An enhanced, smart VS Code extension to manage Flutter and Dart build_runner tasks with active status indicators, quick controls, and auto-detecting FVM.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
Smart Flutter Build Runner is a premium, lightweight, and modern VS Code extension designed to simplify Dart and Flutter code-generation tasks (build_runner). It provides a dedicated sidebar view with live status indicators, quick command trigger buttons, and automatic FVM detection.
Features
⚡ Auto-detect Packages: Automatically scans your workspace for any package containing pubspec.yaml with build_runner configured.
🚀 Dynamic Status Indicators: Real-time animated icons showing if a package task is idle, building (blue spinning loader), watching (green broadcasting status), or failed (red warning icon).
🛠️ Inline Action Buttons: Play, stop, clean, and focus terminal buttons directly on hover in the explorer sidebar tree view.
📦 Monorepo & Workspace Support: Works seamlessly in large-scale multi-package monorepos and Dart workspace projects.
⚙️ Smart FVM Auto-detection: Automatically checks if a package is using FVM (by looking for a local .fvm folder) and runs commands through fvm dart run build_runner ... instead of global Dart, fallback-configured to global settings.
🧹 Quick Clean Commands: Easily run clean or combined clean && build commands from the sidebar.
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
smart_build_runner.fvm: Force using FVM globally for all packages (boolean, default: false).
smart_build_runner.excludes: Glob patterns to exclude specific directories from workspace scans (array of strings, default: []).
smart_build_runner.args: Additional arguments appended to build and watch tasks (string, default: "--delete-conflicting-outputs").
Installation & Setup
Open your VS Code editor.
Search for Smart Flutter Build Runner in the Extension marketplace and install it.
Once installed, if your workspace contains Flutter/Dart projects with build_runner in their pubspec.yaml, the BUILD RUNNER panel will automatically appear in the Explorer sidebar view.
