20/01/2023

How to install Flutter on a Chromebook for web development

It may seems natural but developing a web app in flutter in order to be run in Chrome is a bit tricky. If you want to develop and run a flutter app on ChromeOS, without installing a second Browser into you linux VM, you will need to follow this steps :

$ git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git

$ export PATH="$PATH:pwd/flutter/bin"

$ flutter precache

$ flutter doctor

$ CHROME_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/garcon-url-handler $ export CHROME_EXECUTABLE

$ flutter create testapp $ cd testapp

$ flutter run -d web-server --web-port 8000

Now you app should be running here : http://localhost:8000

Enjoy!