How many ways to convert bitmap to string and vice-versa?

Question

In my application i want to send bitmap image to the server in the form of string, i want to know how many ways are available to convert a bitmap to string. now i am using B

Answer 1

public String BitMapToString(Bitmap bitmap){
     ByteArrayOutputStream baos=new  ByteArrayOutputStream();
     bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG,100, baos);
     byte [] b=baos.toByteArray();
     String temp=Base64.encodeToString(b, Base64.DEFAULT);
     return temp;
}

Here is the reverse procedure for converting string to bitmap but string should Base64 encoding

/**
 * @param encodedString
 * @return bitmap (from given string)
 */
public Bitmap StringToBitMap(String encodedString){
   try {
      byte [] encodeByte=Base64.decode(encodedString,Base64.DEFAULT);
      Bitmap bitmap=BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(encodeByte, 0, encodeByte.length);
      return bitmap;
   } catch(Exception e) {
      e.getMessage();
      return null;
   }
}