How To Create A New Flutter Project

Introduction Link to heading

This short article shows how to create a new Flutter project in 3 different ways, so you can start working on your app. Here is how to do it with Visual Studio Code, Android Studio, and the command line.

I will show you three ways how to create a new Flutter project. You can do it with the IDEs Visual Studio Code or Android Studio or by using the command-line tool from the Flutter SDK. You need to have the Flutter SDK installed, otherwise non of these tips will work. To install the Flutter SDK, see the Flutter homepage.

Visual Studio Code Link to heading

Go to View ▶ Command Palette…

Open command palette in VSCode

Enter or select Flutter: New Project

Choose command in command palette

Select the project template Application.

Select template for new Flutter project

Follow the guide until the end

Your project will be created at the desired location and Visual Studio Code will open it immediately.

Android Studio Link to heading

Go to File ▶ New ▶ New Flutter Project…

Create new Flutter project in Android Studio

Make sure the Flutter SDK path is found and correct.

Make sure Flutter SDK install directory is found in Android Studio

Define additional project settings and click Finish.

Enter project details for the new Flutter project in Android Studio

Your project will be created at the desired location and Android Studio will open it immediately.

Command-line Link to heading

Open any command-line tool (like CMD on Windows)
Run the command flutter create testproject. It will create a folder called testproject at the current location and put all the app code inside this folder.

Create a new Flutter project with the Flutter command-line tool

To customize your new project, see flutter create --help. There are many options to set for your project. However, the default settings should be fine for most of the cases.

Conclusion Link to heading

With this guide, you should be able to create new Flutter projects and start developing your apps. For more information about packages go to the official Flutter documentation.

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All you need to know about the default Flutter project folders and files Link to heading

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