Base64 encoder and decoder

This is an example of how to use the Base64 class to encode and decode a simple String value.

// String to be encoded with Base64String text = "Test";// Sending sidebyte[] data = null;try {    data = text.getBytes("UTF-8");} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) {    e1.printStackTrace();}String base64 = Base64.encodeToString(data, Base64.DEFAULT);// Receiving sidebyte[] 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 this is only supported in Android API 8+:

// Has line breakpublic String getBase64(String input) {    return Base64.encodeToString(input.getBytes(), Base64.DEFAULT);}// No line breakpublic String getBase64(String input) {    return Base64.encodeToString(input.getBytes(), Base64.NO_WRAP);}