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Control Feature Flags

⚠️ Partial

Current state: Feature flag data is available via the daemon Unix socket. The IDE plugin tab UI for viewing and toggling flags is implemented in the plugin infrastructure but may not be fully feature-complete. See the Status Glossary for chip definitions.

Goal

Provide a dedicated UI in the Android Studio plugin to view and toggle AutoMobile feature flags without leaving the IDE.

UX

  • Tool window tab: “Feature Flags”.
  • Table view with:
  • Flag key
  • Current value
  • Description (if provided)
  • Toggle control
  • Search/filter by flag key.
  • A refresh action to re-fetch from the daemon socket.

Data sources

Use the AutoMobile daemon Unix socket (e.g., /tmp/auto-mobile-daemon-<uid>.sock) to fetch and update feature flags. Avoid MCP tool calls for this surface.

Behavior

  • Load flags on tab open and on explicit refresh.
  • Optimistically update the UI after a toggle, but roll back on error.
  • If a flag is read-only, disable the toggle and show the reason.

Error handling

  • If the daemon socket is unavailable, show a reconnect state.
  • If a toggle fails, show a toast with the error message and revert.

Performance notes

  • Cache the last fetched list and only diff updates when reloading.
  • Debounce search input to avoid UI thrash.

See also