Start building Flutter Android apps on Windows

To install Flutter, download the Flutter SDK bundle from its archive, move the bundle to where you want it stored, then extract the SDK.

1. Download the following installation bundle to get the latest stable release of the Flutter SDK.

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   For other release channels, and older builds, check out the SDK archive.

   The Flutter SDK should download to the Windows default download directory: %USERPROFILE%\Downloads.

   If you changed the location of the Downloads directory, replace this path with that path. To find your Downloads directory location, check out this Microsoft Community post.

2. Create a folder where you can install Flutter.

   Consider creating a directory at %USERPROFILE% (C:\Users\{username}) or %LOCALAPPDATA% (C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local).

3. Extract the file into the directory you want to store the Flutter SDK.

   PS C:\> Expand-Archive `
         –Path $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\flutter_sdk_v1.0.0.zip `
         -Destination $env:USERPROFILE\dev\

   When finished, the Flutter SDK should be in the C:\user\{username}\dev\flutter directory.

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To run Flutter commands in PowerShell, add Flutter to the PATH environment variable. This section presumes that you installed the Flutter SDK in %USERPROFILE%\dev\flutter.

1. Press Windows + Pause.

   If your keyboard lacks a Pause key, try Windows + Fn + B.

   The System > About dialog displays.

2. Click Advanced System Settings > Advanced > Environment Variables...

   The Environment Variables dialog displays.

3. In the User variables for (username) section, look for the Path entry.

   1. If the entry exists, double-click on it.

      The Edit Environment Variable dialog displays.

      1. Double-click in an empty row.

      2. Type %USERPROFILE%\dev\flutter\bin.

      3. Click the %USERPROFILE%\dev\flutter\bin entry.

      4. Click Move Up until the Flutter entry sits at the top of the list.

      5. Click OK three times.

   2. If the entry doesn't exist, click New....

      The Edit Environment Variable dialog displays.

      1. In the Variable Name box, type Path.

      2. In the Variable Value box, type %USERPROFILE%\dev\flutter\bin

      3. Click OK three times.

4. To enable these changes, close and reopen any existing command prompts and PowerShell instances.

1. Launch Android Studio.

2. Go to the Settings dialog to view the SDK Manager.

   1. If you have a project open, go to Tools > SDK Manager.

   2. If the Welcome to Android Studio dialog displays, click the More Options icon that follows the Open button and click SDK Manager from the dropdown menu.

3. Click SDK Platforms.

4. Verify that Android API 35 has been selected.

   If the Status column displays Update available or Not installed:

   1. Select Android API 35.

   2. Click Apply.

   3. When the Confirm Change dialog displays, click OK.

      The SDK Quickfix Installation dialog displays with a completion meter.

   4. When the install finishes, click Finish.

      After you installed the latest SDK, the Status column might display Update available. This means some additional system images might not be installed. You can ignore this and continue.

5. Click SDK Tools.

6. Verify that the following SDK Tools have been selected:

   • Android SDK Command-line Tools
   • Android SDK Build-Tools
   • Android SDK Platform-Tools
   • Android Emulator

7. If the Status column for any of the preceding tools displays Update available or Not installed:

   1. Select the needed tools.

   2. Click Apply.

   3. When the Confirm Change dialog displays, click OK.

      The SDK Quickfix Installation dialog displays with a completion meter.

   4. When the install finishes, click Finish.

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To configure your Flutter app to run on a physical Android device, you need a supported version of Android.

1. Enable Developer options and USB debugging on your device as described in the Android documentation.

2. [Optional] To leverage wireless debugging, enable Wireless debugging on your device as described in the Android documentation.

3. Install the Google USB Driver.

4. Plug your device into your Windows computer. If your device prompts you, authorize your computer to access your device.

5. Verify that Flutter recognizes your connected Android device.

   In PowerShell, run:

   c:\> flutter devices

   By default, Flutter uses the version of the Android SDK where your adb tool is based. To use a different Android SDK installation path with Flutter, set the ANDROID_SDK_ROOT environment variable to that installation directory.