diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1770562336,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ub1gpAONMFsT/GU2hV6ZWJjur8rJ6kKxdm9IlCT0j84=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "d6c71932130818840fc8fe9509cf50be8c64634f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "MeshCore Flutter Application";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            # Flutter and Dart
+            flutter
+            dart
+
+            # Java (required for Android development)
+            jdk17
+
+            # Android development tools
+            android-tools
+            gradle
+
+            # For the shell hook to set up the environment for Flutter development
+            gtk3
+            glib
+            sysprof
+            libclang
+            cmake
+            ninja
+            pkg-config
+            libdatrie
+
+            # Additional tools for installing Android SDK if not present
+            curl
+            unzip
+          ];
+
+          shellHook = ''
+            echo "MeshCore Flutter Development Environment"
+            export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${pkgs.gtk3}/lib/pkgconfig:${pkgs.glib}/lib/pkgconfig:${pkgs.sysprof}/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [pkgs.gtk3 pkgs.glib pkgs.sysprof pkgs.libdatrie]}:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+            export CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$PWD/build/bundle"
+            
+            # Setup Android SDK in home directory (standard location)
+            export ANDROID_HOME="$HOME/Android/Sdk"
+            export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="$ANDROID_HOME"
+            export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin:$PATH"
+            
+            echo "Android SDK: $ANDROID_HOME"
+            echo ""
+            
+            # Check if Android SDK exists and offer to download if not
+            if [ ! -d "$ANDROID_HOME" ]; then
+              echo "WARNING: Android SDK not found at $ANDROID_HOME"
+              echo ""
+              echo "To download and set up the Android SDK, run this command:"
+              echo ""
+              cat << 'EOF'
+mkdir -p ~/Android/Sdk && cd ~/Android/Sdk && \
+curl -o cmdline-tools.zip ${if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin then "https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-mac-10406996_latest.zip" else "https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-10406996_latest.zip"} && \
+unzip -q cmdline-tools.zip && \
+mkdir -p cmdline-tools/latest && \
+mv cmdline-tools/* cmdline-tools/latest/ 2>/dev/null || echo "Warning: failed to move Android cmdline-tools into 'latest' directory; please check your SDK layout." >&2 && \
+rm cmdline-tools.zip && \
+cd cmdline-tools/latest/bin && \
+yes | ./sdkmanager --sdk_root=~/Android/Sdk 'platform-tools' && \
+echo "Android SDK setup complete!"
+EOF
+              echo ""
+              echo "Then run 'flutter doctor' again to verify."
+              echo ""
+            else
+              echo "Android SDK found at $ANDROID_HOME"
+            fi
+            
+            echo "To check that everything is set up correctly, run 'flutter doctor' and ensure there are no issues."
+          '';
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}