Is it necessary to install Android Studio for flutter or what can be replacement for android studio?

Question

I am using vscode and I installed the flutter plugins, Dart plugins and etc but still, I cannot find my device as well as I Found the issues as follows

[flutter] flutter doctor
Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[√] Flutter (Channel stable, v1.7.8+hotfix.3, on Microsoft Windows 
[Version 10.0.18362.239], locale en-IN)
[X] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices
    X Unable to locate Android SDK.
      Install Android Studio from: 
https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
  On first launch it will assist you in installing the Android SDK components.
  (or visit https://flutter.dev/setup/#android-setup for detailed instructions).
  If the Android SDK has been installed to a custom location, set ANDROID_HOME to that location.
  You may also want to add it to your PATH environment variable.

[!] Android Studio (not installed)
[√] VS Code (version 1.36.1)
[!] Connected device
! No devices available

! Doctor found issues in 3 categories.

Answer 1

You need to install Android Studio in order to get Android SDK. After you use Android Studio to get the Android SDK, you can continue use VScode for flutter development.

Hope this answer helps!