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    Useful terminal commands
These are some of the useful terminal commands used when developing Flutter apps.
Supported IDE's have Flutter plugins, so it's as easy as pressing a run button in the IDE.
Check Flutter version
flutter --version
Open simulator on a macOS through the terminal
open -a Simulator
Launch emulator
flutter emulators --launch [DeviceID]
Starts up the emulator, installs and opens up your Flutter app.
Check emulators
flutter emulators
If you don't know the DeviceID, you can run this to get the list of your available emulators.
Run on specific device
flutter run -d [DeviceID]
Starts the project on either an emulator or device. Depending on the specified DeviceID.
Run a build flavor on specific device
flutter run -d [DeviceID] --flavor=[flavor]
To run on Android with more that one build flavor, please specify flavor.
Check physical devices
flutter devices
If you don't know the DeviceID, you can run this to get the list of your available devices that have already been started or connected to the computer.