Flutter plugin not installed error; When running 'flutter doctor'

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I am configuring the Flutter SDK on my Linux Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) system. Why am I getting the following error when I run the flutter doctor?

I have specified both PATHS for flutter and dart in the .bashrc file, but I get this error when I run flutter doctor:

Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[✓] Flutter (Channel beta, v0.5.1, on Linux, locale en_US.UTF-8)
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK 28.0.2)
[✓] Android Studio (version 3.1)
    ✗ Flutter plugin not installed; this adds Flutter specific functionality.
    ✗ Dart plugin not installed; this adds Dart specific functionality.
[✓] IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (version 2018.2)
[!] VS Code (version 1.25.1)
[!] Connected devices
    ! No devices available

! Doctor found issues in 2 categories.

**On Windows > Android Studio > File > Settings > Plugins > Search for flutter > Install** — Abdurakhmon, May 09 '19 at 11:27
You can ignore that if you;re not using Android Studio in Flutter Development. By default, Flutter and Dart plugins are not installed in Android Studio. You still need to manually install them. I would recommend VSCode in flutter development since it's lightweight. — MJ Montes, Jun 03 '19 at 08:57
In my case I had projects with different gradle versions. So in **gradle-wrapper.properties** I set `distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.2-all.zip` and in **build.gradle** `dependencies { classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1' }` — Roman Soviak, Jul 23 '19 at 12:58
all of the solutions do not work for me. Notice, I installed flutter and dart plugin already. How can I resolve the problem ? — Mr Special, Aug 30 '19 at 16:29
Please answer these two questions. I am stuck here.. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61338060/flutter-screen-recording-dialog-press https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61338362/flutter-share-video-on-youtube-using-sharing-intent — F_Z, Apr 21 '20 at 07:48
This happens when flutter doctor cannot find the Android Studio plugins. It's an issue between flutter version and Android Studio version. For example, Android Studio 4.1 stores the plugins in ~/.local/share/Google/AndroidStudio4.1, and obviously flutter doesn't know about this and most probably looks in some old location that doesn't exist anymore. — Yusuf N, Oct 15 '20 at 22:52
here is my answer please give it a try https://stackoverflow.com/a/64962784/12553303 — Wini, Nov 23 '20 at 05:10

score 426 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 19:52

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Safe fix for Mac (Android Studio 4.1+). It is in a different directory now, but the symbolic link helps.

Just run this command in the Terminal:

ln -s ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/AndroidStudio4.1/plugins ~/Library/Application\ Support/AndroidStudio4.1

If you have a different Android Studio version or an installation folder, adjust the command accordingly.

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hi brother, this work for me , can more explain for what this command do ? – q8yas Oct 26 '20 at 00:40
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@q8yas Command just redirects flutter doctor to the different folder to find plugins (where they are now) – Andrew Oct 26 '20 at 08:49
This did not work for me, however, installing the plugin manually via the Android Studio, like Paresh Mangukiya recommended, did work. – KeithB Oct 28 '20 at 20:54
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This worked for me. Already installed the plugin. But same error was repeating. But this worked perfectly. – Jithin U. Ahmed Nov 15 '20 at 11:38
I have the same problem. How do I fix this on windows 10? – Janaka Dec 20 '20 at 16:54
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WFM - Android Studio 4.1, Flutter (Channel stable, 1.22.5, on Mac OS X 10.14.6 18G4032 darwin-x64, locale en-GB) - thanks! – drkvogel Dec 27 '20 at 23:44
didn't work for me with Android Studio 4.2b4 as of February 13, 2021 – BNetz Feb 13 '21 at 18:25
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@BNetz you should check your android studio 4.2 path and update the given command with according path. – Hugo H Feb 18 '21 at 10:29
So the second path is exact like the first one just one directory-level higher? – BNetz Feb 19 '21 at 12:15
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Because I seem to come back here every month or so... this is the command for Arctic Fox that worked for me: `ln -s ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/AndroidStudio2020.3/plugins ~/Library/Application\ Support/AndroidStudio2020.3` – AWP Oct 15 '21 at 16:39

score 104 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 17:03

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Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[✓] Flutter (Channel beta, v0.9.4, on Linux, locale en_IN)
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK 28.0.1)
[✓] Android Studio (version 3.1)
    ✗ Flutter plugin not installed; this adds Flutter specific functionality.
    ✗ Dart plugin not installed; this adds Dart specific functionality.
[!] Connected devices
    ! No devices available

A solution that worked for me:

Just install plugins. Android Studio → menu File → Settings → Plugins → Browse Repositories
Search for "flutter".
Tap on Install (a dialog will pop regarding the Dart dependency. Click Yes).
Once the installation is finished restart Android Studio.

Now run flutter doctor:

Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[✓] Flutter (Channel beta, v0.9.4, on Linux, locale en_IN)
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK 28.0.1)
[✓] Android Studio (version 3.1)
[!] Connected devices
    ! No devices available

android flutter dart flutter-doctor

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I installed flutter and dart plugin already. it does not work :(. I use android studio 3.1 – Mr Special Aug 30 '19 at 16:43
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@MrSpecial Did you installed Android studio in different path? I have the same issue. My installation path is different and plugin is stored in User path – noobEinstien Sep 05 '20 at 04:17
@noobEinstien How did you fix then? – Atul Oct 16 '20 at 02:21
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@Atul didn't fixed, They just showing available editors, it is not really matters. – noobEinstien Oct 16 '20 at 09:05

score 90 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 19:58

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I had the same issue and none of the above answers fixed it, so I went to the Flutter official GitHub repository and found the answer there. Here is the link and you have to follow all these steps.

https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/67986

Flutter upgrade

flutter config --android-studio-dir="C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio"

For Mac, you can do the following as answered by Andrew:

ln -s ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/AndroidStudio4.1/plugins ~/Library/Application\ Support/AndroidStudio4.1

flutter doctor -v

Then if the issue still persists then just shift to the beta channel and upgrade Flutter. Then it will fix it.

Flutter channel beta

Flutter upgrade

You can enable Flutter web as an optional step.

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answered Oct 28 '20 at 08:10

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This worked on Windows 10, Flutter Beta and Android Studio 4.1.1. Thanks! – Maki Nov 13 '20 at 06:16
Had this problem with stable Flutter (1.22.6) and Android Studio 4.1.2, and switching Flutter to the beta channel (1.26.0-17.6.pre) solved the problem for me. – David Airapetyan Feb 19 '21 at 01:26

Oumaima Makhlouk · Answer 4 · 2021-05-18T15:26:26.323

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For those who still have this error, even if they have tried the solutions mentioned before, try this. It works on Windows 10, macOS, and Linux (run in the command line):

flutter channel dev
flutter upgrade
flutter config --android-studio-dir="C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio"

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answered Dec 03 '20 at 16:06

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Switching to dev channel does seam to work on linux, too. Thanks for the tipp! – Sobvan Dec 08 '20 at 11:13
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It works perfectly on Windows 10. Thanks !! – David Jan 19 '21 at 19:05
a happy user from Mac too! – Syed Arsalan Kazmi Feb 08 '21 at 12:38
Thaaaaaanks <3 Worked for me on Win 10 – Haya SVU Feb 11 '21 at 03:45

score 41 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 17 '20 at 12:29

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The issue is just that "flutter doctor" is not able to read behind the scene that everything is fine and up to date. This issue is temporary (till next patch or update) and can be avoided as it won't affect anywhere in the development process.

This is a frequently occurring issue when we are updating a newer version of Flutter. Recently also upon updating to Flutter 1.22.1(Stable), it throws a "Plugins Not installed" error, while they are installed and up to date. Uninstalling and reinstalling will also not work as Android Studio will again pick the same version to install.

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So this has just occurred in the new release? did you manage to fix it? – Jaspal Singh Rathour Oct 20 '20 at 01:29
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Yes occurred this time also. It's better to ignore it. It is only a health report of our setup and should not be manipulated. It is in the knowledge of team flutter by now. – Ruchir Rai Oct 22 '20 at 18:24
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Its a bug, my android studio runs flutter properly just doesn't show on ```flutter doctor -v``` . I am opening an issue on Github to notify the devs, hopefully it will be fixed in the next update. – Maruf Hassan Oct 31 '20 at 08:25
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Still an issue in Flutter 1.22.5 (Stable) – Paul Stoner Jan 18 '21 at 20:05
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Still an issue in Flutter 1.22.6 (Stable) – Doc Kodam Feb 22 '21 at 22:48
Unfortunately, yes. It can't be understood why this left pending by the Flutter team. There are some other such small bugs that have been reported to the developers and have been taken into account but haven't been solved. Funny thing is that the beta versions are free from few of these bugs (haven't tested the latest one though). – Ruchir Rai Feb 24 '21 at 17:11

score 26 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 20:03

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I had the same issue, but I fixed it just after running these commands:

flutter channel dev
flutter doctor
flutter channel master
flutter doctor

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It is interesting how this helped to fix the issue! Helped me. Thanks for posting. – itsme.cvk Jan 16 '21 at 03:27
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What is this sorcery? +1 – Shenk Jan 20 '21 at 23:29
Worked for me on ubuntu 20.04! – ItamarG Feb 18 '21 at 15:58

score 14 · Answer 7 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 16:26

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I had this problem when having multiple versions of Android Studio, and it doesn't look like you have multiple versions. But you do use IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, so are you sure you did install the plugins in Android Studio?

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score 12 · Answer 8 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 17:12

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According to following images first install required Flutter and Dart plugins and then after downloading the Flutter SDK from official-flutter-sdk-download-page, add Flutter and Dart paths:

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score 10 · Answer 9 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 17:05

The problem is with installing the required Flutter and Dart plugins. There are two ways in which you can achieve this:

Go to Android studio → Settings → plugins → in the search bar search for Flutter and Dart plugins. If you are installing Flutter first, then Dart may get automatically installed along with it; otherwise install them separately.
If you are using Visual Studio Code, in the activity bar click on extensions or press Ctrl + Shift + X. There you can search for Flutter and Dart plugins.

Now type flutter doctor.

score 10 · Answer 10 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 17:22

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IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio were installed on my machine. I deleted IntelliJ IDEA, because I have installed the Dart and Flutter plugins in Android Studio. Then the flutter doctor command works perfectly.

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I've faced with this problem before when I was developing Android app both in `Android studio` and `Intellij Idea` at the same time. Both of them was writing to the same folder in the local path. It maybe the same issue here as well. – Davoud Dec 04 '20 at 23:59

score 9 · Answer 11 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 16:44

Linux users: I cd'd into my home directory, added
export PATH="$PATH:/home/frodo/flutter/bin/flutter" in the .bashrc file, and sourceed it to refresh the .bashrc file. It depends on where you moved your Flutter SDK.

Then I run flutter doctor. I got the following results:

Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[✓] Flutter (Channel beta, v0.5.1, on Linux, locale en_US.UTF-8)
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK 28.0.2)
[✓] Android Studio (version 3.1)
[✓] IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (version 2018.2)
[!] VS Code (version 1.25.1)
[!] Connected devices
    ! No devices available

To export the Flutter path permanently:

export PATH="$PATH:/path/to/dir" in the .bashrc file

For example:

export PATH="$PATH:/home/frodo/flutter/bin/flutter"

And run:

source .bashrc

How to permanently set $PATH on Linux/Unix

score 8 · Answer 12 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 16:24

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When you execute the flutter doctor command it checks your environment and displays a report to the terminal window. In your case it seems that you did not install the Dart and Flutter plugin to be able to use them in Android Studio.

To install a plugin, click on menu File → Settings → Plugins → Install JetBrains plugins

The plugins will add new functionalities to Android Studio related to Flutter. Example: it will add the Flutter inspector, outliner.

The SDK that you added to the path will be needed when creating a new Flutter project.

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I already installed dart and their paths to `.bashrc`. When I type `flutter` or `dart` in the terminal. The command line shows me a list of commands to use for either `dart` or `flutter`. – Philip Mutua Aug 15 '18 at 14:58
yes but u need to also install the flutter and dart plugins for android studio to be able to use their functionality inside android studio. When you install the flutter plugin for android studio and click file>new you will have a new option called "new flutter project" – Peter Haddad Aug 15 '18 at 14:59

score 7 · Answer 13 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 17:08

You missed this step in the installation process.

Install the Flutter and Dart plugins:

Start Android Studio.
Open plugin preferences (File → Settings → Plugins on Windows & Linux OR Preferences → Plugins on macOS).
Select Browse repositories, select the Flutter plugin and click Install.
Click Yes when prompted to install the Dart plugin.
Click Restart when prompted.

If are using Visual Studio Code, to install the Flutter and Dart plugins:

Start Visual Studio Code.
Invoke View → Command Palette.
Type install, and select Extensions: Install Extensions.
Type flutter in the extensions search field, select Flutter in the list, and click Install. This also installs the required Dart plugin.
Validate your setup with the Flutter Doctor
Invoke View → Command Palette….
Type doctor, and select the Flutter: Run Flutter Doctor.

Review the output in the OUTPUT pane for any issues.

score 6 · Answer 14 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 17:19

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I met a similar error after updating Android Studio, and it turns out I need to update the existing Flutter plugin.

To fix it, go to Android Studio → Preferences → Plugins → Installed → update your installed Flutter plugin.

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score 3 · Answer 15 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 19:30

The best way to install it on Windows

Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[√] Flutter (Channel stable, 1.20.1, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.959], locale en-US)
[√] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 30.0.0)
[√] Android Studio (version 4.0)
[√] VS Code (version 1.47.3)
[!] Connected device
    ! No devices available

Open Android Studio, menu File → Settings → Plugins and make sure you have Flutter and Dart installed
Go to Visual Studio Code to Extensions and install the Flutter and Dart extensions

score 2 · Answer 16 · answered Jun 12 '20 at 11:15

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I solved this by opening the plugin in settings, where under the 'installed' tab, I noticed the blue text 'Plugin homepage' which was a shortcut to the JetBrains plugins. There was an agreement which I had to accept to get the full functionality. I did accept and I also edited my environment variables by adding path to the bin of dart-SDK. Previously I only had the bin of flutter added to path. Anyway, this solved my problem.

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Accepting the agreement did the trick for me, thank you! – Gustanas Jan 28 '21 at 08:14
What environment variable (name)? `PATH`? Or another one? – Peter Mortensen Apr 17 '21 at 18:11

score 2 · Answer 17 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 19:54

According to this comment, the plugins warnings doesn't matter. At least it didn't matter for me, and it's worked fine.

As stated,

hi @EastCartel, try with flutter config --android-studio-dir=C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio or your correct path. and you have 3 issues.

1- First open your android studio and add the flutter plugin (this automaticly add dart plugin too).

2- Also open visual studio code and add flutter extension.

3- And run flutter doctor --android-licenses

if the problem persist try flutter upgrade

good luck!

score 2 · Answer 18 · answered Sep 13 '21 at 20:01

Just update Flutter SDK using

flutter upgrade

It solved my all issues.

Running flutter doctor...
Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[√] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.5.0, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1110], locale en-IN)
[√] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 30.0.3)
[√] Chrome - develop for the web
[√] Android Studio (version 4.2)
[√] Android Studio (version 2020.3)
[√] IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition (version 2020.2)
[√] VS Code (version 1.60.0)
[√] Connected device (3 available)

score 1 · Answer 19 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 17:18

If you are using Visual Studio Code then navigate to extensions and search for Flutter. Then simply install it and you must take care that you have already installed Dart there.

After that, if it doesn't work, then copy your Flutter bin path that you can locate at C/'flutter-SDK-path'/bin. Then copy it and add it to the environment variable and add it to that path, so you can easily be able to access Flutter.

If you are using Android Studio then the already-stated article help you.

And make sure that you have latest versions of SDKs and Android Studio or Visual Studio Code. So that versions can't introduce any error.

Sirus · Answer 20 · 2021-04-19T19:06:16.717

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If you are using only VSCode for development then you don't need to install plugins for Android Studio and vice versa. It will never give you a problem.

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score 1 · Answer 21 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 17:26

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I solved this problem by uninstalling Flutter from the Plugins. After restarting Android Studio, I opened the plugins, and then it shows that my Dart plugin is not compatible with my Android Studio (v3.6).

I updated Dart, restarted Android Studio, and then reinstalled Flutter again. After that, I have to set the SDK path for the Flutter and voilà everything works now :D

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score 1 · Answer 22 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 17:30

I’ve just had this problem after an update and I solved it entering menu File → Settings → Plugins. Then at the top of the window there are two options: Marketplace and Installed. Then I clicked on Installed and on the Flutter plugin there’s was a message saying that the current version of Flutter does not support the new version of Android Studio, so there was a green button written “Restart”. Then I clicked and when it opened again, the problem disappeared.

It may not be the same for you, but many people will search for it here and it may help someone.

score 1 · Answer 23 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 20:04

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Run this command in Terminal:

flutter config --android-sdk C:\Users\CHAMOD\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

Then restart the IDE.

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score 1 · Answer 24 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 20:20

I was also facing these issues and found these solutions.

You've to install both "Flutter" and "Dart" plugins from MarketPlace.

For Windows: Android Studio → menu File → Settings → Plugins → search for "flutter" and "dart" and install them. Make sure you got this.

Now make sure you have set the SDK paths for both

Now enjoy the fresh Flutter

Oh, you can upgrade to a new version just by typing flutter upgrade.

score 0 · Answer 25 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 20:07

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I had the same issue and can not fix by myself.

However, by using Visual Studio Code, it works fine. That error does not matter.

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score -1 · Answer 26 · answered May 28 '20 at 05:57

If you have installed Android Studio more than one time, the command prompt or PowerShell assigned on the first one and maybe you are running the second one. So, browse for Android Studio, if you have more than one installation, delete the first one. Then, download the Plugins in Android Studio by following theese steps.

Step 1:Studio --> File --> Settings --> Plugins --> Browse Repositories

Step 2: Search for Flutter and download it

Step 3: When you're done restart Android Studio.

score -1 · Answer 27 · edited Oct 18 '20 at 09:09

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You have to install Flutter and Dart both on Visual Studio Code as well as Android Studio!

Try using the following command:

flutter doctor --android-licenses, and press y to install all licenses.

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score -1 · Answer 28 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 20:07

I was facing the same problem a few days back. Here's what worked for me,

Run the following commands
```
flutter channel beta
flutter upgrade
flutter config --enable-web
```
The snippet's main purpose is to enable web support for Flutter, but it also changes the release channel and updates the Flutter SDK to the latest version.
Run flutter doctor again; hopefully, it wouldn't show any issues now

score -1 · Answer 29 · answered Jul 01 '21 at 09:09

In my case, I wasn't able to enable the plugin because I've recently updated to version 4.2.2 in Android Studio and I've checked out a Flutter SDK version which was not a stable version.

After I changed to a stable version while using fvm and re-install the plugin, it worked like a charm.

score -1 · Answer 30 · answered Sep 08 '21 at 14:59

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Final i resolved this issue to run below command. I am using android 4.2 and OS is Mac

ln -s ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/AndroidStudio4.2/plugins ~/Library/Application\ Support/AndroidStudio4.2

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