How to convert Flutter color to string and back to a color

Question

I am converting a Color to a String. I am then converting the Color to a String. Unfortunately when I want to convert it back into a Color the operation fails:

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Answer 1

Leveraging the power of Dart extensions we can augment String with a function that returns a Color:

extension ColorExtension on String {
  toColor() {
    var hexColor = this.replaceAll("#", "");
    if (hexColor.length == 6) {
      hexColor = "FF" + hexColor;
    }
    if (hexColor.length == 8) {
      return Color(int.parse("0x$hexColor"));
    }
  }
}

Set a string color code value in the color property.

 child: Text("Text Color",
             style: TextStyle(
             color: '#55B9F4'.toColor(),
              ),
             )