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Flutter android flavors generate apk

I am trying to set up Android flavors with flutter.

I have two entry points.

lib/main_prod.dart
lib/main_dev.dart

I have also added the following to my gradle file

flavorDimensions "version"
productFlavors {
    prod {
        dimension "version"
        applicationIdSuffix ".prod"
    }
    dev {
        dimension "version"
        applicationIdSuffix ".dev"
        versionNameSuffix " Dev"
    }
}

Now I am trying to generate two separate apk which I can use to publish to the Google Play Store.

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I go on Android Studio and try generate these.

However I get this error.

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Android Studio is still trying to look for the main.dart file, however, for my two flavors they are main_prod.dart and main_dev.dart. How do I tell Android Studio to look for the approperiate main file depending on the flavor im trying to get the apk file for.

Solution

  • To build apk or appbundle(to publish to the playstore) for each flavor you can use the commands(recommended) instead of using android studio.

    For prod you can use:

    APK

    flutter build apk --flavor prod -t lib/main_prod.dart

    App Bundle

    flutter build appbundle --flavor prod -t lib/main_prod.dart

    and for dev

    APK

    flutter build apk --flavor dev -t lib/main_dev.dart

    App Bundle

    flutter build appbundle --flavor dev -t lib/main_dev.dart