How to display a base64 image within a UIImageView?

Question

I got this Base64 gif image:

R0lGODlhDAAMALMBAP8AAP///wAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAACH5BAUKAAEALAAAAAAMAAwAQAQZMMhJK7iY4p3nlZ8XgmN         


        

Answer 1

Code snippet for downloading a text file with base64 image string inside, then saving/reading the file and finally creating an image to display right in the view

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NSString *downloadUrl = "http://www.server.com/file.txt";
//
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString: downloadUrl]];
//
// DOWNLOAD THE FILE
//
[NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request queue:[NSOperationQueue currentQueue]
completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *error)
{
    if (error) {

        NSLog(@"Download Error:%@",error.description);

    }
    if (data) {
        [data writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES];
        //
        // PROCESS BASE 64 STRING
        //
        NSString * fileContents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:filePath encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
        //
        // PROCESS BASE 64 STRING
        //
        NSString *base64String = fileContents;
        NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:base64String];
        NSData *imageData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
        //
        // CREATE IMAGE
        //
        UIImage *ret = [UIImage imageWithData:imageData];
        self.myImage.image = ret;
    }
}