Use cryptographic algorithms to hash data in Flutter
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In this tutorial, we’ll look to make our mobile apps more secure and safe. We can achieve this, for instance, by encrypting sensitive user data. I will show you exactly how this works with Flutter.
We will take a closer look at cryptographic hashing algorithms and see how the algorithms SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-512/224, SHA-512/256, MD5, HMAC (i.e. HMAC-MD5, HMAC-SHA1, HMAC-SHA256) can be used in Flutter to hash data.
To do this, we’ll create an app that receives a text and, if needed, a password and transforms it into hash values using the different algorithms named before.
Additionally, I will show you how to use a TextEditingController to change the hash value at runtime and copy the hash value itself with just one click.
Here’s a look at the app in action: