How to Install Flutter on Windows & Run Your First App (2026)
Want to build Flutter apps on Windows but not sure where to start? In this video, I'll walk you through the complete Flutter setup from scratch — including Git, Android Studio, the Flutter SDK, environment variables, and deploying your first app on an Android emulator.
✅ What you'll learn:
Installing Git for Windows and integrating Git Bash into Windows Terminal
Downloading and setting up Android Studio with virtual device support
Launching an Android emulator from the Virtual Device Manager
Downloading the Flutter SDK and extracting it correctly
Creating the recommended "develop" folder structure on your C drive
Adding the Flutter bin directory to your system PATH (environment variables)
Running flutter --version and flutter doctor to verify your install
Fixing Android SDK Command Line Tools missing error
Accepting Android SDK licenses via terminal
Installing the Flutter & Dart plugins inside Android Studio
Creating your first Flutter project and running it on the emulator
🕐 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Installing Git for Windows
2:10 Setting up Android Studio
3:50 Launching the Android emulator
4:40 Downloading the Flutter SDK
5:20 Creating the develop directory on C drive
5:50 Extracting the Flutter SDK
6:20 Adding Flutter to system PATH (environment variables)
7:00 Verifying Flutter install — flutter --version
7:25 Running flutter doctor
8:00 Fixing missing Android SDK Command Line Tools
8:50 Accepting Android licenses
9:20 Installing Flutter & Dart plugins in Android Studio
10:10 Creating your first Flutter project
11:00 Running the app on the Android emulator
11:45 Wrap-up
Works on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Uses the Flutter stable channel.
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