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I'm a beginner developer and I use flutter, I wanted to download databases inside my app in the emulator within Android Studio. But no matter where I search, I can't find the Device File Explorer in the android studio, the only thing I find about it is in settings and it's a completely blank page (there is only the path where to download things).

This is well usually people tell me to go

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    Does this answer your question? [Device File Explorer option missing in Flutter Android Studio](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51608762/device-file-explorer-option-missing-in-flutter-android-studio) – ibhavikmakwana Oct 29 '20 at 05:40
  • Already tried those solutions and doesn't work. No framework is been detected in my event log. – GRC Oct 30 '20 at 04:42

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For Normal Android Development, it's easy. Just go to

View -> Tool Windows -> Device Manager

But in Flutter Development, it's a little bit tricky.

First you have to Configure your Android Development with Flutter to see the Device Manager option.

Steps: Click on the bottom right option where it says Event Log and then Press Configure Now Done!

No go to the same path again which was

View -> Tool Windows

and here you can see the Device Manager is visible now. Event Log

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  • Hello! I tried that but I cannot see anything saying "configure now" (before and after emulator is running the app). the only notification I see is: "Unsupported Android Studio version: Canary versions of Android Studio are not supported by the Flutter plugin." I wonder if that is the source of my problems! (nb. I also usually read "Unable to located adb", but emulator runs great after that. So I ignored this issue, since all common solutions didn't also really worked) – GRC Oct 29 '20 at 14:45
  • Well i was getting (Frameworks Detected-> Android framework is detected. -> and then "Configure") and i clicked configure and it was all done. – Maz341 Oct 29 '20 at 14:56
  • Oh ok, I don't get that. I'll try installing a NON-Canary version of AS – GRC Oct 29 '20 at 15:02
  • Ok that doesn't solve my problem – GRC Oct 30 '20 at 04:40
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    This does work for me. Not sure why some are not seeing it. – SEG.Veenstra Feb 09 '21 at 08:01
  • in mine android studio, bottom right options are missing like you have the device file explorer. Previously it has Emulator option as well but now they are gone ! – Ali Yar Khan May 14 '21 at 18:51
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You can just use your real device to test and It will be better.

  1. Just connect your mobile with usb to your computer.
  2. turn on USB debugging in developer mode.
  3. you will see a dialog box in mobile just allow and you are ready to use it.

Hope it will be helpful I suggest it coz once when I was trying my app in emulator it was working fine but when I have tested it on real device many things were not working and I have to start my project from scratch. So I suggest to test on real device and in addition you will easily get file explorer and more.

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  • He can't use just a real device. Please just focus on what asked. I have the same trouble and I need to see all device files without root permission. On my real device i can't do it without root so I have to do this through emulator.. – Ertuğrul Çakıcı Jul 12 '21 at 15:25