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Flutter Installation

The document provides steps to install the Flutter SDK on Windows. It involves downloading the Flutter SDK from the official website, extracting the zip file and adding the Flutter bin directory to the system path. It then describes running the flutter doctor command to check requirements and the steps to install the Android SDK by downloading Android Studio. It concludes by describing how to set up an Android emulator for testing and installing the Flutter and Dart plugins in Visual Studio Code.

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Flutter Installation

The document provides steps to install the Flutter SDK on Windows. It involves downloading the Flutter SDK from the official website, extracting the zip file and adding the Flutter bin directory to the system path. It then describes running the flutter doctor command to check requirements and the steps to install the Android SDK by downloading Android Studio. It concludes by describing how to set up an Android emulator for testing and installing the Flutter and Dart plugins in Visual Studio Code.

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Install the Flutter SDK

Step 1: Download the installation bundle of the Flutter Software Development Kit for
windows. To download Flutter SDK, Go to its official website, click on Get
started button, you will get the following screen.

Step 2: Next, to download the latest Flutter SDK, click on the Windows icon. Here, you
will find the download link for SDK.

Step 3: When your download is complete, extract the zip file and place it in the desired
installation folder or location, for example, D: /Flutter.

Step 4: To run the Flutter command in regular windows console, you need to update
the system path to include the flutter bin directory. The following steps are required to
do this:
Step 4.1: Go to MyComputer properties -> advanced tab -> environment variables. You
will get the following screen.

Step 4.2: Now, select path -> click on edit. The following screen appears.

Step 4.3: In the above window, click on New->write path of Flutter bin folder in variable
value -> ok -> ok -> ok.

Step 5: Now, run the $ flutter doctor command. This command checks for all the requirements
of Flutter app development and displays a report of the status of your Flutter installation.

Step 6: When you run the above command, it will analyze the system and show its
report, as shown in the below image. Here, you will find the details of all missing tools,
which required to run Flutter as well as the development tools that are available but not
connected with the device.
Step 7: Install the Android SDK. If the flutter doctor command does not find the
Android SDK tool in your system, then you need first to install the Android Studio IDE.
To install Android Studio IDE, do the following steps.

Step 7.1: Download the latest Android Studio executable or zip file from the official site.

Step 7.2: When the download is complete, open the .exe file and run it. You will get the
following dialog box.
Step 7.3: Follow the steps of the installation wizard. Once the installation wizard
completes, you will get the following screen.

Step 7.4: In the above screen, click Next-> Finish. Once the Finish button is clicked, you
need to choose the 'Don't import Settings option’ and click OK. It will start the Android
Studio.
Step 8: Next, you need to set up an Android emulator. It is responsible for running and
testing the Flutter application.

Step 8.1: To set an Android emulator, go to Android Studio > Tools > Android > AVD
Manager and select Create Virtual Device. Or, go to Help->Find Action->Type Emulator
in the search box. You will get the following screen.
Step 8.2: Choose your device definition and click on Next.

Step 8.3: Select the system image for the latest Android version and click on Next.

Step 8.4: Now, verify the AVD configuration. If it is correct, click on Finish. The following
screen appears.
Step 8.5: Last, click on the icon pointed into the red color rectangle. The Android
emulator displayed as below screen.
Step 9: Download the Visual Studio Code installer for Windows.

Step 9.1: Once it is downloaded, run the installer (VSCodeUserSetup-{version}.exe). This


will only take a minute.

Step 9.2: Start VS Code. Invoke View > Command Palette.

Type “install” and select Extensions: Install Extensions.

Type “flutter” in the extensions search field, select Flutter in the list, and click Install.
This also installs the required Dart plugin.

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