How to convert image byte array to base64 encoding representing jpg

Question

I am writing an Android application that takes pictures and downloads them.

The API requires a basic encoded string representing jpg for download.

The camera API gives me byte [].

How do I convert this byte array to base64 encoding to preserve jpg format?

I'm currently trying String encoded = Base64.encodeToString(byteArray, Base64.NO_WRAP);

But this is somehow invalid, giving me a bunch AAAAAAAAAin the log, and not in real base64 encoding.

Thanks for any help

EDIT:

Actually, when I exit the content encodedabove, I get

 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

But when it actually goes to the server (using the Square Retrofit library), after that I get hundreds of thousands AAAAAthat crash the server.

However, despite this, the recorded encoded string does not look long enough to encapsulate all the data that will be associated with the photo from the LG G3.

Answer 1

Using

byte [] data = Base64.decode(base64str);

you will need to reference the commons codec from your project for this code to work.