flutter-intellij: Autocomplete does not work in Android Studio
Steps to Reproduce
Please tell us what you were doing and what went wrong
- Create a new flutter project
- Create
src
folder inlib
withbaz.dart
andfoo.dart
files - Add this to
foo.dart
:class Foo {}
- Start typing in
baz.dart
:class Bar extends Fo
Android Studio does not have autocomplete:
Visual Studio Code does have:
IntelliJ Ultimate also does:
Version info
Please paste the output of running flutter doctor -v
here (available from the command
line or from Tools > Flutter > Flutter Doctor
). It will provide the version of the
Flutter framework as well as of the IntelliJ plugin.
[√] Flutter (Channel dev, v1.5.8, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.475], locale en-US)
• Flutter version 1.5.8 at C:\Users\Meee3\Documents\flutter_v1.2.1_stable\flutter
• Framework revision 0ba67226ee (11 days ago), 2019-04-24 17:18:28 -0700
• Engine revision c63d1cf9c9
• Dart version 2.3.0 (build 2.3.0-dev.0.1 1f1592edce)
[√] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 28.0.3)
• Android SDK at C:\Users\Meee3\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
• Android NDK location not configured (optional; useful for native profiling support)
• Platform android-28, build-tools 28.0.3
• Java binary at: C:\Users\Meee3\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\AndroidStudio\ch-0\183.5452501\jre\bin\java
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1343-b01)
• All Android licenses accepted.
[√] Android Studio (version 3.4)
• Android Studio at C:\Users\Meee3\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\AndroidStudio\ch-0\183.5452501
• Flutter plugin version 35.2.1
• Dart plugin version 183.6270
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1343-b01)
[√] IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition (version 2019.1)
• IntelliJ at C:\Users\Meee3\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\IDEA-U\ch-0\191.6707.61
• Flutter plugin version 35.2.3
• Dart plugin version 191.7019
[√] VS Code (version 1.33.1)
• VS Code at C:\Users\Meee3\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code
• Flutter extension version 2.26.1
[!] Connected device
! No devices available
! Doctor found issues in 1 category.
If I switch back to the stable channel
, there is no difference in autocomplete.
Checking Dart SDK version...
Downloading Dart SDK from Flutter engine 3757390fa4b00d2d261bfdf5182d2e87c9113ff9...
Unzipping Dart SDK...
Building flutter tool...
Running pub upgrade...
[√] Flutter (Channel stable, v1.2.1, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.475], locale en-US)
• Flutter version 1.2.1 at C:\Users\Meee3\Documents\flutter_v1.2.1_stable\flutter
• Framework revision 8661d8aecd (3 months ago), 2019-02-14 19:19:53 -0800
• Engine revision 3757390fa4
• Dart version 2.1.2 (build 2.1.2-dev.0.0 0a7dcf17eb)
[√] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 28.0.3)
• Android SDK at C:\Users\Meee3\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
• Android NDK location not configured (optional; useful for native profiling support)
• Platform android-28, build-tools 28.0.3
• Java binary at: C:\Users\Meee3\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\AndroidStudio\ch-0\183.5452501\jre\bin\java
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1343-b01)
• All Android licenses accepted.
[√] Android Studio (version 3.4)
• Android Studio at C:\Users\Meee3\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\AndroidStudio\ch-0\183.5452501
• Flutter plugin version 35.2.1
• Dart plugin version 183.6270
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1343-b01)
[√] IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition (version 2019.1)
• IntelliJ at C:\Users\Meee3\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\IDEA-U\ch-0\191.6707.61
• Flutter plugin version 35.2.3
• Dart plugin version 191.7019
[√] VS Code (version 1.33.1)
• VS Code at C:\Users\Meee3\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code
• Flutter extension version 2.26.1
[!] Connected device
! No devices available
! Doctor found issues in 1 category.
As a note:
I of course do not need Android Studio and IntelliJ at the same time, I just spent too much time trying to establish autocomplete in Android Studio that I have downloaded everything possible and could not imagine there was a difference between any IDEs, let alone IntelliJ and Android Studio.
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 5 years ago
- Reactions: 2
- Comments: 21 (2 by maintainers)
Is autocomplete available in Android Studio now?
Yes, it is, if the autocomplete isn’t working for you in Android Studio, just press File and uncheck the Power save mode, it should work fine after that.
Do you have any suggestions how to fix code completion. In my case:
Running the app somehow breaks Code completion, maybe it has something to do with the new DevTools integration in Android Studio, but I’m just guessing here. Please help.

Auto complete does not work on my M2 after installing android studio
Thank You so much for this solution.
I have an issue with auto complete text view. Posted a question on stack. can anyone pl check it?
@Muzm My OS is Win10, maybe it just happen on windows. My colleague use macOS, it work fine.
@shubhangijadhav30 I tried build a new project, and copy the original folder “lib” to the new project. The code completion was still not work.
I think some spefic code will make it happen. I’ll try to find it.
You just create a new project and start working there !! Auto completion of code will surely work !! It happened with me and my friend but for only 1 project our other projects do not have this problem .
exactly the same problem! I been search solution for month and nothing was found. before hit the run/debug button widget and import autocomplete was good, after run/debug it all broken. restart the inteillj/android studio autocomplete will be back, only when I NOT CLICKED the run/debug button.
here is my flutter doctor and flutter plugin version:

edit: after reset my OS(win 10) and reinstall flutter 1.22.5, the problem still exist
checking and then un-checking File > Power Save Mode made autocomplete start working again for me too.