Read byte array in Android using k-soap2

Question

I'm using this code in .net web service to send image as byte array:

public byte[] getImage()
{
    byte[] img;
    ....
    return img;
}

How can read this byte array using ksoap2 and convert it to bitmap?

Can you explain that in simple code.

Update: This code I'm using in android to read data from web service:

        String SOAP_ACTION = WebServiceNameSpace + GetImage;
        String NAMESPACE = WebServiceNameSpace;
        String METHOD_NAME = GetImage;
        String URL = WS_URL;

        SoapObject request = new SoapObject(NAMESPACE, METHOD_NAME);
        SoapSerializationEnvelope Envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(
                SoapEnvelope.VER11);
        Envelope.dotNet = true;
        Envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request);
        HttpTransportSE transport = new HttpTransportSE(URL);
        transport.call(SOAP_ACTION, Envelope);
        SoapPrimitive primetive = (SoapPrimitive) Envelope.getResponse();
        return primetive.toString();

Do you have the web service client for your android app already, or you have trouble receiving the data too? — rekaszeru, Dec 22 '14 at 09:29
yes I have web service, and I have android code using SoapObject to receive data from this web service, but I don't know how to revive byte[] datatype — bebosh, Dec 22 '14 at 09:35
Please share your service consuming java code too, so we can help your working from that. — rekaszeru, Dec 22 '14 at 09:36

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

Considering that you have consumed the web service successfully, and retrieved the bytes, all you need to do is to decode the data and retrieve the Bitmap from it:

final SoapPrimitive primitive = (SoapPrimitive) Envelope.getResponse();
final String imgData = primitive.toString();
if (imgData != "") 
{
    byte[] imgBytes = Base64.decode(imgData, Base64.DEFAULT);         
    final Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(imgBytes, 0, imgBytes.length);
    // TODO: set this bitmap into an ImageView or handle it as you wish
}

If you have issues with the decoding part, please refer to this answer and its links too.

Thanks a lot rekaszeru, that is what I need :) – bebosh Dec 22 '14 at 11:08 — bebosh, Dec 22 '14 at 11:08

Read byte array in Android using k-soap2

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