Chrome and desktop Instances Clutter Dock on macOS When Running Flutter Projects

[AbbasAtaei1991]

Description:
When running Flutter projects in Chrome on macOS, each debug session spawns a new Chrome instance which appears as a new icon in the dock. This behavior clutters the dock with multiple Chrome icons, particularly during frequent debug sessions.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Run any Flutter project on macOS using the command flutter run -d chrome.
2. Observe that each new debug session adds a new Chrome icon to the macOS dock.

Expected Behavior:
Repeated runs of Flutter projects in Chrome should reuse the existing Chrome instance or at least not add new icons to the macOS dock.

Actual Behavior:
Each run of a Flutter project results in a new Chrome icon appearing in the dock.

Possible Solution:
Perhaps Flutter can include an option to reuse browser instances for macOS users, or better manage how new instances are handled with respect to macOS's dock.

Flutter Doctor Output:

Additional Information:

• macOS Version: 14.3.1
• Chrome Version: 124.0.6367.202

Thank you for looking into this issue!

[darshankawar]

Thanks for the report. This doesn't seem to be specific to chrome, but for desktop as well, I see new instance created for each debug session.

I looked at if there's an existing issue for this, but couldn't find one, so will keep it open for team's attention.