Installing Flutter on Mac

zsh: add flutter to $PATH

open a terminal in $HOME and run:

1. touch .zshrc
2. open .zshrc
3. Add the following line and change [PATH_TO_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY] to be the path where you cloned Flutter’s git repo:

$ export PATH=”$PATH:[PATH_TO_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY]/flutter/bin”

Platform Setup:

iOS

1. install Xcode (on app store)
2. install Java and JDK

Android

install android studio and go through setup wizard

1. Start Android Studio.
2. Open plugin preferences (Config > Preferences > Plugins on macOS, File > Settings > Plugins on Windows & Linux).
3. Select Marketplace, select the Flutter plugin and click Install.
4. Click Yes when prompted to install the Dart plugin.
5. Click Restart when prompted.

note: opening a folder in Finder using zsh is “open -a Finder foldername”. Can include the folder you’re currently in (remember . , .. , and ~ )