Environment variables option field is disabled

[John-Dormevil]

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Hi I'm trying to set some environment variables through optional fields in run configuration, the issue is the field is disabled why ?

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Build #IU-231.8770.65, built on April 27, 2023

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[stevemessick]

Your run config is named "MyDuo Mobile". Is that for a mobile device? Environment variables are only useful when running a desktop app.

[John-Dormevil]

Hi ^^
Yes it's a mobile app, but for build phase like fetching package from artifactory, I need to specify some environment variable like PUB_HOSTED_URL

[stevemessick]

You'll need to build from the command line, or specify the environment variables in your login shell script (which will require rebooting).

[John-Dormevil]

Actually I use https://direnv.net/ from the command line to launch the app. But I loose all the capability of my IDE. The variables of my directory is not load when I launch the app from intellij idea.

[stevemessick]

I was just looking through the code, and I think we have a little bit-rot. It looks like envars are not enabled for anything anymore.

I have two suggestions you can try.

• flutter config --enable-macos-desktop on the command line, then restart the IDE and see if the envar field is enabled
• If that doesn't work, add the envar definitions to your shell start-up script that runs at login, then reboot your Mac (I know, not ideal, but it will work)

Let us know if that helps.

[John-Dormevil]

Thanks flutter config --enable-macos-desktop allow me to add variables in the run configuration. I don't prefer to add the variables globally because it's specific to a project (directory).