Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import android.annotation.SuppressLint; public class Main { @SuppressLint("DefaultLocale") public static byte[] getBytesFromHexString(String hexstring) { if (hexstring == null || hexstring.equals("")) { return null; } hexstring = hexstring.replace(" ", ""); hexstring = hexstring.toUpperCase(); int size = hexstring.length() / 2; char[] hexarray = hexstring.toCharArray(); byte[] rv = new byte[size]; for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) { int pos = i * 2; rv[i] = (byte) (charToByte(hexarray[pos]) << 4 | charToByte(hexarray[pos + 1])); } return rv; } private static byte charToByte(char c) { return (byte) "0123456789ABCDEF".indexOf(c); } }