How to convert base64 to different kind of files ( doc , pdf , word ..etc ) ?

Question

I am working on project where I have to download attachments that i receive from server. I have to exploit base64 data and convert it to the appropriate type and download it. It works for me perfectly with images ( base 64 => bytes => bitmap ) but I find troubles with other types ( txt , pdf ..etc )

Answer 1

try this

 try {

            File sdcard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
            File file = new File(sdcard,"test.pdf");

            File new_file_name = new File(sdcard,"new_file.pdf");

            byte[] input_file = IOUtil.readFile(file);


            byte[] encodedBytes = Base64.encode(input_file,URL_SAFE);
            String encodedString = new String(encodedBytes);
            byte[] decodedBytes = Base64.decode(encodedString.getBytes(),URL_SAFE);

            FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new_file_name);
            fos.write(decodedBytes);
            fos.flush();
            fos.close();
        }catch (Exception e)
        {
            Log.e("ERROR",e.toString());
        }

And IOUtil class

public class IOUtil {

    public static byte[] readFile(String file) throws IOException {
        return readFile(new File(file));
    }

    public static byte[] readFile(File file) throws IOException {
        // Open file
        RandomAccessFile f = new RandomAccessFile(file, "r");
        try {
            // Get and check length
            long longlength = f.length();
            int length = (int) longlength;
            if (length != longlength)
                throw new IOException("File size >= 2 GB");
            // Read file and return data
            byte[] data = new byte[length];
            f.readFully(data);
            return data;
        } finally {
            f.close();
        }
    }
}

this code contain both encode and decode parts