Encode and decode bitmap object in base64 string in Android

AndreaF picture AndreaF · Mar 19, 2012 · Viewed 89.1k times · Source

I want to encode and decode Bitmap object in string base64. I use the Android API10,

I have tried, with no success, to use a method in this form to encode a Bitmap.

public static String encodeTobase64(Bitmap image) {
    Bitmap immagex=image;
    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();  
    immagex.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, baos);
    byte[] b = baos.toByteArray();
    String imageEncoded = Base64.encodeToString(b,Base64.DEFAULT);

    Log.e("LOOK", imageEncoded);
    return imageEncoded;
}

Answer

Roman Truba picture Roman Truba · Mar 19, 2012
public static String encodeToBase64(Bitmap image, Bitmap.CompressFormat compressFormat, int quality)
{
    ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOS = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    image.compress(compressFormat, quality, byteArrayOS);
    return Base64.encodeToString(byteArrayOS.toByteArray(), Base64.DEFAULT);
}

public static Bitmap decodeBase64(String input)
{
    byte[] decodedBytes = Base64.decode(input, 0);
    return BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(decodedBytes, 0, decodedBytes.length);
}

Example usage:

String myBase64Image = encodeToBase64(myBitmap, Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100);
Bitmap myBitmapAgain = decodeBase64(myBase64Image);