‍ #4-Using Terminal to Run on Emulator or Simulator

If you have already installed Xcode, clicking the Flutter Device Selection button opens the iOS simulator.

You can see the Flutter Device Selection button below the toolbar in Android Studio.

To execute the app in iOS simulator, we must install Xcode.

Select Nexus 5X API 26 emulator → click on Launch AVD(start) button.

Phone → Nexus 5X 5’2″ → Oreo x86 → Android 8.0 → AVD Name(Nexus 5X API 26) → Finish.

Preferences → Plugins → Browse Repository → type Flutter in search bar → Install and Restart Android Studio.

Preferences → Plugins → Browse Repository → type Dart in search bar → Install and Restart Android Studio.

From here we will be focusing more on Android Studio setup, but you could also use Visual Studio Code or IntelliJ (which is similar to Android Studio). If you prefer to use Android Studio as your main IDE to develop Flutter, you have to set dart language support to Android Studio as shown below. It will automatically install the latest Android SDK. To run the app in Android Emulator, you must install Android Studio to get the Android SDK and emulators. To verify Flutter installation and version

$ export PATH=$PATH: ' PWD' /flutter/bin “PWD” → Present Working Directory.

Note: To set the Flutter path permanently in MacOS and avoid setting on every restart, do as shown below in your MacOS terminal. This is a temporary path setting, so when you restart your system, you have to set the Flutter tool path again. $ export PATH = $PATH: ' PWD '/flutter/bin PWD → Present Working Directory.

Add Flutter tool to the path from the terminal.

The process below is more helpful for Android developers who want to try their hand at Flutter app development.

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