Swift Sodium - Anonymous Encryption (Sealed Boxes) - swift

I am trying to encrypt value using swift sodium with given public key.
However, the encrypted value is not the same as what's produced on server side.
I am not sure whether this piece of coding is right in swift.
The steps are similar to how its done in java.
Assume public key is in base64 string format.
Java:
String pubKey = "w6mjd11n9w9ncKfcuR888Ygi02ou+46ocIajlcUEmQ=";
String secret = "hithere"
byte[] pubKeyBytes = Base64.decode(pubKey,0);
SealedBox sealedDeal = new SealedBox(pubKeyBytes);
byte[] c = sealedDeal.encrypt(secret.getBytes());
String ciphertext = Base64.encodeToString(c, 0);
Swift:
let pubKey = "w6mjd11n9w9ncKfcuR888Ygi02ou+46ocIajlcUEmQ="
let dataDecoded:NSData = NSData(base64Encoded: pubKey, options: NSData.Base64DecodingOptions(rawValue: 0))!
let secret = "hithere".toData()!
let c : Data = sodium.box.seal(message: secret, recipientPublicKey: dataDecoded as Box.PublicKey)!
let ciphertext = c.base64EncodedString(options: .init(rawValue: 0))
Please tell me know what's wrong with the swift equivalent coding.
Thanks alot.

The encrypted value is supposed to be different, so that ciphertexts resulting from equivalent plaintexts are indistinguishable (see Ciphertext indistinguishability).

sodium.box.seal internally generates new nonce every time you are encrypting message, #Max is right, this is normal behave
You can use Detached mode to give same nonce, but this is a very bad idea
In your example you have used Anonymous Encryption I suggest you to take a look at Authenticated Encryption

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