[Question]: Enabled/disabled debugging mode

[Kiruel]

Hello,

Quick question here: Is it possible to enable/disable the dap without changing this variable every time we need to use the debugger?

debugger = {
        enabled = true, // This one ?
},

I cannot find any solution to run the project in debug mode without changing this every time and re-opening nvim.

Thanks!

[sidlatau]

No, there is currently no option to change the debugger.enabled value. However, I am considering adding a :FlutterDebug command for this purpose. This command would not depend on the debugger.enabled setting and could always start Flutter in debug mode. Would this approach work for you?

[Kiruel]

Yes it could be a nice solution ! So we could have same as vscode, "start debugging" "run without debugging". And will start dap if debugging.
Waiting for this feature then :) ! Thanks !

[sidlatau]

I reopened this case to ensure it is not forgotten :)

[sidlatau]

By the way, is there any particular reason you're switching between debug and non-debug modes, @Kiruel ? I recently fixed some commands that weren't working in debug mode (e.g., "Inspect widget"). Is there anything else that needs fixing?

[Kiruel]

Yes during dev, on a big codebase I switch between this two. It's common also to get some information without print everywhere.
For now I don't really use debugger in neovim because I need to change the variable reopen open.
But using vscode instead when I use the debugger.
Have not try during unit test also but will test if you need me on that.

[Kiruel]

I will mention also if you add the debugger via flutterdebug it should be possible to hotreaload right ?

[sidlatau]

Yes, hot reload/hot restart works in debug mode. I use debug mode as my default mode, it works without problems.

[kamskry]

Hello @sidlatau
I also use debug mode as my default but I had some issues:

1. Sometimes I don't want debugger to stop at exceptions. It's more dap related and I found a way to toggle that with: https://github.com/lucaSartore/nvim-dap-exception-breakpoints
2. open_dev_tools is not yet implemented for DAP runner - which is my main issue with debug mode.

Now if I want to use Devtools, I have to run app via cli or other IDE. Would love to have that enabled in debug mode. Until that is available switching between debug and non-debug modes would be nice.

[sidlatau]

Hi, @kamskry, I made Open Dev Tools command work in debug mode via:
#419
Could you check if it works for you?

[kamskr]

@sidlatau Yes, it works! Thank you so much, this is amazing

[Kiruel]

Do I need to wait a new release to test it @sidlatau or I can switch to use main ?

[sidlatau]

Please use the main branch for now. New releases are on hold while we wait for #393 to be resolved.