Here is How to Generate SHA256 Encoded Hash from any Input Value in React Native. We will use the sha256 component from react-native-sha256 to convert our Input Text into SHA256 Hash.
SHA256 encoding comes into the scene when you talk about the security. Security can be of anything like it can be of your passwords, sessions keys or any other data.
SHA-256 stands for Secure Hash Algorithm – 256 bit and is a type of hash function commonly used in Blockchain. A hash function is a type of mathematical function which turns data into a fingerprint of that data called a hash. It’s like a formula or algorithm which takes the input data and turns it into an output of a fixed length, which represents the fingerprint of the data.
Generate SHA256 Encoded Hash
1 2 3 | sha256(this.state.text).then(hash => { console.log(hash) }); |
To Make a React Native App
Getting started with React Native will help you to know more about the way you can make a React Native project. We are going to use react-native init to make our React Native App. Assuming that you have node installed, you can use npm to install the react-native-cli command line utility. Open the terminal and go to the workspace and run
npm install -g react-native-cliRun the following commands to create a new React Native project
react-native init ProjectNameIf you want to start a new project with a specific React Native version, you can use the --version argument:
react-native init ProjectName --version X.XX.Xreact-native init ProjectName --version react-native@nextThis will make a project structure with an index file named App.js in your project directory.
Installation of Dependency
To use sha256 we have to install react-native-sha256 dependency.
To install this open the terminal and jump into your project using
1 | cd ProjectName |
Run the following command
1 | npm install react-native-sha256 --save |
This command will copy all the dependencies into your node_module directory. –save is optional, it is just to update the react-native-sha256 dependency in your package.json file.
CocoaPods Installation
After the updation of React Native 0.60, they have introduced autolinking so we do not require to link the library but need to install pods. So to install pods use
1 | cd ios && pod install && cd .. |
Now Open App.js in any code editor and replace the code with the following code.
App.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 | /*This is an Example to Generate SHA256 Encoded Hash in React Native*/ import React from 'react'; //import React in our project import { Text, View, StyleSheet, TextInput, TouchableOpacity, } from 'react-native'; //import all the components we needed import { sha256 } from 'react-native-sha256'; //import sha256 to use sha256() export default class App extends React.Component { constructor(props) { super(props); //initial value of Text this.state = { inputText: '', text: '', }; } convertSHA(){ //Encode SHA256 sha256(this.state.text).then(hash => { this.setState({ text:hash }) }); } render() { return ( <View style={styles.container}> <Text style={styles.textStyle}>{this.state.text}</Text> <Text>'Please insert any value to convert in SHA 256'</Text> <TextInput style={styles.inputStyle} onChangeText={inputText => this.setState({ inputText })} placeholder="Enter Any Value" value={this.state.inputText} /> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} title="Conver sh5" onPress={this.convertSHA.bind(this)}> <Text>Conver to SHA 256</Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ container: { flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center', paddingTop: 20, backgroundColor: 'white', }, textStyle: { padding: 10, textAlign: 'center', marginBottom: 30 }, inputStyle: { height: 40, width: 300, marginTop: 16, textAlign: 'center', borderColor: 'gray', backgroundColor: '#ecf0f1', borderWidth: 1, }, button: { alignItems: 'center', backgroundColor: '#DDDDDD', padding: 10, width: 300, marginTop: 16, }, }); |
To Run the React Native App
Open the terminal again and jump into your project using.cd ProjectNamereact-native run-androidreact-native run-ios (macOS only).Android
IOS
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