aws-amplify / aws-amplify/amplify-hosting

[Feature Request] Flutter for Web support

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Description

### Before opening, please confirm:

- [X] I have checked to see if my question is addressed in the [FAQ](https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-hosting/blob/master/FAQ.md).
- [X] I have [searched for duplicate or closed issues](https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-hosting/issues?q=is%3Aissue+).
- [X] I have removed any sensitive information from my code snippets and submission.

### Amplify Hosting feature

Frontend builds, One click deploy

### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe:

According to the StackOverflow survey in 2024, Flutter is the biggest cross-platform development SDK (with 9.4%) for building apps. Right now AWS Amplify does not support hosting Flutter Web applications.

### Describe how you'd like this feature to work

It can immediately understand if the Flutter app has Web support, deploy it by getting a build for it. We will have the Flutter SDK already loaded and ready to be used to build the app. With custom deployments this will work like the following:

```
version: 1
backend:
phases:
build:
commands:
- npm ci --cache .npm --prefer-offline
- npx ampx pipeline-deploy --branch $AWS_BRANCH --app-id $AWS_APP_ID --outputs-format dart --outputs-out-dir lib
frontend:
phases:
preBuild:
commands:
- echo "Installing Flutter SDK"
- git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git -b stable --depth 1
- export PATH="$PATH:$(pwd)/flutter/bin"
- flutter config --no-analytics
- flutter doctor
build:
commands:
- echo "Installing dependencies"
- flutter pub get
- echo "Building Flutter web application with WASM support"
- flutter build web
artifacts:
baseDirectory: build/web
files:
- '**/*'
cache:
paths:
- flutter/.pub-cache
```

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Research direction

Start with the custom deployment configuration in the issue and review the frontend preBuild and build phases. Check how Flutter SDK installation, `flutter pub get`, and `flutter build web` would fit the existing Amplify Hosting build flow, using `build/web` as the artifact directory. Done means Flutter Web applications can be detected, built, and deployed with the documented configuration.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
flutter
Domain
build-system, cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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