diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/application_package.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/application_package.dart
index 0bb41c27ec3..8c89e5df4a3 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/application_package.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/application_package.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import 'package:xml/xml.dart' as xml;
 
 import 'android/android_sdk.dart';
 import 'android/gradle.dart';
+import 'base/context.dart';
 import 'base/file_system.dart';
 import 'base/os.dart' show os;
 import 'base/process.dart';
@@ -20,6 +21,37 @@ import 'ios/plist_utils.dart' as plist;
 import 'project.dart';
 import 'tester/flutter_tester.dart';
 
+class ApplicationPackageFactory {
+  static ApplicationPackageFactory get instance => context[ApplicationPackageFactory];
+
+  Future<ApplicationPackage> getPackageForPlatform(
+      TargetPlatform platform,
+      {File applicationBinary}) async {
+    switch (platform) {
+      case TargetPlatform.android_arm:
+      case TargetPlatform.android_arm64:
+      case TargetPlatform.android_x64:
+      case TargetPlatform.android_x86:
+        return applicationBinary == null
+            ? await AndroidApk.fromAndroidProject((await FlutterProject.current()).android)
+            : AndroidApk.fromApk(applicationBinary);
+      case TargetPlatform.ios:
+        return applicationBinary == null
+            ? IOSApp.fromIosProject((await FlutterProject.current()).ios)
+            : IOSApp.fromPrebuiltApp(applicationBinary);
+      case TargetPlatform.tester:
+        return FlutterTesterApp.fromCurrentDirectory();
+      case TargetPlatform.darwin_x64:
+      case TargetPlatform.linux_x64:
+      case TargetPlatform.windows_x64:
+      case TargetPlatform.fuchsia:
+        return null;
+    }
+    assert(platform != null);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 abstract class ApplicationPackage {
   ApplicationPackage({ @required this.id })
     : assert(id != null);
@@ -277,33 +309,6 @@ class PrebuiltIOSApp extends IOSApp {
   String get _bundlePath => bundleDir.path;
 }
 
-Future<ApplicationPackage> getApplicationPackageForPlatform(
-    TargetPlatform platform,
-    {File applicationBinary}) async {
-  switch (platform) {
-    case TargetPlatform.android_arm:
-    case TargetPlatform.android_arm64:
-    case TargetPlatform.android_x64:
-    case TargetPlatform.android_x86:
-      return applicationBinary == null
-          ? await AndroidApk.fromAndroidProject((await FlutterProject.current()).android)
-          : AndroidApk.fromApk(applicationBinary);
-    case TargetPlatform.ios:
-      return applicationBinary == null
-          ? IOSApp.fromIosProject((await FlutterProject.current()).ios)
-          : IOSApp.fromPrebuiltApp(applicationBinary);
-    case TargetPlatform.tester:
-      return FlutterTesterApp.fromCurrentDirectory();
-    case TargetPlatform.darwin_x64:
-    case TargetPlatform.linux_x64:
-    case TargetPlatform.windows_x64:
-    case TargetPlatform.fuchsia:
-      return null;
-  }
-  assert(platform != null);
-  return null;
-}
-
 class ApplicationPackageStore {
   ApplicationPackageStore({ this.android, this.iOS });
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/context_runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/context_runner.dart
index 99d4c1fa41e..260d29256b3 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/context_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/context_runner.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import 'android/android_sdk.dart';
 import 'android/android_studio.dart';
 import 'android/android_workflow.dart';
+import 'application_package.dart';
 import 'artifacts.dart';
 import 'asset.dart';
 import 'base/build.dart';
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ Future<T> runInContext<T>(
       AndroidWorkflow: () => AndroidWorkflow(),
       AndroidValidator: () => AndroidValidator(),
       AndroidLicenseValidator: () => AndroidLicenseValidator(),
+      ApplicationPackageFactory: () => ApplicationPackageFactory(),
       Artifacts: () => CachedArtifacts(),
       AssetBundleFactory: () => AssetBundleFactory.defaultInstance,
       BotDetector: () => const BotDetector(),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
index 50eb8ff7527..82f5a0f07b9 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class FlutterDevice {
     printStatus('Launching ${getDisplayPath(hotRunner.mainPath)} on ${device.name} in $modeName mode...');
 
     final TargetPlatform targetPlatform = await device.targetPlatform;
-    package = await getApplicationPackageForPlatform(
+    package = await ApplicationPackageFactory.instance.getPackageForPlatform(
       targetPlatform,
       applicationBinary: hotRunner.applicationBinary
     );
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class FlutterDevice {
     bool shouldBuild = true,
   }) async {
     final TargetPlatform targetPlatform = await device.targetPlatform;
-    package = await getApplicationPackageForPlatform(
+    package = await ApplicationPackageFactory.instance.getPackageForPlatform(
       targetPlatform,
       applicationBinary: coldRunner.applicationBinary
     );