Flutter: Create a New Project in the Current Directory

To create a new Flutter project in the current directory, you can run the flutter create command and use the dot (.) for the path:

flutter create .

Important: The folder name should be all lowercase, with underscores to separate words. Only use underscores, letters from a to z, and digits from 0 to 9 (the name mustn’t start with a number). Uppercase characters, dashes, and other special symbols will cause the error: “… is not a valid Dart package name”.

You can also specify your organization with the –-org flag (the default value is com.example):

flutter create --org com.kindacode .

The organization string will be used as the prefix for your iOS bundle identifier and Android package name.

In order to set the type for your project, add --template or --t flag (the default value is app):

flutter create --t plugin --org com.kindacode .

Available types:

• app: Initialize a standard app (to release on App Store, Google Play, etc).
• package: Create a shareable project containing modular Dart code.
• plugin: Make a shareable project containing an API in Dart code with one or multiple platform-specific implementations for Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, etc.

Here is my screenshot of creating a project while in a folder called kindacode_example:

That’s if. Further reading:

• Dart & Flutter: Convert a Duration to HH:mm:ss format
• Flutter: Creating Transparent/Translucent App Bars
• Flutter StatefulBuilder example
• Text Overflow in Flutter: Tutorial & Examples
• Using Font Awesome Icons in Flutter
• Flutter & Hive Database: CRUD Example

You can also take a tour around our Flutter topic page and Dart topic page to see the latest tutorials and examples.