Why? crashing when using condition (startsWith) with mimeType

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public class HelperUtil {

static int iconRes = R.drawable.unknown;

public static Bitmap getNestedIcon(Context context, String path) {

    String type = null;
    String extension = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(path);
    if (extension != null) {
        MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
        type = mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
        if (type.startsWith("image")) {                  //crashing here
            return BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),
                    R.drawable.image);
        } else if (type.startsWith("audio")) {           //crashing here
            return BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),
                    R.drawable.audio);
        } else if (type.startsWith("video")) {           //crashing here
            return BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),
                    R.drawable.video);
        } else {                                         //not crashing
            return BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),
                    iconRes);
        }
    } else {                                             //not crashing
        return BitmapFactory
                .decodeResource(context.getResources(), iconRes);
    }

  }
}

I am trying to list file with proper icon but when I used if(type.startsWith) condition it always crashing activity...I don't understand what's going on where I take wrong move? please help

asked 3 mins ago

Ashish Sahu

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Why? crashing when using condition (startsWith) with mimeType