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Tell user about "--device-id" after the interactive multiple devices "flutter run" prompt #63541
Description
flutter run now interactively prompts for which device to run when multiple devices are available, and no --device flag was specified.
Multiple devices found:
iPhone 6s (mobile) • <device-id-1> • ios • iOS 13.5.1
iPhone 8 Plus (mobile) • <device-id-2> • ios • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-14-0 (simulator)
macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-x64 • Mac OS X 10.15.5 19F101
Web Server (web) • web-server • web-javascript • Flutter Tools
Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 84.0.4147.105
[0]: iPhone 6s (device-id-1)
[1]: iPhone 8 Plus (device-id-2)
[2]: macOS (macos)
[3]: Web Server (web-server)
[4]: Chrome (chrome)
Please choose one: [0|1|2|3|4]:
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Running "flutter pub get" in test_create...
After the device selection, it would be nice to print something like:
To run on this device next time, try "flutter <exactly the command they ran> --device-id <selected device ID>"
like:
To always run on this device next time, try "flutter run --release --device-id 23049829583405983"
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yashugarg commentedon Nov 2, 2020
@jonahwilliams I'd like to work on this issue please guide me
jmagman commentedon Nov 2, 2020
@yashugarg Probably a
_logger.printStatusaroundflutter/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/device.dart
Lines 294 to 295 in de5bf09
Try playing around with it, and ask specific questions if you have them. "please guide me" may as well mean "please do this for me and put my name on it" 😉
christopherfujino commentedon Nov 2, 2020
Hi @yashugarg, thanks for your willingness to contribute. However, if you're not sure how to fix this particular issue, perhaps you should start with an issue that you have more context around. The best way to start contributing code to Flutter is to fix a problem that you have with your Flutter app, and then submit that fix upstream.
theprantadutta commentedon May 13, 2026
Hi — is this still open for outside contributions? Looks like the 2020 volunteer didn't follow through. Plan, based on @jmagman's pointer upthread:
After the interactive multi-device prompt resolves to a specific device in
packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/device.dart(around thefindTargetDevices/_chooseOneOfMultipleDevicesflow @jmagman linked), emit a one-line hint via_logger.printStatus, something like:Add a
flutter_toolsunit test asserting the hint is printed in the multi-device interactive path.Happy to defer if you'd rather not change this output, or to tweak wording / placement if you prefer it elsewhere.
theprantadutta commentedon Jul 3, 2026
PR is up: #188941. It prints the hint after the user picks a device in both selection flows (the standard one and the macOS wireless-discovery one — in the latter it prints after selection completes, so it doesn't interfere with the line clearing that happens when wireless results arrive mid-prompt). Updated the 17 interactive-selection tests that assert full status text, plus an assertion that the hint carries the chosen device's id. It's a draft for now only because of the open-PR limit for outside contributors — I'll mark it ready as soon as one of my other PRs frees a slot.
Suggest the -d flag after interactive device selection (flutter#188941)
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