android kotlin - Bitmap to base64 string

MainActivity.kt


package com.cfsuman.kotlintutorials

import android.app.Activity
import android.content.Context
import android.graphics.*
import android.os.Bundle
import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod
import android.util.Base64
import android.widget.*
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
import java.io.IOException


class MainActivity : Activity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        // get the widgets reference from XML layout
        val imageView = findViewById<ImageView>(R.id.imageView)
        val textView = findViewById<TextView>(R.id.textView)

        // make text view text scrollable
        textView.movementMethod = ScrollingMovementMethod()

        // get the bitmap from assets folder
        val bitmap = assetsToBitmap("flower103.jpg")

        bitmap?.apply {
            // show bitmap in image view
            imageView.setImageBitmap(this)

            // show base64 string of bitmap
            textView.text = toBase64String()
        }
    }
}


// extension function to get bitmap from assets
fun Context.assetsToBitmap(fileName:String):Bitmap?{
    return try {
        val stream = assets.open(fileName)
        BitmapFactory.decodeStream(stream)
    } catch (e: IOException) {
        e.printStackTrace()
        null
    }
}


// extension function to convert bitmap to base64 string
fun Bitmap.toBase64String():String{
    ByteArrayOutputStream().apply {
        compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG,10,this)
        return Base64.encodeToString(toByteArray(),Base64.DEFAULT)
    }
}

activity_main.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/rootLayout"
    android:background="#DCDCDC"
    android:padding="24dp">

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="250dp"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        tools:text=" Base64 String"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>