java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean android.graphics.Bitmap.isRecycled()' on a null object reference
<p>I am trying to implement swipe to delete in RecyclerView. Everything seems to be working fine except drawing  a delete icon below the item that's being swiped. </p>

<p>This is how I am doing it:</p>

<pre><code>ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback simpleItemTouchCallback = new ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback(0, ItemTouchHelper.LEFT | ItemTouchHelper.RIGHT) {

            @Override
            public boolean onMove(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, RecyclerView.ViewHolder target) {
                return false;
            }

            @Override
            public void onSwiped(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int direction) {
                int position = viewHolder.getAdapterPosition();

//                Do my stuff
//                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onChildDraw(Canvas c, RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, float dX, float dY, int actionState, boolean isCurrentlyActive) {

                Bitmap icon;
                if(actionState == ItemTouchHelper.ACTION_STATE_SWIPE){

                    View itemView = viewHolder.itemView;
                    float height = (float) itemView.getBottom() - (float) itemView.getTop();
                    float width = height / 3;

                    if(dX &gt; 0){
                        p.setColor(Color.parseColor("#388E3C"));
                        RectF background = new RectF((float) itemView.getLeft(), (float) itemView.getTop(), dX,(float) itemView.getBottom());
                        c.drawRect(background,p);
                        icon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getActivity().getResources(), R.drawable.ic_delete);
                        RectF icon_dest = new RectF((float) itemView.getLeft() + width ,(float) itemView.getTop() + width,(float) itemView.getLeft()+ 2*width,(float)itemView.getBottom() - width);
                        c.drawBitmap(icon,null,icon_dest,p);
                    } else {
                        p.setColor(Color.parseColor("#D32F2F"));
                        RectF background = new RectF((float) itemView.getRight() + dX, (float) itemView.getTop(),(float) itemView.getRight(), (float) itemView.getBottom());
                        c.drawRect(background,p);
                        icon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getActivity().getResources(), R.drawable.ic_delete);
                        RectF icon_dest = new RectF((float) itemView.getRight() - 2*width ,(float) itemView.getTop() + width,(float) itemView.getRight() - width,(float)itemView.getBottom() - width);
                        c.drawBitmap(icon,null,icon_dest,p);
                    }
                }
                super.onChildDraw(c, recyclerView, viewHolder, dX, dY, actionState, isCurrentlyActive);
            }
        };
        ItemTouchHelper itemTouchHelper = new ItemTouchHelper(simpleItemTouchCallback);
        itemTouchHelper.attachToRecyclerView(mRecyclerView);
</code></pre>

<p>It is throwing </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method
  'boolean android.graphics.Bitmap.isRecycled()' on a null object
  reference</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>Full StackTrace</strong></p>

<pre><code>09-12 01:28:58.386 26575-26575/com.ozuf.booker E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                     Process: com.ozuf.booker, PID: 26575
                                                                     java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean android.graphics.Bitmap.isRecycled()' on a null object reference
                                                                         at android.graphics.Canvas.throwIfCannotDraw(Canvas.java:1281)
                                                                         at android.view.GLES20Canvas.drawBitmap(GLES20Canvas.java:620)
                                                                         at com.ozuf.booker.fragments.BookFragment$1.onChildDraw(BookFragment.java:149)
                                                                         at android.support.v7.widget.helper.ItemTouchHelper$Callback.onDraw(ItemTouchHelper.java:1956)
                                                                         at android.support.v7.widget.helper.ItemTouchHelper$Callback.access$1400(ItemTouchHelper.java:1356)
                                                                         at android.support.v7.widget.helper.ItemTouchHelper.onDraw(ItemTouchHelper.java:542)
                                                                         at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.onDraw(RecyclerView.java:3373)
                                                                         at android.view.View.draw(View.java:15635)
                                                                         at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.draw(RecyclerView.java:3308)
                                                                         at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:14568)
                                                                         at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:14590)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.recreateChildDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3588)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchGetDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3567)
                                                                         at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:14528)
                                                                         at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:14590)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.recreateChildDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3588)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchGetDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3567)
                                                                         at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:14528)
                                                                         at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:14590)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.recreateChildDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3588)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchGetDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3567)
                                                                         at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:14528)
                                                                         at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:14590)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.recreateChildDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3588)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchGetDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3567)
                                                                         at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:14528)
                                                                         at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:14590)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.recreateChildDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3588)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchGetDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3567)
                                                                         at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:14528)
                                                                         at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:14590)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.recreateChildDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3588)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchGetDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3567)
                                                                         at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:14528)
                                                                         at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:14590)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.recreateChildDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3588)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchGetDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3567)
                                                                         at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:14528)
                                                                         at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:14590)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.recreateChildDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3588)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchGetDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3567)
                                                                         at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:14528)
                                                                         at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:14590)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.recreateChildDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3588)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchGetDisplayList(ViewGroup.java:3567)
                                                                         at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:14528)
                                                                         at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:14590)
                                                                         at android.view.ThreadedRenderer.updateViewTreeDisplayList(ThreadedRenderer.java:273)
                                                                         at android.view.ThreadedRenderer.updateRootDisplayList(ThreadedRenderer.java:279)
                                                                         at android.view.ThreadedRenderer.draw(ThreadedRenderer.java:318)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewRootImpl.draw(ViewRootImpl.java:2575)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performDraw(ViewRootImpl.java:2385)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:2012)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1073)
                                                                         at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:5988)
                                                                         at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:767)
                                                                        at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Chor
</code></pre>

<p>Line 149 is <code>c.drawBitmap(icon,null,icon_dest,p);</code> I have debugged and I saw that <code>icon</code> is null but I don't understand why it;s null since I've already assigned it a value.</p>