engine: explain why each candidate build was skipped in Flutter web loader (#186254) ## Description When the Flutter web loader picks a build for the current browser, it walks `buildConfig.builds` and takes the first one whose `compileTarget`, `renderer`, and WASM-allowlist constraints all match. Today, builds that fail those checks are silently filtered out, so: * If every build is rejected, the user sees the generic *"FlutterLoader could not find a build compatible..."* error and has no way to tell which constraint blocked which build. * If a preferred build (e.g. `dart2wasm` + `skwasm`) is rejected and the loader silently falls back to a less-preferred build (e.g. `dart2js` + `canvaskit`), the user has no way to tell that a fallback even happened, much less why. This was suggested by @yjbanov in https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/143603#issuecomment-1996739832 and is the fallback-side complement to the COOP/COEP load-failure warning in #142822. ## What changed `loader.js`'s `buildIsCompatible` was a `bool`-returning predicate. Refactored to `buildIncompatibilityReason` that returns either `null` (compatible) or a short human-readable string. The selection loop captures the reason for each skipped candidate, then: * If **no compatible build is found**, prints a `console.warn` unconditionally so the silently-blank-page case is never silent. The warning hints at `verboseBuildSelection` for follow-up. * If **`verboseBuildSelection: true`** is set on the Flutter config, prints one `console.warn` per skipped candidate explaining its rejection reason — useful both for the no-build case and for the "why does the loader keep falling back to canvaskit when I expected skwasm?" debug case. Off by default to keep the typical user's console quiet. Sample output a developer would see on a browser without WasmGC, with `verboseBuildSelection: true`: ``` [warn] Flutter Web: build dart2wasm/skwasm was skipped: dart2wasm requires WasmGC support; this browser does not implement it yet. ``` And without `verboseBuildSelection`, when no compatible build is found: ``` [warn] Flutter Web: no compatible build found for this browser. Set `verboseBuildSelection: true` in your Flutter configuration to see why each candidate was rejected. ``` ## Tests No JS test infrastructure exists for `engine/src/flutter/lib/web_ui/flutter_js/`. The change is also pure additive logging — the build-selection algorithm picks the same build it picked before. Requesting a test exemption. This PR replaces #186238 (closed for a clean conversation timeline). ## Pre-launch Checklist - [x] I read the [Contributor Guide]. - [x] I read the [Tree Hygiene] page. - [x] I read and followed the [Flutter Style Guide]. - [x] I signed the [CLA]. - [x] No behavioral change beyond the new opt-in diagnostic logging. [Contributor Guide]: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/contributing/Tree-hygiene.md#overview [Tree Hygiene]: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/contributing/Tree-hygiene.md [Flutter Style Guide]: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/contributing/Style-guide-for-Flutter-repo.md --------- Co-authored-by: Harry Terkelsen <1961493+harryterkelsen@users.noreply.github.com>
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