diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/adb.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/adb.dart
index 377bca83806..0320b3c152a 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/adb.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/adb.dart
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ class AdbDevice {
   }
 }
 
+final RegExp _whitespaceRegex = new RegExp(r'\s+');
+
 String cleanAdbDeviceName(String name) {
   // Some emulators use `___` in the name as separators.
   name = name.replaceAll('___', ', ');
@@ -241,6 +243,8 @@ String cleanAdbDeviceName(String name) {
   // Convert `Nexus_7` / `Nexus_5X` style names to `Nexus 7` ones.
   name = name.replaceAll('_', ' ');
 
+  name = name.replaceAll(_whitespaceRegex, ' ').trim();
+
   return name;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device.dart
index 2252b6e589b..4d54600f37d 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device.dart
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ class AndroidDevice extends Device {
       this.clearLogs();
 
     runCheckedSync(adbCommandForDevice(<String>['push', bundlePath, _deviceBundlePath]));
+
     List<String> cmd = adbCommandForDevice(<String>[
       'shell', 'am', 'start',
       '-a', 'android.intent.action.RUN',
@@ -270,10 +271,9 @@ class AndroidDevice extends Device {
     }
   }
 
-  Future<bool> stopApp(ApplicationPackage app) async {
-    final AndroidApk apk = app;
-    runSync(adbCommandForDevice(<String>['shell', 'am', 'force-stop', apk.id]));
-    return true;
+  Future<bool> stopApp(ApplicationPackage app) {
+    List<String> command = adbCommandForDevice(<String>['shell', 'am', 'force-stop', app.id]);
+    return runCommandAndStreamOutput(command).then((int exitCode) => exitCode == 0);
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/apk.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/apk.dart
index ac190de6ba7..3a96b6dceed 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/apk.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/apk.dart
@@ -349,16 +349,20 @@ bool _needsRebuild(String apkPath, String manifest) {
   Iterable<FileStat> dependenciesStat = [
     manifest,
     _kFlutterManifestPath,
-    _kPackagesStatusPath,
-    '$apkPath.sha1'
+    _kPackagesStatusPath
   ].map((String path) => FileStat.statSync(path));
 
   if (apkStat.type == FileSystemEntityType.NOT_FOUND)
     return true;
+
   for (FileStat dep in dependenciesStat) {
     if (dep.modified == null || dep.modified.isAfter(apkStat.modified))
       return true;
   }
+
+  if (!FileSystemEntity.isFileSync('$apkPath.sha1'))
+    return true;
+
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/run.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/run.dart
index 55d8bee5e43..918ef71cabb 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/run.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/run.dart
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import '../toolchain.dart';
 import 'apk.dart';
 import 'devices.dart';
 import 'install.dart';
-import 'stop.dart';
 
 /// Given the value of the --target option, return the path of the Dart file
 /// where the app's main function should be.
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ class RunCommand extends RunCommandBase {
 
   RunCommand() {
     argParser.addFlag('full-restart',
-        defaultsTo: false,
+        defaultsTo: true,
         help: 'Stop any currently running application process before starting the app.');
     argParser.addFlag('clear-logs',
         defaultsTo: true,
@@ -111,6 +110,7 @@ class RunCommand extends RunCommandBase {
       return 1;
     }
 
+    // TODO(devoncarew): Switch this to using [devicesForCommand].
     int result = await startApp(
       devices,
       applicationPackages,
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Future<int> startApp(
   List<BuildConfiguration> configs, {
   String target,
   String enginePath,
-  bool stop: false,
+  bool stop: true,
   bool install: true,
   bool checked: true,
   bool traceStartup: false,
@@ -169,11 +169,26 @@ Future<int> startApp(
       return result;
   }
 
+  // TODO: Move this into the startApp() device impl. They should wait on the
+  // stop command to complete before (re-)starting the app. We could plumb a
+  // Future through the start command from here, but that seems a little messy.
   if (stop) {
-    printTrace('Running stop command.');
-    await stopAll(devices, applicationPackages);
+    for (Device device in devices.all) {
+      if (!device.isSupported())
+        continue;
+
+      ApplicationPackage package = applicationPackages.getPackageForPlatform(device.platform);
+      if (package != null) {
+        printTrace("Stopping app '${package.name}' on ${device.name}.");
+        // We don't wait for the stop command to complete.
+        device.stopApp(package);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
+  // Allow any stop commands from above to start work.
+  await new Future.delayed(Duration.ZERO);
+
   if (install) {
     printTrace('Running install command.');
     // TODO(devoncarew): This fails for ios devices - we haven't built yet.
@@ -194,8 +209,6 @@ Future<int> startApp(
       continue;
     }
 
-    printTrace('Running build command for $device.');
-
     Map<String, dynamic> platformArgs = <String, dynamic>{};
 
     if (traceStartup != null)
@@ -223,9 +236,8 @@ Future<int> startApp(
       // If the user specified --start-paused (and the device supports it) then
       // wait for the observatory port to become available before returning from
       // `startApp()`.
-      if (startPaused && device.supportsStartPaused) {
+      if (startPaused && device.supportsStartPaused)
         await delayUntilObservatoryAvailable('localhost', debugPort);
-      }
     }
   }