How to Detect Rooted or Jailbroken Devices in Flutter Using mobile_root_checker Plugin

Detect Rooted or Jailbroken Devices in Flutter with mobile_root_checker 🔐

In today's mobile world, app security is more crucial than ever. If your app handles sensitive data — whether it's finance, health, or private communication — allowing it to run on rooted (Android) or jailbroken (iOS) devices can open the door to vulnerabilities.

That's why I built mobile_root_checker, a Flutter plugin to help you detect rooted or jailbroken devices before they can harm your app integrity.

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🔍 What is Root/Jailbreak Detection?

• Rooted devices on Android and jailbroken devices on iOS have elevated privileges, allowing users (or malicious apps) to bypass OS-level protections.
• This can lead to:
  • Code injection
  • Man-in-the-middle attacks
  • Data theft
  • Insecure app modifications

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🚀 Introducing: mobile_root_checker

mobile_root_checker is a lightweight and open-source Flutter plugin to detect root/jailbreak status at runtime.

✅ Features

• Detect rooted Android devices
• Detect jailbroken iOS devices
• Easy Flutter integration (no native code required)
• Supports all major Android and iOS versions

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📦 Installation

Add the dependency to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  mobile_root_checker: ^1.0.0

Then run:

flutter pub get

import 'package:mobile_root_checker/mobile_root_checker.dart';

void main() async {
final isRooted = await RootChecker.isDeviceRooted();

if (isRooted) {
print("⚠️ Device is rooted or jailbroken!");
// Block or restrict app functionality here
} else {
print("✅ Device is secure.");
}
}

📱Use Cases
| App Type             | Why Use Root Detection?                |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| 💳 Banking / Finance | Prevent fraud or memory tampering      |
| 🔐 Messaging         | Stop interception or app modifications |
| 🎮 Games             | Avoid cheating via rooted tools        |
| 🏢 Enterprise Apps   | Protect internal company data          |

⚙️ How It Works

On Android:

    Looks for su binary

    Checks common root management apps

    Scans system properties and execution paths

On iOS:

    Detects jailbreak indicators like Cydia

    Probes system directories and access violations

🔗 Resources

    📦 Pub.dev: mobile_root_checker

    💻 GitHub: github.com/CelkMehmett/mobile_root_checker

🤝 Contributions Welcome

I'm open to issues, suggestions, and PRs!
Future roadmap ideas:

    ✅ Emulator detection

    ✅ SafetyNet / DeviceCheck integration

    ✅ Web & Desktop fallbacks (no-op)

📄 License

Licensed under the MIT License — free to use, modify, and share.
👋 Final Words

Mobile security isn't a luxury — it's a necessity.
Add root/jailbreak detection today and protect your app tomorrow.

Let’s build safer Flutter apps together! 🔐✨