Java Bitmap-String Conversion

    private String BitmapToString(Bitmap bitmap){
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, baos);
        byte[] b = baos.toByteArray();
        return Base64.encodeToString(b, Base64.DEFAULT);
    }

    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;
        }
    }