Dot shorthands breaks static analysis and hot reload in Android Studio on Flutter 3.38.1 and Dart 3.10.0

[VladislavGlushko]

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new Flutter project using Flutter 3.38.1 and Dart 3.10.0. Keep the template code, it already contains dot shorthands.
2. Launch the app
3. Try hot reloading using cmd/ctrl+S

Expected results

Static analysis and hot reload works with dot shorthands enabled and used in the project in Android Studio on Flutter 3.38.0+ and Dart 3.10.0

Actual results

1. .fromSeed, const MyHomePage(...) and .center in main.dart are not getting analysed (no context actions nor IDE description available) even though the rest of the file is analysed correctly.
2. An IDE (in my case Android Studio) popup saying "Reload not performed Analysis issues found View Issues"
3. Check Dart Analysis issues, see that there is "Nothing to show"

Code sample

Code sample

Standard template created using `flutter create`. main.dart

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  // This widget is the root of your application.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(
        // This is the theme of your application.
        //
        // TRY THIS: Try running your application with "flutter run". You'll see
        // the application has a purple toolbar. Then, without quitting the app,
        // try changing the seedColor in the colorScheme below to Colors.green
        // and then invoke "hot reload" (save your changes or press the "hot
        // reload" button in a Flutter-supported IDE, or press "r" if you used
        // the command line to start the app).
        //
        // Notice that the counter didn't reset back to zero; the application
        // state is not lost during the reload. To reset the state, use hot
        // restart instead.
        //
        // This works for code too, not just values: Most code changes can be
        // tested with just a hot reload.
        colorScheme: .fromSeed(seedColor: Colors.deepPurple),
      ),
      home: const MyHomePage(title: 'Flutter Demo Home Page'),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyHomePage({super.key, required this.title});

  // This widget is the home page of your application. It is stateful, meaning
  // that it has a State object (defined below) that contains fields that affect
  // how it looks.

  // This class is the configuration for the state. It holds the values (in this
  // case the title) provided by the parent (in this case the App widget) and
  // used by the build method of the State. Fields in a Widget subclass are
  // always marked "final".

  final String title;

  @override
  State<MyHomePage> createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  int _counter = 0;

  void _incrementCounter() {
    setState(() {
      // This call to setState tells the Flutter framework that something has
      // changed in this State, which causes it to rerun the build method below
      // so that the display can reflect the updated values. If we changed
      // _counter without calling setState(), then the build method would not be
      // called again, and so nothing would appear to happen.
      _counter++;
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    // This method is rerun every time setState is called, for instance as done
    // by the _incrementCounter method above.
    //
    // The Flutter framework has been optimized to make rerunning build methods
    // fast, so that you can just rebuild anything that needs updating rather
    // than having to individually change instances of widgets.
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        // TRY THIS: Try changing the color here to a specific color (to
        // Colors.amber, perhaps?) and trigger a hot reload to see the AppBar
        // change color while the other colors stay the same.
        backgroundColor: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.inversePrimary,
        // Here we take the value from the MyHomePage object that was created by
        // the App.build method, and use it to set our appbar title.
        title: Text(widget.title),
      ),
      body: Center(
        // Center is a layout widget. It takes a single child and positions it
        // in the middle of the parent.
        child: Column(
          // Column is also a layout widget. It takes a list of children and
          // arranges them vertically. By default, it sizes itself to fit its
          // children horizontally, and tries to be as tall as its parent.
          //
          // Column has various properties to control how it sizes itself and
          // how it positions its children. Here we use mainAxisAlignment to
          // center the children vertically; the main axis here is the vertical
          // axis because Columns are vertical (the cross axis would be
          // horizontal).
          //
          // TRY THIS: Invoke "debug painting" (choose the "Toggle Debug Paint"
          // action in the IDE, or press "p" in the console), to see the
          // wireframe for each widget.
          mainAxisAlignment: .center,
          children: [
            const Text('You have pushed the button this many times:'),
            Text(
              '$_counter',
              style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headlineMedium,
            ),
          ],
        ),
      ),
      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
        onPressed: _incrementCounter,
        tooltip: 'Increment',
        child: const Icon(Icons.add),
      ),
    );
  }
}

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Flutter Doctor output

Doctor output

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.38.1, on macOS 15.5 24F74 darwin-arm64, locale en-HU) [885ms]
    • Flutter version 3.38.1 on channel stable at /Users/vladislavglushko/fvm/versions/3.38.1
    • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision b45fa18946 (31 hours ago), 2025-11-12 22:09:06 -0600
    • Engine revision b5990e5ccc
    • Dart version 3.10.0
    • DevTools version 2.51.1
    • Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets,
      omit-legacy-version-file, enable-lldb-debugging, enable-uiscene-migration

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.0.0) [1,598ms]
    • Android SDK at /Users/vladislavglushko/Library/Android/sdk
    • Emulator version 35.6.11.0 (build_id 13610412) (CL:N/A)
    • Platform android-36, build-tools 36.0.0
    • Java binary at: /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk@17/bin/java
      This JDK was found in the system PATH.
      To manually set the JDK path, use: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 17.0.14+0)
    • All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 16.4) [1,281ms]
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Build 16F6
    • CocoaPods version 1.16.2

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [6ms]
    • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Connected device (4 available) [6.3s]
    • sdk gphone64 arm64 (mobile) • emulator-5554             • android-arm64  • Android 15 (API 35) (emulator)
    • iPhone (wireless) (mobile)  • 00008140-000D756C0EA1801C • ios            • iOS 18.5 22F76
    • macOS (desktop)             • macos                     • darwin-arm64   • macOS 15.5 24F74 darwin-arm64
    • Chrome (web)                • chrome                    • web-javascript • Google Chrome 142.0.7444.162

[✓] Network resources [228ms]
    • All expected network resources are available.

• No issues found!

[darshankawar]

@VladislavGlushko I think this will need to be reported in dart-lang repo, so please file the issue in https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues.
Closing from here. If you get directed here again, please write in comments and I'll reopen it.

/cc @FMorschel FYI

[FMorschel]

I've tested it myself and haven't yet been able to reproduce this. Please file this under the SDK if you're still experiencing this.

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