Set up a Flutter development environment

Set up a Flutter development environment

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Building a Flutter development environment on MacOS

1. Install Xcode

Download and install the Xcode command line tools from the App Store.

2. Install Flutter

download and install the Flutter SDK from the Flutter SDK download page.

3. Add Flutter to your PATH

Add the Flutter binary directory to your PATH environment variable.

# ~/.zshrc
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/flutter/bin"
export PUB_HOSTED_URL=https://pub.flutter-io.cn
export FLUTTER_STORAGE_BASE_URL=https://storage.flutter-io.cn

after checking the path.

flutter doctor

4. Configure the VS Code

install the Flutter and Dart extensions in VS Code.

  • Dart
  • Flutter

5. Create a new Flutter project

flutter create my_app

click run button and choise “Flutter” to run the project.

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