can i use UniqueKey to generate UID?

[che.ca...@gmail.com]

I want to generate unique user id, so can i use UniqueKey().toString() to be UID？

[Suzuki Tomohiro]

I don’t think you want to use UniqueKey for user id generation because it’s not unique among multiple devices.

If you use Firestore, just creating a document gives a unique ID.

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 08:59 che.ca...@gmail.com <che.ca...@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to generate unique user id, so can i use UniqueKey().toString() to be UID？

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[wa...@clinicianfirst.com]

If you're looking to generate UIDs, check out:  https://pub.dev/packages/uuid  

[che.ca...@gmail.com]

yeah, i know the UUID package, but it is too long, what i need is only a 8 characters maxinum UID.