Bootstrapping Design Debugging, Visual Simulate Platform Differences

Device Preview is really ineffective in that you cannot scroll down the screen. But you need to see the visual difference on iOS without firing up another build, often immediately during actually attempting to code an adaptive platform adaptation. How do we do this? This is where design and devOPS converge, let me show you this neat trick!

What Does It Look Like

Here is a simple screen-shot of me testing different adaptive approaches to fields:

And here is the video, which has me switching Platforms during the visual test:

What? You did not know you could switch the Platform that the Flutter Engine renders to as far as the platform target? Now, it will not simulate the physical things like sensors, but to see the visual platform adaptations in action, it’s the ideal solution.