3) UI components
4) API handling logic

This allowed me to move faster from idea to implementation.

2️⃣ Learning New Patterns

One surprising benefit was discovering alternative coding patterns suggested by Copilot. Sometimes it recommended approaches I had not considered before, which helped improve code readability and maintainability.

3️⃣ Improved Productivity

Instead of switching between documentation and coding constantly, I could stay focused in the editor while Copilot provided contextual suggestions.

⚡ Challenges and Lessons Learned

AI is powerful but not perfect.

Things I learned:

1) Always review AI-generated code carefully.
2) Understand the logic instead of blindly accepting suggestions.
3) Use AI as a pair programmer, not as a replacement for developer thinking.

🎯 Final Thoughts

Participating in the GitHub Copilot Challenge was a valuable experience. It showed how AI tools can accelerate development while still requiring human creativity and decision-making.

GitHub Copilot works best when used as a collaborative assistant that helps reduce repetitive tasks and allows developers to focus on solving meaningful problems.

I highly recommend developers try AI-assisted workflows and explore how tools like Copilot can enhance their productivity.

🚀 A Modern Flutter Permission Plugin That Works Across ALL Platforms (Android, iOS, Web, Desktop)

Manoj Patadiya — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:18:37 +0000

Managing permissions in Flutter apps can quickly become complex — especially when supporting multiple platforms like Android, iOS, Web, and Desktop.

Handling platform differences, permission states, and new OS changes often results in messy and repetitive code.

So I built a modern federated Flutter plugin:

👉 permission_manager

A simple, unified API to check, request, and listen to permission states without dealing with platform-specific complexity.

👉 https://pub.dev/packages/permission_manager

📱 Why Another Permission Plugin?

While building real-world Flutter applications, I faced several common problems:

✅ Different permission behaviors across platforms
✅ Complex platform-specific implementations
✅ Managing multiple permissions at once
✅ Handling new Android permission models (Android 13 media permissions)
✅ Listening to permission state changes in real-time

I wanted something:
1) Clean
2) Modern architecture
3) Cross-platform ready
4) Easy to maintain

✨ Key Features

🔥 Federated architecture for future-proof multi-platform support
🔥 Single unified API for all permissions
🔥 Request multiple permissions at once
🔥 Real-time permission status stream
🔥 Android specialized permissions support:
1) Battery optimization
2) Overlay (draw over apps)
3) Exact alarms
🔥 Full iOS permission state handling (restricted, limited, etc.)
🔥 Android 13 granular media permission support
🔥 Swift Package Manager support (iOS/macOS)
🔥 Fully documented API

📱 Supported Platforms

✅ Android
✅ iOS
✅ Web
✅ macOS
✅ Windows
✅ Linux

⚡ Quick Example
import 'package:permission_manager/permission_manager.dart';

final status = await PermissionManager.request(
PermissionManagerPermission.camera,
);

if (status == PermissionManagerStatus.granted) {
// Permission granted
}

🔥 Request Multiple Permissions
final statuses = await PermissionManager.requestMultiple([
PermissionManagerPermission.camera,
PermissionManagerPermission.location,
]);

👀 Listen to Permission Changes
PermissionManager.statusStream(
PermissionManagerPermission.camera
).listen((status) {
print(status);
});