After flutter new project creation I can't locate the main dart file to start programming

Question

I have installed Android Studio and flutter successfully. When I run flutter doctor in command prompt it gives me [all green ticks in these brackets].

The question is that after the creation of a new flutter project on the right-hand side of the screen under the project I am unable to see/locate any dart main file to write code. For further clarification, you can see the attached image below.

Unable to locate the dart file to write code in the project hierarchy:

I have 0 ideas what is still missing in the configuration of Flutter / Android Studio

I have installed flutter and android studio in the E directory. also added the environment variables in Windows 10. While creating the flutter project I added the flutter SDK path which is also in the E directory. I hope I answered your question. — Ibraheem Mustafa, Jun 10 '21 at 16:12
Just to confirm, you're able to see new flutter project? when you click on file -> new -> — sungkd123, Jun 10 '21 at 16:17
@sungkd123 Yeah while creating a new project I can see "New Flutter Project" Option — Ibraheem Mustafa, Jun 10 '21 at 16:49
should be lib/main.dart underneath the top of your project. Do you see a pubspec.yaml file? — Randal Schwartz, Jun 10 '21 at 22:43
I think you generated your project in the wrond folder... Can you search for it through a windows explorer ? — BabC, Jun 11 '21 at 07:03
@RandalSchwartz I can't see pubspec.yaml file under project hierarchy whcih should be there — Ibraheem Mustafa, Jun 11 '21 at 11:01
@BabC I am able to search my project name through windows file explorer. — Ibraheem Mustafa, Jun 11 '21 at 11:09
And it is in the same folder as it shouldbe in android studio ? — BabC, Jun 11 '21 at 14:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 13 '21 at 05:11

Well, I figured out why pubspec.yaml and main.dart was not in my project due to the older version of flutter. I downloaded the latest version flutter_windows_2.2.2-stable, created a new flutter project, and included the flutter SDK path of flutter_windows_2.2.2-stable which resolved all my problems. Kindly, make sure whoever wants to start Mobile Application development in Android Studio + Flutter + Dart always download the latest version of everything.

Recent Experiment:

After downloading the latest version of Flutter still, I was unable to get the pubspec.yaml and main.dart files in my Android Studio Project, so the solution is below:

where you have extracted your flutter_windows_2.2.2-stable remember the directory path like E:\src\flutter_windows_2.2.2-stable which is in my scenario.

******************* CMD WORK *******************
Open cmd(Command Prompt) by default you will be in the directory like C:\Users\UserName\
Now go to the path E:\src and to navigate write E: hit enter, now you will be in the E: directory. Write cd E:\src hit enter.
type flutter create project_name ( make sure whenever you withe the name of the project it should be like this my_first_app in this format you name the projects with proper naming convention in flutter [word_word_word_word] ) then hit enter, wait for a while it will create a new flutter project for you including pubspec.yaml and main.dart files + necessary files to be imported.

Reference for naming convention in flutter (https://medium.com/flutter-community/file-and-folder-structure-in-flutter-967b8be3155e#:~:text=Flutter%20doesn't%20have%20a,letters%20and%20underscores%20between%20words.&text=When%20naming%20folders%2C%20you%20want,them%20very%20direct%20and%20clear.)

Right now after the creation of a project(Flutter) in Android Studio you are unable to see/locate the pubspec.yaml and main.dart files use cmd for the project creation which worked in my scenario.

After flutter new project creation I can't locate the main dart file to start programming

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