Installation Guide

This tutorial will cover the step-by-step installation process of the Flutter Development Environment in the easiest possible way

Step 01: Install Chocolatey

Before Proceeding- If you're using a public network please install a VPN service like 1.1.1.1 to install

Open PowerShell from the start menu on your Windows in Administrator mode
Copy Run this command in Powershell

Get-ExecutionPolicy

If the execution policy is restricted run this command

Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned

Press "Y" to confirm

Copy and run the following command to install Chocolatey

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Goto this link and find the official installation guide
https://chocolatey.org/install

Step 02: Install Dart

Before Proceeding- Make sure Chocolatey is installed successfully

Open the command prompt from the start menu in administrator mode
Copy and run the following command

choco install dart-sdk

This will install the Dart SDK and set the environment variable for you automatically.

Step 03: Install Flutter

Before Proceeding- Make sure Chocolatey is installed successfully

Open the command prompt from the start menu in administrator mode
Copy and run the following command

choco install flutter

This will install the Flutter SDK bundle and set the environment variable for you automatically.

After the Flutter installation is complete, Close the command prompt and open it again. Copy and run the following command

flutter doctor

Copy and run the following command

flutter upgrade

You can see a summary of the flutter installation status.

Step 04: Install Android Studio and Setup environment

This is needed for installing some tools and Virtual devices. We will use vscode afterward.

Go to the following link and download Android Studio. Accept the terms and conditions to download the Android Studio.

Download Android Studio & App Tools - Android Developers

After downloading install Android Studio.

Choose install type standard

Wait for the download to be completed

After downloading open Android Studio.

Navigate to plugins

Search and install Flutter. It will ask for installing Dart too. Accept that

Click on the 3 dots menu and select SDK Manager

In the SDK tools tab select the selected options and click on Apply

Go to the Virtual Device Manager from the same 3 dot menu

If there are no virtual devices create a virtual device.
Select Pixel 8pro or Pixel 7pro and keep pressing next and finish to download and install Virtual Device

Step 05: Accepting Android Licenses

Go to CMD from the start menu and run the following command

flutter doctor --android-licenses

Keep pressing "y" every time it asks for input.

Step 06: Install VS Code

If not installed

Go to the following link and download VS Code

Download Visual Studio Code - Mac, Linux, Windows

After downloading install vscode.

This will install the Dart SDK and set the environment variable for you automatically.

Step 05: Install Extensions in VS Code

Open VS Code

Extension 1 - Dart

VS Marketplace Link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Dart-Code.dart-code

Extension 2 - Flutter

VS Marketplace Link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Dart-Code.flutter

BOOM! 💥 Your Flutter Development Environment is Ready Now!

Let's Create A Test Project

Open VS Code and Press Ctrl + Shift + P
Select/Search Create Flutter Project
Select Application
Select a Directory to save the project
Give a name to your project. The name should not contain any space and all small letter
After project creation successful Click on Debug and Run

This will take some time for the first time. And you will be able to see your first Android app with Hello World Screen

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