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Errors from starting intent on Android are not caught and cause "flutter run" to hang #89887

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Errors from starting intent on Android are not caught and cause "flutter run" to hang#89887
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P2Important issues not at the top of the work lista: qualityA truly polished experienceplatform-androidAndroid applications specificallyteam-androidOwned by Android platform teamtoolAffects the "flutter" command-line tool. See also t: labels.triaged-androidTriaged by Android platform team

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@Hixie
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opened on Sep 10, 2021

I had an app installed in my "work" profile on my Android phone, and tried to flutter run --profile the app to that phone. It failed with the following (captured later with --verbose) and just hung:

[  +47 ms] Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.RUN flg=0x20000000 cmp=com.example.iosjank/.MainActivity (has extras) }

           Error type 3
           Error: Activity class {com.example.iosjank/com.example.iosjank.MainActivity} does not exist.

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  6. mboetger
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    Resolve issue flutter#89887: Catch am start failures with 'Error type…

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    closed this as completedin #187196on Jul 1, 2026
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    Resolve issue Catch am start failures with 'Error type' and prevent h…

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  9. github-actions commented on Jul 15, 2026

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    on Jul 15, 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.

  10. github-actions
    locked as resolved and limited conversation to collaborators on Jul 15, 2026
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