Base64 in Android

Base64Example.java

//test decoding
mImageView.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.no_image));
String s = PictureDb.getPictureBase64Str(picName);
Log.v(LOG_TAG, "get the base64 String and start to decode");
byte[] decodedByte = Base64.decode(s, 0);
Bitmap nBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(decodedByte, 0, decodedByte.length); 			
mImageView.setImageBitmap(nBitmap);
Log.v(LOG_TAG, PictureDb.getPictureName(picName));	

Type listType = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();
List<String> target = new LinkedList<String>();
target.add("blah");

Gson gson = new Gson();
String json = gson.toJson(target, listType);
List<String> target2 = gson.fromJson(json, listType);