Decode Base-64 encoded PNG in an NSString

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You can decode a Base64 encoded string to NSData:

-(NSData *)dataFromBase64EncodedString:(NSString *)string{
    if (string.length > 0) {

        //the iPhone has base 64 decoding built in but not obviously. The trick is to
        //create a data url that's base 64 encoded and ask an NSData to load it.
        NSString *data64URLString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"data:;base64,%@", string];
        NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:data64URLString]];
        return data;
    }
    return nil;
}

Example use of above method to get an image from the Base64 string:

-(void)imageFromBase64EncodedString{

    NSString *string = @"";  // replace with encocded string
    NSData *imageData = [self dataFromBase64EncodedString:string];
    UIImage *myImage = [UIImage imageWithData:imageData];

    // do something with image
}

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