Why do I have to do flutter create . to build?

[sgehrman]

Just wondering why it's not simple to build and run?

I had to run flutter create .

Got this error:
AndroidManifest.xml could not be found.
Please check /home/steve/google/clock/canvas_clock/android/AndroidManifest.xml for errors.
No application found for TargetPlatform.android_x64.
Is your project missing an android/AndroidManifest.xml?
Consider running "flutter create ." to create one.

[creativecreatorormaybenot]

I am glad you took a look at the project and asked 😃

In this project, I excluded the ios, android, and web directories (as part of preparing the clock for submission, see Getting Started here). Consequently, flutter create . is required to generate these before you can run the project. Additionally, it would get any missing packages (if any were used 😄 ).
This saves size and also ensures longer compatibility because flutter create . will always add the latest platform setup.

I did not think that the question would come up. Now that you asked, I will include it in the README. See the commit linked below.

[sgehrman]

Thanks for the response and adding it to the readme.