How to set up devices for VS Code for a Flutter emulator

Question

I\'d like to use VS Code as my editor for Flutter development, but I don\'t know how to get the emulator going. I\'ve installed VS Code on Ubuntu 17.10.

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Answer 1

You do not need Android Studio to create or run a Virtual Device. Just use sdkmanager and avdmanager from the android sdk tools.

Use the sdkmanager to download a system image of Android for x86 system.
e.g. sdkmanager "system-images;android-21;default;x86_64"

Then create a new virtual device using avdmanager.
e.g. avdmanager create avd --name AndroidDevice01 --package "system-images;android-21;default;x86_64"

Then run the new virtual device using emulator. If you don't have it just install it using the sdkmanager.
e.g. emulator -avd AndroidDevice01

If you restart VSCode and load your Flutter project. The new device should show up at the bottom right of the footer.