java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: bad base-64

Question

I am trying to encode and decode a String using android.util.Base64, but it gives a bad base-64 error.

The code with the problem is:

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Answer 1

You are trying to decode 26.919047981500626 which you can't. Because it's not a valid base64 encoded string.

When put into this online base64 decoder, it gives this error:

The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or an illegal character among the padding characters.

Update:

If you want to know the valid formatting of a encoded base64 string, take a look at the table in the wikipedia article and also this answer which shows a base64 validator code in C#.