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Unable to add Flutter Module in Android app
Steps to Reproduce
- Create a native android app in Android Studio.
- Go to File > New > New Module ...
- According to the instructions on Integrate a Flutter module into your Android project, you should see and option for Flutter Module, Flutter Project etc. But they are not present.

Version info
flutter doctor -v:
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.8.1, on Pop!_OS 21.10 5.15.15-76051515-generic,
locale en_US.UTF-8)
• Flutter version 2.8.1 at /home/mayank-pop/flutter
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• Framework revision 77d935af4d (6 weeks ago), 2021-12-16 08:37:33 -0800
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• Dart version 2.15.1
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 31.0.0)
• Android SDK at /home/mayank-pop/Android/Sdk
• Platform android-31, build-tools 31.0.0
• Java binary at: /opt/android-studio-preview/jre/bin/java
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.11+0-b60-7590822)
• All Android licenses accepted.
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[✓] Linux toolchain - develop for Linux desktop
• Ubuntu clang version 13.0.0-2
• cmake version 3.18.4
• ninja version 1.10.1
• pkg-config version 0.29.2
[✓] Android Studio (version 2021.1)
• Android Studio at /opt/android-studio-preview
• Flutter plugin version 63.2.2
• Dart plugin version 211.7798
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.11+0-b60-7590822)
[✓] Android Studio (version 2020.3)
• Android Studio at /opt/android-studio
• Flutter plugin version 63.2.1
• Dart plugin version 203.8452
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.10+0-b96-7249189)
[✓] VS Code (version 1.63.2)
• VS Code at /usr/share/code
• Flutter extension version 3.32.0
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• Redmi 4 (mobile) • 6b0b6837d440 • android-arm64 • Android 10 (API 29)
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• No issues found!
Dart plugin version 211.7798 Flutter plugin version 63.2.2 Tested with Android Studio Arctic Fox 2020.3 and Bumblebee 2021.1.1 RC 1
The instructions are valid for older versions of Android Studio. In Arctic Fox they redesigned the new project wizard, which broke our support for add-to-app. We currently do not support add-to-app in Android Studio.
I too am facing the same thing. Bumblebee does not show the options for flutter modules as author shows
@stevemessick Google I/O seemed to be trying to promote add2app... Can we bump this a little please?
I'll see what we can do. I've scheduled it for the July release, and let's hope we find the time!
cc: @jacob314
Same here
Ohh so its missing in the latest android studio version then it should be updated in documentation also.
With new gradle dependencyResolutionManagement in settings.gradle integrating got harder.
We need officially working solution
Has there been any progress on this? We have been in the dark since Jan and still have no idea where/if this is being worked on. The docs all show the old dialog for creating the modules. I have only now needed to start implementing app2app and I cannot start easily. To keep adding my flutter modules in manually is getting tedious.
No updates in documentation, it's so disappointing
1 year later and still not in the docs
Evaluating Flutter as a replacement for a large SDK. I really need the basics to work to feel confident in proposing Flutter. Please, any update?
It does work well it's just a few instructions right?
I've had a couple good experiences with add2app
Doesn't Phillips use it a lot?
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@neiljaywarner thanks for the intel regarding Phillips. The problem is, according to @stevemessick above, "In Arctic Fox they redesigned the new project wizard, which broke our support for add-to-app. We currently do not support add-to-app in Android Studio."
I understand. I agree it would be nice I'm just saying command line isn't too bad and if I remember right the instructions work great for command line
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One of the best things about Flutter is the great documentation you provide. 👓 But this issue broke that opinion.
Please, either solve this issue or change the documentation. Having not valid documentation wastes developer's time. ⏳
In 2023 it's becoming very actual for people to think more serious about either integrating Flutter as a module or replacing their existing application to Flutter. So helping Flutter developers with a good, valid and up to date documentation allows them to be more productive. 🏄♂️
@neiljaywarner great, I'll check out the command line interface's equivalent for adding a Flutter module to an existing application. I found the documentation for that at https://docs.flutter.dev/development/add-to-app/android/project-setup#create-a-flutter-module
@Galti @ldsouza93 did you know they allow pull requests on their documentation? Hope that doesn't come off snarky or rude. I personally didn't find the bandwidth to do it but i hope to someday thanks
@neiljaywarner thank you for hinting :) But you don't know much about my knowledge. To be able to open a PR about the docs one should first understand what's going on under the hood.
Hi All
So while creating a new project over the weekend I found out where the creation of a new flutter module is.
I know it is not 100% the behaviour which we are looking for here to add a flutter module into an android app but it is a way to create the module from the UI.
File -> New -> Flutter Project
Click next button after confirming your flutter SDK path.
The "Project Type" dropdown then contains options for Module and Plugin.
