Base64 Encoder And Decoder
Answer : This is an example of how to use the Base64 class to encode and decode a simple String value. // String to be encoded with Base64 String text = "Test"; // Sending side byte[] data = null; try { data = text.getBytes("UTF-8"); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) { e1.printStackTrace(); } String base64 = Base64.encodeToString(data, Base64.DEFAULT); // Receiving side byte[] data1 = Base64.decode(base64, Base64.DEFAULT); String text1 = null; try { text1 = new String(data1, "UTF-8"); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } This excerpt can be included in an Android activity. See android.util.Base64 It seems that this was added in API version 8 or android 2.2 so it will not be available on the older platforms. But the source of it is at android/util/Base64.java so if needed one could just copy it unchanged for older versions. Here is a simple method I was going to use until I realized that t...