31.54 Flutter Run

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The run command will build and run the application for the default device, which is the first one listed by the devices command.

flutter run

To choose a different device use -d or --device-id=

flutter run --device-id=linux

The device ID is listed as the second column in the devices command.

On initiating a run the following is displayed (in addition to debug and trace information):

Flutter run key commands.
r Hot reload.
R Hot restart.
h Repeat this help message.
d Detach (terminate "flutter run" but leave application running).
c Clear the screen
q Quit (terminate the application on the device).

Whilst running it is possible to do a “hot” reload of the app - that is, whilst the app is running on the device, changes can be made to the app code (in lib/main.dart) and in the console where the run was initiated, type r and Return to hot reload the app.

In fact there are more commands available in run mode, listed with the h command. Some of them are:

Flutter run key commands.
[...]
s Save a screenshot to flutter.png.
b Toggle the platform brightness setting (dark and light mode).
w Dump widget hierarchy to the console.
t Dump rendering tree to the console.
L Dump layer tree to the console.
S Dump accessibility tree in traversal order.
U Dump accessibility tree in inverse hit test order.
i Toggle widget inspector.
I Toggle oversized image inversion.
p Toggle the display of construction lines.
o Simulate different operating systems.
z Toggle elevation checker.
g Run source code generators.
M Write SkSL shaders to a unique file in the project directory.
v Launch DevTools.
P Toggle performance overlay.
a Toggle timeline events for all widget build methods.


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