[Analytics]: Enable debug mode when using Flutter on a Mac when testing a Mac App

[stephane-archer]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues.

Which plugins are affected?

Analytics

Which platforms are affected?

macOS

Description

I tried everything I could find on the internet. I can't Enable debug mode when using Flutter on a Mac when testing a Mac App. Can you check if it works for you and how are you able to enable it?

Reproducing the issue

any app with firebase analytics that work on mac should do the job

Firebase Core version

2.19.0

Flutter Version

3.19.5

Relevant Log Output

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Flutter dependencies

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[russellwheatley]

@stephane-archer - Open your macOS project in Xcode:

cd macos
xed .

The above open project in Xcode.

Now add -FIRDebugEnabled to your command line arguments

Run the app from Xcode (rather than via Flutter CLI). Unfortunately, there is no way of running Analytics debug mode from Flutter. It has to be from Xcode because you need the command line argument. See: #11780

[stephane-archer]

Thanks a lot @russellwheatley, it finally works. I was adding -FIRDebugEnabled to the command line arguments but was using flutter run for testing.
I wish it was explained in the documentation that it has to be run from Xcode.
I hope #12650 can fix this for others.