Not seeing the "Flutter" option when I right-click the android folder in my Flutter project in Android Studio Meerkat 2024.3.1

[vividcodecreative]

I just created a new Flutter project in Android Studio Meerkat (2024.3.1). I have installed the Dart (243.23177) and Flutter (83.0.4) plugins for Android Studio, and I see no issues when I run

flutter doctor --verbose

Here's the output:

`% flutter doctor --verbose [✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.29.1, on macOS 14.5 23F79 darwin-arm64, locale en-US) [1,097ms] • Flutter version 3.29.1 on channel stable at /Users/lauren/Developer/flutter • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git • Framework revision 09de023485 (2 weeks ago), 2025-02-28 13:44:05 -0800 • Engine revision 871f65ac1b • Dart version 3.7.0 • DevTools version 2.42.2

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 35.0.1) [1,874ms] • Android SDK at /Users/lauren/Library/Android/sdk • Platform android-35, build-tools 35.0.1 • Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jbr/Contents/Home/bin/java This is the JDK bundled with the latest Android Studio installation on this machine. To manually set the JDK path, use: flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk". • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.5+-12932927-b750.29) • All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 16.2) [1,217ms] • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer • Build 16C5032a • CocoaPods version 1.16.2

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [11ms] • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Android Studio (version 2024.3) [11ms] • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents • Flutter plugin can be installed from: 🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter • Dart plugin can be installed from: 🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.5+-12932927-b750.29)

[✓] VS Code (version 1.98.1) [9ms] • VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents • Flutter extension version 3.106.0

[✓] Connected device (3 available) [6.8s] • macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-arm64 • macOS 14.5 23F79 darwin-arm64 • Mac Designed for iPad (desktop) • mac-designed-for-ipad • darwin • macOS 14.5 23F79 darwin-arm64 • Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 134.0.6998.89

[✓] Network resources [474ms] • All expected network resources are available. `

According to the documentation: https://docs.flutter.dev/tools/android-studio

I should see Flutter > Open Android module in Android Studio

What do I have to do in order to see the "Flutter" drop-down menu when right-clicking the "android" folder of my Flutter project?

[pq]

See also: https://github.com/flutter/flutter-intellij/issues/7103.

@jwren: is there a plan to restore this action? (If not, we should at least update the docs...)

[jwren]

Thanks @pq, yes we need to see if it is possible, and make a decision here.

[IsaacSJones]

This is a somewhat annoying change. Was there a reason for the removal of this feature?

[LiamJFarrell]

Hey, I'm having the same issue. Complete newbie not sure how to resolve this issue to progress with my course

[IsaacSJones]

Hey, I'm having the same issue. Complete newbie not sure how to resolve this issue to progress with my course

Currently I believe the only options are to downgrade android studio back to a version like electric eel where this option is available (doing this is a pita and I do not recommend it) or with your current version go to file > open project folder > select and open the android folder within your desired flutter project. Sorry if I didnt get the exact names right, I'm recalling the process from memory. This will open up the android module and will allow you get your signed app bundles and whatnot.

[jwren]

The "Open in Android Studio" code was commented out due to and Android Studio API that was required, but removed last year, GradleProjectImporter.importAndOpenProjectCore().

See https://github.com/flutter/flutter-intellij/blob/2c39bc52300481559b92c261a5d8b019a765c95c/src/io/flutter/actions/OpenInAndroidStudioAction.java#L37

The first step here would be to revert the changes in this PR, https://github.com/flutter/flutter-intellij/commit/dd5a521382bf20f6cfb1121851f38c398fc9dbaa, and then test to see if the issue still exists (https://github.com/flutter/flutter-intellij/issues/7103) and modify the action as necessary.

[helin24]

Closing this as a duplicate of #7599