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  • You need to build the engine from source. Follow the steps at https://github.com/flutter/engine/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#getting-the-code-and-configuring-your-environment
    • You can skip the forking step if you don’t think you will be contributing changes to the engine.
  • Once your environment is setup, build the engine in Release mode.
    • $ sky/tools/gn —release
    • $ ninja -C out/Release -j12
  • After the long build you will find a Mac application called SkyShell.app in out/Release. This is the generic Flutter application runner. It does not know anything about your dart project yet.
  • Create a sample dart project
    • $ flutter init -o mac_hello
  • From the command line, launch the SkyShell.app with command line flags telling it where your dart project resides and its package root. On my system I did this:
    • $ ./out/Release/SkyShell.app/Contents/MacOS/SkyShell PATH_TO_PROJECT/lib/main.dart --package-root=PATH_TO_PROJECT/packages
  • Run the last step again each time you update your Dart project to reload your changes.
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This page seems to be out of date - there is no "sky/tools/gn" after building the engine. Out of interest, what is "Flutter Desktop Runner"? Is it way to run the app in a desktop instead of a mobile device or simulated app?

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zoechi commented Dec 8, 2017

I think so. Running Flutter apps on the desktop was supported for a while but was discontinued. It might be revived eventually, but for now it doesn't seem to have priority.

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