How to display a base64 image within a UIImageView?

Question

I got this Base64 gif image:

R0lGODlhDAAMALMBAP8AAP///wAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAACH5BAUKAAEALAAAAAAMAAwAQAQZMMhJK7iY4p3nlZ8XgmN         


        

Answer 1

Objective-C

NSString *plainString = @"foo";

Encoding

NSData *plainData = [plainString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSString *base64String = [plainData base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0];
NSLog(@"%@", base64String);  

Decoding

NSData *decodedData = [[NSData alloc] initWithBase64EncodedString:base64String options:0];
NSString *decodedString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:decodedData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(@"%@", decodedString); 

Option

NSURL *URL = [NSURL URLWithString:
  [NSString stringWithFormat:@"data:application/octet-stream;base64,%@",
       base64String]];

 return [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:URL];

Swift

let plainString = "foo"

Encoding

let plainData = (plainString as NSString).dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
let base64String = plainData.base64EncodedStringWithOptions(NSDataBase64EncodingOptions.fromRaw(0)!)
println(base64String) 

Decoding

let decodedData = NSData(base64EncodedString: base64String, options: NSDataBase64DecodingOptions.fromRaw(0)!)
let decodedString = NSString(data: decodedData, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)    
println(decodedString) // foo