list - How to convert BASE64 string into Image with Flutter?

Question

I'm converting images saved in my Firebase database to Base64 and would like to decode and encode. I've researched similar questions, but am still getting errors. Here is what I have so far?

var image1 = String;

var pic = event.snapshot.value['image'];
var photo = BASE64.decode(pic);
image1 = photo;

I'm getting the following error...

A value of type "List<int>" cannot be assigned to a variable of type "Type"

If you could please provide a reverse process for encoding an image into Base64 so they may be saved back to Firebase, that would be appreciated.

*** UPDATE

Here is my updated code that's still throwing an error.

image1 = event.snapshot.value['image'];
var image = BASE64.decode(image1.toString());
new Image.memory(image),

The error is...

FormatException: Invalid Length must be a multiple of 4

Answer 1

There's a simpler way using 'dart:convert' package

Image.memory(base64Decode(base64String));

Implementation and some useful methods :

import 'dart:convert';
import 'dart:typed_data';
import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';


Image imageFromBase64String(String base64String) {
  return Image.memory(base64Decode(base64String));
}

Uint8List dataFromBase64String(String base64String) {
  return base64Decode(base64String);
}

String base64String(Uint8List data) {
  return base64Encode(data);
}