Converting Editable (from an EditText) to Byte Array
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I'm trying to get the value of an EditText box and convert it to a byte array for use in nfc writing.  Basically, I want to be able to write to an NFC tag just from an EditText box.  I've tried simple stuff like .toString() and UTF-8 encoding, but my issue seems to be in getting a String value from the Editable.  Anyone have experience here?