更好的解决方案:

NSData中有一个内置函数

[data base64Encoding]; //iOS < 7.0
[data base64EncodedStringWithOptions:NSDataBase64Encoding76CharacterLineLength]; //iOS >= 7.0

iOS8及以后使用- (NSString *)base64EncodedStringWithOptions:(NSDataBase64EncodingOptions) NSData的选项

iOS从iOS 4开始就有内置的Base64编码和解码方法(不使用libresolv)。然而，它只在iOS 7 SDK中声明。苹果文档指出，你可以在iOS 4及以上系统上使用它。

NSData *myData = ... some data
NSString *base64String = [myData base64Encoding];
NSData *decodedData = [[NSData alloc] initWithBase64Encoding:base64String];

这是一个紧凑的Objective-C版本，作为NSData的类别。这需要一些思考……

@implementation NSData (DataUtils)

static char base64[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";

- (NSString *)newStringInBase64FromData
{
 NSMutableString *dest = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:@""];
 unsigned char * working = (unsigned char *)[self bytes];
 int srcLen = [self length];

 // tackle the source in 3's as conveniently 4 Base64 nibbles fit into 3 bytes
 for (int i=0; i<srcLen; i += 3)
 {
  // for each output nibble
  for (int nib=0; nib<4; nib++)
  {
   // nibble:nib from char:byt
   int byt = (nib == 0)?0:nib-1;
   int ix = (nib+1)*2;

   if (i+byt >= srcLen) break;

   // extract the top bits of the nibble, if valid
   unsigned char curr = ((working[i+byt] << (8-ix)) & 0x3F);

   // extract the bottom bits of the nibble, if valid
   if (i+nib < srcLen) curr |= ((working[i+nib] >> ix) & 0x3F);

   [dest appendFormat:@"%c", base64[curr]];
  }
 }

 return dest;
}

@end

如果需要，可以通过扩大'byt'的范围并在(2-byt)后面附加'dest'来添加填充。返回前的"="字符。

Category可以被添加到NSString中，这样:

@implementation NSString (StringUtils)

- (NSString *)newStringInBase64FromString
{
 NSData *theData = [NSData dataWithBytes:[self UTF8String] length:[self length]]; 

 return [theData newStringInBase64FromData];
}

@end

下面是一个将NSData对象转换为base64的例子。它还展示了如何以另一种方式(解码一个base64编码的NSData对象):

NSData *dataTake2 = 
  [@"iOS Developer Tips" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

// Convert to Base64 data
NSData *base64Data = [dataTake2 base64EncodedDataWithOptions:0];

// Do something with the data...

// Now convert back from Base64
NSData *nsdataDecoded = [base64Data initWithBase64EncodedData:base64Data options:0];

我想这会有帮助的

 + (NSString *)toBase64String:(NSString *)string {
    NSData *data = [string dataUsingEncoding: NSUnicodeStringEncoding];

    NSString *ret = [data base64EncodedStringWithOptions:NSDataBase64Encoding64CharacterLineLength];

    return ret;
    }

    + (NSString *)fromBase64String:(NSString *)string {
NSData *aData = [string dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSData *aDataDecoded = [[NSData alloc]initWithBase64EncodedString:string options:0];
NSString *decryptedStr = [[NSString alloc]initWithData:aDataDecoded encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

return [decryptedStr autorelease];

}