How to create a flutter desktop application

Prepare

  1. Upgrade the flutter latest release. 
    bin\flutter channel master
bin\flutter upgrade
  2. Check environment. 
    bin\flutter doctor
  3. Set enviroment variable. 
    set ENABLE_FLUTTER_DESKTOP=true
  4. Show all connected devices 
    bin\flutter devices

    5.Clone the flutter-desktop-embedding repository.

    git clone https://github.com/google/flutter-desktop-embedding.git
  5. Change directory to example 
    cd flutter-desktop-embedding\example
  6. Get packages. 
    flutter packages get
  7. Download build tools by your system. 
    flutter precache --windows

Start

  • Start your first desktop application. 
    flutter run
  • The app code placed at flutter-desktop-embedding\example\lib\main.dart. When the flutter running, press r to hot reload after you modified the app code.
  • If you want to change the title, you can modify the file flutter-desktop-embedding\example\windows\flutter_embedder_example.cpp to change it. Then quit the flutter run and restart it. The title changed.
  • If you minimize the desktop application, it will quit automatically. perrot-flutter-desktop-example

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