John "codefu" McDole
f82b73c724
docs(engine): update rbe notes ( #180599 )
2026-01-07 00:04:33 +00:00
b-luk
357729910a
Update "Frame Capture with RenderDoc" docs with instructions for Android ( #178138 )
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2025-11-10 20:48:01 +00:00
b-luk
cfbeed68a3
Add FAQ entry about our attempts to remove Skia image codecs. ( #177947 )
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Adds a FAQ entry referencing our investigations into removing Skia image
codecs in https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/144438 and
https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/177863 .
2025-11-03 22:50:22 +00:00
Loïc Sharma
14ca24d85e
Improve Impeller's docs in the top-level docs folder ( #177848 )
2025-11-03 19:47:52 +00:00
b-luk
597f07b268
Update engine setup docs. ( #176750 )
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- Move "gclient bootstrap" out of engine/README.md into a section in the
"Setting up the Engine development environment" doc.
- In the "gclient bootstrap" section, instruct Googlers to follow the
RBE setup docs.
- Update the "Additional Steps for Web Engine" to reflect the fact that
the user's gclient file is copied from a template that contains a
commented-out web engine entry.
- Link to the "Engine Tool" docs instead of to "Compiling the engine"
for the next steps.
- In the RBE doc:
- Update the gclient instructions to reflect that the gclient file may
be copied from rbe.gclient.
- Move the "gcloud" section into the "Getting started" parent section.
The gcloud setup is required before any of the next steps.
- Instead of suggested the "gcloud auth application-default login"
command in case of an error, directly instruct the user to run this
command. It's required for things to work.
- Add a "Too many open files" section to the Troubleshooting parent
section.
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Gray Mackall
202dc3b970
Make it clear that you need to install clangd in VSCode intellisense c++ config ( #176609 )
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Make it clear that you need to install clangd in VSCode intellisense c++
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2025-10-07 20:12:27 +00:00
gaaclarke
6baea94c1c
updates docs for flutter engine footprint ( #176217 )
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2025-10-06 17:50:20 +00:00
Mohellebi abdessalem
bb8dc31b5b
fix typo in Crashes.md ( #175959 )
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2025-09-29 18:30:53 +00:00
Gray Mackall
53a33b74bc
Fix link to .gclient setup instructions ( #176046 )
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Fix link to .gclient setup instructions.
2025-09-26 14:09:42 +00:00
Dominik Roszkowski
766716c2b1
Update docs/engine/contributing/Compiling-the-engine.md with macOS build steps ( #175716 )
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As I was building Flutter engine locally on my macOS with Apple Silicon
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John "codefu" McDole
e068a3e6c4
chore: move engine docs out of engine/ and into docs/ ( #175195 )
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Moving docs to be co-located with other docs + updating links. This has
the benefit of not including docs in engine content hash semantics.
2025-09-16 18:19:50 +00:00
Matan Lurey
8a0b34c9b9
Delete docs/engine directory ( #151616 )
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Closes https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/150869 .
Pending the following:
- https://github.com/flutter/.github/pull/47
- https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/151614
- https://github.com/flutter/engine/pull/53828
- https://github.com/flutter/engine/pull/53829
The wiki backlinks and website have all been updated to <https://github.com/flutter/engine/tree/main/docs >.
2024-07-17 17:58:48 +00:00
Gray Mackall
72d75959a0
Link engine docs on AS setup in flutter/flutter docs on engine contributor setup ( #151481 )
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Links to the docs on Android Studio setup.
2024-07-09 20:35:42 +00:00
Loïc Sharma
8334a3172c
Add more warm up frame docs ( #150464 )
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Updated the wiki to call out the warm up frame. This contains details from the following pages:
1. b98d48549c/packages/flutter/lib/src/scheduler/binding.dart (L994-L1016)
2. https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/dart-ui/PlatformDispatcher/scheduleWarmUpFrame.html
3. https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/dart-ui/FlutterView/physicalSize.html
Part of https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/149974
2024-06-25 20:36:05 +00:00
Parker Lougheed
7404f1be16
Rename doc file to use standard hyphens ( #150314 )
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Fixes https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/150313
2024-06-18 00:47:26 +00:00
Kate Lovett
1fbcbb73a0
[wiki migration] Leftover wiki pages and links ( #148989 )
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This is waiting on
- https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/148777
- https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pull/148790
After this PR lands, there will likely be 1-2 more clean up PRs, after which the migration will be done!
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This moves the remaining wiki pages as planned in [flutter.dev/go/migrate-flutter-wiki-spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x65189ZBdNiLRygpUYoU08pwvXD4M-Z157c6pm8deGI/edit?usp=sharing )
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Remaining links to the wiki will be updated once all other pages have finished moving, they still work in the meantime.
Part of https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/145009
2024-05-28 15:12:10 +00:00
Kate Lovett
722c8d62fd
[wiki migration] Engine team pages ( #148696 )
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This sorts the wiki pages owned by the Engine team in the docs/ directory as planned in [flutter.dev/go/migrate-flutter-wiki-spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x65189ZBdNiLRygpUYoU08pwvXD4M-Z157c6pm8deGI/edit?usp=sharing )
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Part of https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/145009
2024-05-20 23:40:42 +00:00