Question

Is there a way or How do I take a String and create a bitmap from it using Java for development for Android?

I had a look at the java api for bitmaps and couldnt find anything

Answer 1

You can use the decodebytearray method of bitmap factory like

byte[] imageAsBytes = Base64.decode(myImageData.getBytes());
Bitmap bp = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(imageAsBytes, 0, imageAsBytes.length);

Where myImageData is a base64 string.

If you have an array just pass that to the decodeByteArray method.