Flutter CLI Cheat Sheet

This is a cheat sheet for the most useful commands you will need when developing a flutter app.

To see all the commands, call the help as below.
flutter --help
Or
flutter -h

Start Project Commands

New project

To create a new project just run the below command, don't forget to replace myproject to your project name lol.
flutter create myproject

You can specify your company website and it will be used to create your application id.
flutter create --org=com.mycompany myproject

May you want to create a project with distinct folder name from project name.
flutter create --org=com.mycompany --project-name=myproject myfolder

Development Commands

To run your project, just go to root directory of your project and run the code below, and next choose the device where you want to run your project.
flutter run

Install Package

To install a package use the code below.
flutter pub add package_name

Update Packages

To update all the packages in your project, run the command below.
flutter pub upgrade

Build

To build your app and start using it in production, use that command.
flutter build target_platform_name --release

SDK Commands

Devices

List all the devices available in you computer.
flutter devices

Channel

Flutter has tree release channel, you can list them using the command below.
flutter channel

To switch the channel you want to use for your development, run the command below.
flutter channel channel_name

Bug Report

Upgrade

Upgrade the Flutter SDK.
flutter upgrade

Doctor

Show information and status of installed tools.

flutter doctor

References

https://docs.flutter.dev/reference/flutter-cli
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