How to `flutter run` with target device as android?

Question

I have my flutter app built and running on macOS using the following command.

flutter run

This is great.
Now, I want to run my app on an Android device. It has developer mode enabled and getting recognised when I run adb devices. I have also run other apps on my Android device. So, I am sure the android device is well set for android development.

But now when execute flutter run, my app still runs on macOS instead of Android device. I did a flutter build apk which built my app for android. But, flutter run still runs on Mac instead of Android.

Isn't there a flutter run command to run the build on Android specifically?

Weeden

what does flutter devices command show? – Philis

flutter devices showed that my device was not authorised. This was stupid. I had it authorised for multiple other run sessions. But, your suggestion got me to find the root cause of my problem. Please feel free to post an answer and I can accept it. – Weeden

Additionally, if there is a command to select flutter run's target as Android, I would like to know that. That was my original question as well. – Weeden

flutter -v -d your_android_device run (-v is optional: it stands for "verbose") – Philis

Answer 1

flutter -v -d your_android_device run selects the target device to run on.

Weeden

btw you dont have to pass the whole device_id - you can shorten it to few letters – Philis

Ah. Thats even better! – Weeden

actually i checked that even one letter is enough (if it selects one device of course) ;-) – Philis

The device id can be found by the command flutter devices, iti is the second column in the list – Bridging

Answer 2

Check that your device is recognized using flutter devices (or flutter doctor -v). If so, you can specify the device id you using flutter run -d <deviceID>.

Vignola

Answer 3

flutter -d 54XXXXXX35130ebefd38f run

Doxia

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