JetBrains IDE (IntelliJ) does not understand workspaces (always suggests to run pub get even when it's been run)

[jwren]

Tracking issue for dart-lang/sdk#56380 in the flutter/flutter-intellij bug repo.

[jwren]

Using the latest version of the Flutter IJ plugin, 2024.2, Flutter IJ plugin 242.20629, I get the following when I run dart pub get with the flutter/engine repository I am getting this error:

Because _engine_workspace depends on yaml from path which doesn't exist (could not find package yaml at "third_party/dart/third_party/pkg/yaml"), version
  solving failed.

And this error from the Dart IJ plugin:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: access contentManager when it's not yet available
	at com.intellij.ui.content.impl.MessageViewImpl.getContentManager(MessageViewImpl.kt:47)
	at com.jetbrains.lang.dart.ide.actions.DartPubActionBase.findExistingInfoForCommand(DartPubActionBase.java:308)
	at com.jetbrains.lang.dart.ide.actions.DartPubActionBase.showPubOutputConsole(DartPubActionBase.java:260)
	at com.jetbrains.lang.dart.ide.actions.DartPubActionBase.doPerformPubAction(DartPubActionBase.java:242)
	at com.jetbrains.lang.dart.ide.actions.DartPubActionBase.performPubAction(DartPubActionBase.java:207)
	at com.jetbrains.lang.dart.ide.inspections.DartOutdatedDependenciesInspection$RunPubFix.applyFix(DartOutdatedDependenciesInspection.java:139)
...

[AlexanderBartash]

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-354613/Multiple-tool-windows-throw-IllegalStateException-access-contentManager-when-its-not-yet-available

[brian-superlist]

To add onto this: Tests also always run flutter pub get before executing the tests as well, slowing down test execution.

To reproduce:

1. Create unit / widget test
2. Run test
3. See pub get executed
4. See results (pass / fail)
5. Run again
6. Pub get run again

[sigurdm]

@helin24 is this on track? We'd love workspaces to work also in intellij with the release of dart 3.6.

Feel free to reach out if you need help with anything.

[sigurdm]

I tried to reproduce the issue

I used

• IntelliJ IDEA 2022.3.3 (Community Edition)
• Dart plugin 223.8977
• Dart from Flutter 3.24.3 • channel stable

Even in a non-workspace, I always have the button that suggests to run pub get.

Is there some other suggestion that is depending on the freshness of the resolution?

Also I tried loading the engine with the third_party/dart/third_party/pkg/yaml missing. I got an error from pub get (as expected) but I did not see the java.lang.IllegalStateException: - maybe there is some console I am missing.

[sigurdm]

Is there some other suggestion that is depending on the freshness of the resolution?

I realized I was only using the dart plugin - not the flutter plugin.

maybe there is some console I am missing.

Ah - these logs come in the terminal when intellij is started from terminal...

Ok - still haven't reproduced exactly - but I'm getting closer...