Simple AES encryption decryption

AESUtils.java

import java.security.Key;

import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
import android.util.Base64;

public class AESUtils {

	private AESUtils() {
	}

	public static String encrypt(String key, String toEncrypt) throws Exception {
		byte[] keyBytes = key.getBytes("UTF-8");
		// Use the first 16 bytes (or even less if key is shorter)
		byte[] keyBytes16 = new byte[16];
		System.arraycopy(keyBytes, 0, keyBytes16, 0,
				Math.min(keyBytes.length, 16));
		Key skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(keyBytes16, "AES");
		Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
		cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, skeySpec);
		byte[] encrypted = cipher.doFinal(toEncrypt.getBytes());
		byte[] encryptedValue = Base64.encode(encrypted, Base64.DEFAULT);
		return new String(encryptedValue);
	}

	public static String decrypt(String key, String encrypted) throws Exception {
		byte[] keyBytes = key.getBytes("UTF-8");
		// Use the first 16 bytes (or even less if key is shorter)
		byte[] keyBytes16 = new byte[16];
		System.arraycopy(keyBytes, 0, keyBytes16, 0,
				Math.min(keyBytes.length, 16));
		Key skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(keyBytes16, "AES");
		Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
		cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, skeySpec);
		byte[] decodedBytes = Base64.decode(encrypted.getBytes(),
				Base64.DEFAULT);
		byte[] original = cipher.doFinal(decodedBytes);
		return new String(original);
	}

}