adding a image from cam to a dynamically made html string - android

I want to add a image that i take from phones camera
and add it to a html that is build dynamically from user input.
so i cant get the html file from assets.
all the question/answers i found are for local images and html from assets.
Android - local image in webview
Android Development: Using Image From Assets In A WebView's HTML
any suggestions?
Thanks

One of the answers in the links you showed, suggests to use Base64 embedded image:
(https://stackoverflow.com/a/9000691/1271435)
<img src="data:image/jpg;base64,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"/>
xxxxx = base64 encoded string of images bytes
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After taking the image with camera you should get back an imageUri of the photo.
then:
1.Get the input stream of that image:
InputStream stream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(imageUri);
2.Fill in the stream into a ByteArrayOutputStream:
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
fillStream(stream, baos); // dummy method, provide implementation
3.Convert the byte array to Base64:
String base64Image = new String(Base64.encode(baos.toByteArray(), Base64.DEFAULT));
Then you can use the base64 string as the data for your image in HTML.

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