Flutter IntelliJ Plugin M50 Release
Steve Messick
Flutter IntelliJ Plugin M50 Release
Embedding DevTools in IntelliJ
There is now an experimental option to show the DevTools Inspector embedded in IntelliJ. This replaces the contents of the Flutter Inspector tool window with the version of the Inspector from DevTools. This allows us to use the slightly more featureful version of the Inspector from DevTools; among other things, this means the Layout Explorer is available directly.
This was announced for Macs with the previous release and is now available for Windows and Linux.
With the embedding option off:
With the embedding option on:
And, the Layout Explorer embedding in IntelliJ:
To toggle this option on, go to Preferences/Settings > Languages & Frameworks > Flutter > Enable embedded DevTools inspector.
References
Layout Explorer (by Albertus Angga)
How to debug layout issues with the Flutter Inspector (by Katie Lee)
Other changes
The framework preview icons have been updated to the latest framework version - both Cupertino and Material icons have been refreshed.
Support for IntelliJ 2020.3 EAP
This release supports the IntelliJ 2020.3 EAP version (see below for a few known issues).
We’ve updated our minimum supported IDE versions to Android Studio 4.0 and IntelliJ 2019.3. If you’re on Android Studio 3.6 or IntelliJ 2019.2 or older, we recommend you upgrade to get the latest support for Flutter.
Known Issues
There are two known issues when using this plugin with IntelliJ EAP:
The Flutter SDK is not configured for new projects. The work-around is to open Flutter Settings or Preferences (Mac) and set it in the Flutter plugin page.
The device selector menu may not be populated properly. Sometimes closing and re-opening the project will fix it.