zunosaki / md5_file_checksum

A Flutter plugin for getting the MD5 hash of a file

Notice

This project is archived and I won't update it any more.

I have run some performance tests to compare this implementation with a pure Dart one using Flutter 3 and Dart 2.17. The results of the 2 methods are comparable and in the same order of magnitude. Therefore, in my opinion, a native implementation is not needed any more to calculate a file checksum.

A Dart implementation could be like:

Future<String?> getFileChecksum(String filePath) async {
  final file = File(filePath);
  if (!file.existsSync()) return null;
  try {
    final stream = file.openRead();
    final hash = await md5.bind(stream).first;
    // NOTE: You might not need to convert it to base64
    return base64.encode(hash.bytes);
  } catch (exception) {
    return null;
  }
}

md5_file_checksum

Flutter plugin to calculate a file checksum as MD5 hash, using a platform native implementation.

Revamped version of md5_plugin.

Usage

try {
  final fileChecksum = await Md5FileChecksum.getFileChecksum(filePath: filePath);
} catch (exception) {
  print('Unable to generate file checksum: $exception');
}

Result