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Downloading lines for flutter doctor should display information #14268

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#182836
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Downloading lines for flutter doctor should display information#14268
#182836
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P2Important issues not at the top of the work lista: qualityA truly polished experienceteam-toolOwned by Flutter Tool teamtoolAffects the "flutter" command-line tool. See also t: labels.tool-still-validIssues that have been deemed still valid as part of the Flutter Tools issue cleanup initiative.triaged-toolTriaged by Flutter Tool team

Description

@srawlins
srawlins
opened on Jan 25, 2018

Steps to Reproduce

When flutter doctor downloads dependencies, there are no indicators of what is going on. This is particularly important in places with slow Internet connections. I would expect a modern download CLI to include:

  • download size
  • % downloaded
  • progress bar
  • count of how many things will be downloaded (1 of 14...)

Flutter Doctor

$ flutter doctor
Downloading package sky_engine...(cached)
Downloading common tools...(cached)
Downloading darwin-x64 tools...(cached)
Downloading darwin-x64 tools...
Downloading android-arm-profile/darwin-x64 tools...
Downloading android-arm-release/darwin-x64 tools...
Downloading android-x86 tools...
Downloading android-x64 tools...
Downloading android-arm tools...
Downloading android-arm-profile tools...
Downloading android-arm-release tools...
Downloading ios tools...
Downloading ios-profile tools...
Downloading ios-release tools...
[✓] Flutter (on Mac OS X 10.12.6 16G1114, locale en-US, channel master)
    • Flutter version unknown at /Users/srawlins/code/flutter
    • Framework revision d3705f3ea9 (8 hours ago), 2018-01-24 22:27:24 -0800
    • Engine revision d715860925
    • Tools Dart version 2.0.0-dev.16.0
    • Engine Dart version 2.0.0-edge.8d9d68751a505426eb5f59a9d29f103fde6bd474

[✗] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices
    ✗ Unable to locate Android SDK.
      Install Android Studio from: https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
      On first launch it will assist you in installing the Android SDK components.
      (or visit https://flutter.io/setup/#android-setup for detailed instructions).
      If Android SDK has been installed to a custom location, set $ANDROID_HOME to that location.

[-] iOS toolchain - develop for iOS devices (Xcode 8.3.3)
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Xcode 8.3.3, Build version 8E3004b
    ✗ Flutter requires a minimum Xcode version of 9.0.0.
      Download the latest version or update via the Mac App Store.
    ✗ Your Mac needs to enabled for developer mode before using Xcode for the first time.
      Run 'sudo DevToolsSecurity -enable' to enable developer mode.
    ✗ libimobiledevice and ideviceinstaller are not installed. To install, run:
        brew install --HEAD libimobiledevice
        brew install ideviceinstaller
    ✗ ios-deploy not installed. To install:
        brew install ios-deploy
    ✗ CocoaPods not installed.
        CocoaPods is used to retrieve the iOS platform side's plugin code that responds to your plugin usage on the Dart side.
        Without resolving iOS dependencies with CocoaPods, plugins will not work on iOS.
        For more info, see https://flutter.io/platform-plugins
      To install:
        brew install cocoapods
        pod setup

[✗] Android Studio (not installed)
    • Android Studio not found; download from https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
      (or visit https://flutter.io/setup/#android-setup for detailed instructions).

[-] Connected devices
    • None

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  1. xster
    added
    toolAffects the "flutter" command-line tool. See also t: labels.
    on Jan 25, 2018

  2. ashadnasim52 commented on Jun 19, 2018

    @ashadnasim52
    ashadnasim52
    on Jun 19, 2018

    YES YOU ARE WRITE

  3. zoechi
    added this to the milestone on Jan 22, 2019
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    added
    a: qualityA truly polished experience
    on Jan 22, 2019

  5. lukepighetti commented on Dec 28, 2019

    @lukepighetti
    lukepighetti
    on Dec 28, 2019
    Contributor

    Currently on a train and I cannot tell if Downloading iOS tools... is going slowly or failed silently.

  6. enricobenedos commented on Jan 21, 2020

    @enricobenedos
    enricobenedos
    on Jan 21, 2020

    Same situation, switched from master to stable and then started an app with flutter run.

    Downloading ios-profile tools...                                   59.7s
Downloading ios-release tools...                                  317.1s (!)
Running "flutter pub get" in app...                           0.4s

    After 317 seconds I understood it was downloading something and it was not freezed

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    on May 29, 2020
  8. Hixie
    removed this from the milestone on Aug 17, 2020

  9. VKBobyr commented on Jan 14, 2021

    @VKBobyr
    VKBobyr
    on Jan 14, 2021

    Not sure about Windows/Linux, but you can check whether it's still downloading on Macs by opening up Activity Monitor, switching to the Network section, and looking for the dart entry.

    image

  10. oguzhan2142 commented on Jun 7, 2021

    @oguzhan2142
    oguzhan2142
    on Jun 7, 2021

    It took too much time and i didn't get it's still downloading or not.I cancelled.It would be nice if there is an indicator.

  11. nipunasudha commented on Jul 8, 2021

    @nipunasudha
    nipunasudha
    on Jul 8, 2021

    Extremely bad UX, no feedback at all.

  12. parsodyl commented on Jun 13, 2022

    @parsodyl
    parsodyl
    on Jun 13, 2022

    Never do this while traveling.

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    on Jul 8, 2023
  14. bkonyi
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    on Jun 30, 2025

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  18. flutter-triage-bot commented on Jan 20, 2026

    @flutter-triage-bot
    flutter-triage-botbot
    on Jan 20, 2026

    This issue was assigned to @bkonyi but has had no status updates in a long time. To remove any ambiguity about whether the issue is being worked on, the assignee was removed.

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    Add progress indicator to artifact downloads (#181808)

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  22. ahmedsameha1
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    Add progress indicator to artifact downloads (flutter#181808)

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  23. github-merge-queue
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    Add progress bar to artifact downloads (#182836)

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    Add progress indicator to artifact downloads (flutter#181808)

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    Add progress bar to artifact downloads (flutter#182836)

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    on Apr 6, 2026 – with GitHub Actions

    This thread has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. If you are still experiencing a similar issue, please open a new bug, including the output of flutter doctor -v and a minimal reproduction of the issue.

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    Add progress bar to artifact downloads (flutter#182836)

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