AFNetworking 2 - get UIImage from NSString - ios

Question

I got the following input XML:
<Company>
<Id>1</Id>
<IndustryId>1</IndustryId>
<IndustriesID>
<int>1</int>
<int>2</int>
<int>3</int>
</IndustriesID>
<Name>ClasOhlson</Name>
<Icon>iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAKMAAAByCAYAAAA/DmEKAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAZdEVYdFNvZnR3YXJlAEFkb2JlIEltYWdlUmVhZHlxyWU8AABdDklEQVR4Xu2dB5hURfb2W0GCRPOuuua0hjUnzIoYwQSIKEFEgkgUJCg
How can I get UIImage from <Icon> tag? I am using AFNetworking 2.0. My code:
NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/GetAllCompanies", FPHostAddress];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:str];
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation = [[AFHTTPRequestOperation alloc] initWithRequest:request];
// Make sure to set the responseSerializer correctly
operation.responseSerializer = [AFXMLParserResponseSerializer serializer];
[operation setCompletionBlockWithSuccess:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
NSXMLParser *XMLParser = (NSXMLParser *)responseObject;
[XMLParser setShouldProcessNamespaces:YES];
id parser = [CompaniesXMLParser new];
XMLParser.delegate = parser;
BOOL isParseSuccessful = [XMLParser parse];
} failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
NSLog(#"Download failed. Error: \n%#", error.localizedDescription);
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Error Retrieving Weather"
message:[error localizedDescription]
delegate:nil
cancelButtonTitle:#"Ok"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alertView show];
}];
[operation start];

Answer 1

If you are creating an application target to iOS 7 and above you should do this after get the string from parsed xml:
NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithBase64EncodedString:base64Encoded options:0];
UIImage* icon = [UIImage imageWithData: data];
Otherwise, if the base iOS version of your app is something before iOS 7.0, you should download the files with category implementation from here:
http://www.cocoawithlove.com/2009/06/base64-encoding-options-on-mac-and.html
And do this:
NSData *data = [NSData dataFromBase64String:base64Encoded];
UIImage* icon = [UIImage imageWithData: data];
Where base64Encoded is what you read from Icon tag.