flutter run should support wireless debugging of iOS devices

Steps to Reproduce

connect iPhone via usb
Open xcode -> window -> devices & Simulators -> select correct device and enable connect via network
Network Symbol is shown in the list to the left
disconnect iPhone

Android Studio shows devices but if you try to run it it is in an endless waiting loop without visual indication

If you then connect the devices via USB it continues on

Logs

https://gist.github.com/phumberdroz/9700d43d2bc9f5e510bebc6dab9b509c

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[✓] Flutter (Channel beta, v0.1.5, on Mac OS X 10.13.3 17D102, locale en-US)
    • Flutter version 0.1.5 at /Users/phumberdroz/flutter
    • Framework revision 3ea4d06340 (8 days ago), 2018-02-22 11:12:39 -0800
    • Engine revision ead227f118
    • Dart version 2.0.0-dev.28.0.flutter-0b4f01f759

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK 27.0.3)
    • Android SDK at /Users/phumberdroz/Library/Android/sdk
    • Android NDK location not configured (optional; useful for native profiling support)
    • Platform android-27, build-tools 27.0.3
    • Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-915-b08)

[✓] iOS toolchain - develop for iOS devices (Xcode 9.2)
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Xcode 9.2, Build version 9C40b
    • ios-deploy 1.9.2
    • CocoaPods version 1.4.0

[✓] Android Studio (version 3.0)
    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-915-b08)

[✓] IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition (version 2017.3.4)
    • Flutter plugin version 22.2.2
    • Dart plugin version 173.4548.30

[✓] VS Code (version 1.20.1)
    • VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
    • Dart Code extension version 2.9.2

[✓] Connected devices (2 available)
    • Pierre’s iPhone • ec754a5c0607923df2a99ccd051938e0045dee6b • ios • iOS 11.2.6
    • iPhone 7        • 5001A557-2FB6-49EB-8C5C-ABC8396F19E9     • ios • iOS 11.2 (simulator)

• No issues found!
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@devoncarew

cc @devoncarew IDE bug

This issue was moved to flutter/flutter-intellij#2308

@phumberdroz

@phumberdroz, to re-phrase your report:

connect iPhone via usb
use an xcode feature to enable connect via network
disconnect iPhone

We then locate the device correctly, but when you try and run, flutter run doesn't work with it. It sounds like flutter_tools doesn't work with the network style connection. @cbracken @xster

100% correct

I suspect we'll need to apply patches to our integration with the libimobiledevice toolchain. IIRC, we intentionally disabled wifi debugging due to issues a couple of years ago. I'll see if I can dig up the issue(s) and x-ref them here then we can look at a fix. Tooling has improved significantly since then, so definitely worth another look.

#8309 is where I disabled this. #7233 and #8308 were a couple reports of issues with wifi debugging enabled.

@cbracken

@cbracken Any update on this?

We need this :(

The thumbs-ups should be on the initial comment to raise priority.

However, please PLEASE do not reply to this issue with "any updates?" or "me too" or other reasons why this feature should be implemented. You're adding noise to an issue with 50 participants and untold subscribers. And you're pushing out actually informative comments (like this one). Just hit it with a 👍.

#118826 was temporarily reverted.

#118104 is available on the master channel, and we would love some feedback!

Setup

Follow the instructions under "Steps to setup" in the Support iOS wireless debugging #118104 description. There's currently no way to set up wireless debugging from flutter, you need to do it from Xcode.
Add feature to enable iOS wireless debugging from a flutter command. #118912
Try flutter devices --device-timeout 5 / flutter run --device-timeout 5 etc. from the command line. You may need to adjust that timeout number up depending on your network.

Caveats

You'll need to add --device-timeout to your flutter commands, as networked devices take longer to discover. We're working on making this a better experience.
iOS network device not available when doing flutter run #118109
iOS network device not selected when running/debugging in VSCode #118113
Because of the device timeout issue, when you Run from your IDE, it may not discover your wirelessly connected device before timing out. Try the workaround listed in Support iOS wireless debugging #118104 to pass in --device-timeout as args.
VSCode launch.json example:

{
  ...
  "configurations": [
      {
          "name": "my_app",
          "request": "launch",
          "type": "dart",
          "args": ["--device-timeout", "5"]
      },
      ...
  ]
}

There is no documentation for iOS wireless debugging yet. We will add it to the website when the feature is further along.
Installing and hot reloading wirelessly over the network is much slower than over a USB tether. There's not much Flutter can do about that, it's the performance characteristics of Xcode/iOS.
To run your app from Xcode and flutter attach, you must add --observatory-host=0.0.0.0 or --observatory-host=::0 as a launch argument in your Xcode scheme. This would also be true for running an add-to-app host app with an embedded Flutter module. See Support iOS wireless debugging #118104 for instructions.
If Xcode can't find your device, then Flutter tooling won't be able to either. If Flutter isn't discovering your device, open Xcode > Window > Devices and Simulators > Devices and make sure you see the device is under connected with globe network icon, and Connect via Network is checked. If either isn't true then you'll have to play with the settings in Xcode until it shows up.

Please file new issues, including usability suggestions, as you see them. Thank you!

#118104 is available on the master channel, and we would love some feedback!

Submitted feedback
#119493

#118104 is available on 3.7.0-24.0.pre and higher on the beta channel. If you are trying to test this you must either be on the master or beta channels, it is not yet available in stable.

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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