How do I skip external files when debugging a Flutter app in VS Code? [duplicate]

Question

I set a breakpoint because I want to investigate what's going on.
I step over/into
Suddenly it goes off to a different (external) file. It's a swirl of going back and forth to different files forever and after 15 minutes I'm still not in my file and don't know what bug I have.

How can I force the debugger to stay only in my file/or potentially only in my folder?

Question no.2. What's the diff btw step over and step into?

if you've gone too deep try Step Out (Shift F11) Regarding your question about step over and into etc, read : stackoverflow.com/questions/3580715/… — tHeSiD
– tHeSiD, Commented Jun 20, 2020 at 18:01
Here is the answer: stackoverflow.com/questions/47556495/… — Tomas Baran
– Tomas Baran, Commented Feb 21, 2022 at 20:03

tHeSiD · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 19:43:51Z

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In VSCode, if you want to skip over files that you don't want to debug, usually files in your node_modules etc you can add a setting to tell VSCode to skip the files when debugging, so you can make the configuration only debug your code.

You have to add a setting skipFiles to you launch configuration, i.e. launch.json

Example:

            "skipFiles": [
                "<node_internals>/**",
                "**/app/out/vs/**"
            ]

You can read more about excluding the files you don't want to debug here - Skipping uninteresting code (node, chrome)

edited Jun 20, 2020 at 19:43

answered Jun 20, 2020 at 18:28

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Tomas Baran Over a year ago

Thanks! I'd seen your answer in another post before posting my question but it was not helpful. Can you please show us the full example of launch.json for flutter? I couldn't make your example to work. It looks like your example may be for javascript...

tHeSiD Over a year ago

You should have posted your whole launch.json then, the question was generic. anyway you can take a look at this file and see how the skipFiles object is set for dart projects. I will add the specific lines you might need for your dart project to the answer github.com/Dart-Code/Dart-Code/blob/master/.vscode/launch.json

Tomas Baran Over a year ago

My bad, I thought it was working but it was NOT. Adding your code "skipFiles" is NOT permitted and copying all launch.json from your link doesn't work either.

Tomas Baran Over a year ago

The only thing helpful here would be to see all the launch.json file

tHeSiD Over a year ago

Then add it to your question :D. Anyway I don't have any dart project setup with me to check but, one way is to use VSCode's intellisense CTRL+SPACE and find all the options you debugger supports, maybe its named differently and you can find one which can skip files .

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