Hot reload and play does not relate to selected device.

[RoarGronmo]

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In a Flutter scenario with more than one device launched in the run console, the "Play button" and/or "Hot reload" button will not correspond to your selected device. It may try to launch on to the last device viewed in run console. I expect it to launch on the device shown in the toolbar.

See picture:

[stevemessick]

Yeah, this seems like a problem.

[stevemessick]

Actually, I think this is working as intended. For hot reload, the device used corresponds to whichever run console has focus. For run, a new console will be created if one does not exist for the device. If there is a run console (or multiple ones) then the one with focus is used for the selected device, regardless of which device was running previously. One could argue for a more intuitive UX, but it is consistent. Does that help?

[RoarGronmo]

I feel it isn't consistent when hot reload doesn't relate to the device you have selected. One solution could be to open an empty run console (and show that it isn't running yet) for a new device, and shift between run consoles as you shift devices in the menu bar, and vice versa.