How to run Flutter on an Embedded Device-CSDN博客

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Essential Summary

In this blog we will cross compile Flutter for a generic ARMv7 Embedded Linux target. We will prepare the sdk, compile flutter and in the end run some demos.

Implementing cross platform HMIs is something we at basysKom do on a daily basis. Usually we use either Qt/QML or Web Technologies, but we are always looking at a broader spectrum of options to provide our customers the best possible solution.

Flutter is one of those other options. It is an UI Framework based on Dart, made by Google. While the primary focus of Flutter are mobile platforms like iOS and Android with a growing support for the Web, Flutter is also heading towards Linux and Windows. Interesting to know is that Google uses Flutter to provide the HMI for their own embedded devices and that it will become even more important once Fuchsia does succeed Android, since it will be the primary Ui Framework of Fuchsia.

So I wondered if it is possible to run Flutter on an UX-Gruppe MACH platform (which is an iMX.6 SOC). The short answer is: Yes it is possible.

In this blog I will explain how you can setup everything to compile and run Flutter for and on a generic ARMv7 Embedded Linux target. Since I do not know which hardware you may have at hand, I need to assume that you will be able to fill the gaps. An i.MX6 with a recent Buildroot or Yocto BSP is a good starting point.

I will show you the basic dependencies and command lines you need in order to cross-compile Flutter for ARMv7. What you can also expect is a general instruction of what needs to be done in order to finally run a Flutter App on your platform (after you compiled the engine).

Hardware Requirements

The mentioned specs are simply the spec of the hardware I used, they are not necessarily the minimum hardware requirements of Flutter on Embedded.

As mentioned, I use our own UX-Gruppe Hardware, an Ultratronic Mach Platform evaluation board with a single core iMX.6 and 1 GB of Memory. The ARMv7 iMX.6 comes with an integrated graphic chip. The tou