Textfield validation in Flutter

Question

I am working on Flutter TextField widget. I want to show an error message below the TextField widget if the user does not fill that TextField

Answer 1

Adding to @anmol answer: TextFormField is also a better option for validation.

Flutter handles error text itself, so we don't require to use variable _validate. It will check at runtime whether you satisfied the condition or not.

final confirmPassword = TextFormField(
  controller: widget.confirmPasswordController,
  obscureText: true,
  decoration: InputDecoration(
    prefixIcon: Icon(Icons.lock_open, color: Colors.grey),
    hintText: 'Confirm Password',
    errorText: validatePassword(widget.confirmPasswordController.text),
    contentPadding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20.0, 10.0, 20.0, 10.0),
  ),
);

String validatePassword(String value) {
  if (!(value.length > 5) && value.isNotEmpty) {
    return "Password should contain more than 5 characters";
  }
  return null;
}

Note: User must add at least one character to get this error message.