I am downloading Android Studio now so I can create mobile apps using Kotlin and I am totally new to it, I checked the Android Studio user guide and it says it is strongly built on IntelliJ so I am wondering do I still need to download IntelliJ or once I download Android Studio, I will find all I want in it.
Android Studio has built-in plugins with IntelliJ software. You don't need to install IntelliJ. Android Studio will work just fine.
So im new to flutter and wanted to check out an example project to see how its set up architecure wise. For this i stumbled upon InKino. Looks like a nice app to check out as example.
https://github.com/roughike/inKino
When i open Android Studio > file > Open... and select the folder that i have cloned previously it somehow does not detect that its a flutter project. And cant seem to run it
However when creating a new flutter project everything is working fine and i can run my project as per usual.
I have installed latest flutter and dart plugins for Android Studio. Also the flutter SDK and Dart sdk are installed.
I downloaded the repository you linked and my Android Studio identified the project as flutter project. What I did is opening the mobile sub folder not the whole repository folder, because the repository contains multiple different type of projects.
I'm having a problem understanding how to configure a Flutter project in Android Studio. I've done all the Flutter/Dart install steps and I can successfully build Flutter projects. My problem is setting the project so the Project View window in Android Studio sees my projects as Flutter projects and not an Android project. For example, here's a screenshot of a Flutter project I created:
Android Studio Project View Java folder
Notice the Java "coffee cup" on the flutter_app folder and the "[flutter_app_android]" on the android folder. Here's an example of a Flutter project that seems to correctly be identified as a Flutter project in Android Studio:
Android Studio Project View Flutter folder
I've tried creating new Flutter projects in Android Studio and by the flutter create command line. This is driving me nuts and is probably something trivial but I can't find the setting that makes my project recognized as a Flutter project.
Actually I typically use the project view as you have shown in your first image. The Flutter code is in the lib folder. Being able to see the 'android' and 'ios' folders can be helpful if you need to configure something specific like Firebase Cloud Messaging or you need to add channels to your Flutter app to call native iOS or Android code.
I might sound noob here but I can't see a clear way of opening existing Flutter Project in Android Studio 3.1.2.
I checked this but it didn't work. So I want to know if there is a standard IDE way of doing this? I also can't find any docs clearly mentioning it. Do I need to install a 3rd party plugin?
After opening it as an Existing Android Studio Project, I get the following error:
The error is solved by running Get Dependencies. Is it a normal behavior?
Install Flutter plugin for Android studio: https://flutter.io/get-started/editor/
Open Android Studio
Open existing Android Studio project by using one of below methods:
EASIEST WAY: Drag your project folder and drop to Android Studio.
Other ways:
What works for me was to open existing Android Studio project like mentioned above, and then go to menu
Tools -> Flutter -> Flutter Clean
Then configuration window will open and ask you to locate flutter sdk. After locating the sdk, click OK and then the flutter functions will be available (Pub buttons, runs menu). After that you can proceed to get the dependencies (pub get).
It's basically cleaning the project folder of previous setting(s) which might conflicting with the system (android studio). But that won't happen if you get the project from source repository because all of the junk files wont be in the project folder.
The quickest way on macOS is
open -a Android\ Studio android when you are in the root project directory.
Alternatively, if you use the jetbrains toolbox, you can enable "Shell Scripts" in its settings. This will create a binary in the folder of your choice, so you have to add this folder to your PATH. Then, you can use studio . inside the Android folder, or studio android in the flutter project. The benefit of this, is it also works with other Jetbrains products (e.g. charm project_dir or clion project_dir. Unfortunately this method glitches out (for pycharm at least).
Looks like Android Studio can't load Android Application module from Flutter project automatically. I also have same problem, so in my situation Gradle can't be found, because of lack of Android project.
There's important note from official site:
Important: Do not use the New > Project from existing sources option for Flutter projects
I suggest, same is for Open option.
Just Open your project as normal, and then in [Android Studio > Preferences > Languages&Frameworks > Flutter > Flutter SDK path] select the path where you downloaded & unpacked Flutter SDK.
I know it's already late, but you can open an existing Flutter project in Android Studio by following these steps (make sure you have already installed Flutter & Dart plugin and Flutter SDK):
Click Open from File menu in Android Studio,
Go to the path of the project,
Click Open from the dialog,
When the project opens in Android studio, it will show an error of packages and dependencies. So, click on Get Dependencies on the top. Android Studio will automatically add all the required dependencies and packages.
There is a simple way of doing this in android:
Just Open your project as normal, and on the top right corner, click on Flutter Attach option, and voila!
See Attached screen grab!
Usually you can open your Flutter project in Android Studio simply when you right click on the android folder > Flutter > Open Android module in Android Studio but sometimes this option could be disabled, check this answer to enable..
Using Android Studio 1.0.2 (Windows).
How to make a res/layout-land folder?
I try, it seems to work (no error messages), but the folder does not show up in Android Studio.
However, the folder does exist in the file system.
I have some old project (converted from Android Studio 0.9.x): They seem to work better.
I had the same problem. You have to change your structure explorer from Android(I think its default) to Project. You will see the layout-land folder under res.
You can change the structure explorer in Android Studio from Android to Packages:
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Also after restarting the Android Studio application I was able to see the land folder.