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Nowa 3.8.2: Nowa Run, a live preview of your real app

Nowa 3.8.2 brings something we've wanted to ship for a long time: Nowa Run ⚡ — a live, fully interactive preview of your real Flutter app, right inside your editor, updating as you build. No more picturing how your app will behave — just run it and watch. 👀

New in This Version ✨​

  • 🎬 It's the Real App Not a mockup or a rendered guess. Tap, scroll, fill in forms, and test your logic — it behaves exactly like your shipped app, because it is the app.

  • 📦 Packages Actually Work Third-party packages now run for real instead of being mocked, so you see their true behavior right in the preview.

  • ⚡ Edits Show Up in Seconds Change something in the builder and the preview updates almost instantly — no manual refresh.

  • 📱 Preview on Your Phone Open the preview on your actual device and watch it update live as you make changes in Nowa. Build on your screen, see it on your phone.

  • 🔄 Resilient If a preview ever hits a snag, just restart it and keep going in the same session — never starting from scratch.

This is a big step toward making Nowa feel less like building blind and more like building with your app in the room. More on the way to make the loop even tighter. 🔜

What's Fixed 🛠️​

  • 🗂️ Fixed a bug where the editor would sometimes show "file not found" when compiling changes.
  • 🌐 Removed the Development environment for Web Preview/Deploy, as Nowa Run covers its use cases more efficiently.

➡️ Built something in Nowa you're proud of? Show us — we love seeing what you make! Or click the ? icon to chat with us directly, or email us at team@nowa.dev.