BitmapFactory.decodeResources returns a null object

Question

I am trying to draw an icon under a row of a RecyclerView when it is swiped, similar to the Gmail or Inbox app. I have the color implemented, but the Bitmap that I am trying to draw is evading me. I am using the delete icon from the https://material.io/icons/ website. I downloaded it as an SVG and imported it to my drawables folder as an XML file. My code is as follows:

private Paint p = new Paint();
private ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback ithSC = new ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback(0, ItemTouchHelper.LEFT) {
    @Override
    public boolean onMove(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, RecyclerView.ViewHolder target) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onSwiped(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int direction) {
        fileData.remove(viewHolder.getAdapterPosition());
        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    @Override
    public void onChildDraw(Canvas c, RecyclerView rv, RecyclerView.ViewHolder vh, float dx, float dy, int actionState, boolean isCurrentlyActive) {

        Bitmap b = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.ic_delete);
        if (actionState == ItemTouchHelper.ACTION_STATE_SWIPE) {

            // this gets the RecyclerView row from the ViewHolder
            View itemView = vh.itemView;

            // p is a Paint object, setting the color
            p.setColor(Color.RED);
            c.drawRect(dx, (float) itemView.getTop(), (float) itemView.getRight(), (float) itemView.getBottom(), p);

            super.onChildDraw(c, rv, vh, dx,dy, actionState, isCurrentlyActive);
        }
    }
};

When I run the app, the logcat has the message:

D/skia: ---- fAsset->read(8192) returned 0
D/skia: --- SkAndroidCodec::NewFromStream returned null

Why is the BitmapFactory.decodeResource() call returning a null object and how do I fix it?

Thanks in advance

UPDATE:

I have tried a few other things, here is my updated code. One of the big changes is that the icon is a PNG not an XML

public void onChildDraw(Canvas c, RecyclerView rv, RecyclerView.ViewHolder vh, float dx, float dy, int actionState, boolean isCurrentlyActive) {

        if (actionState == ItemTouchHelper.ACTION_STATE_SWIPE) {

            // this gets the RecyclerView row from the ViewHolder
            View itemView = vh.itemView;

            // get the width and height
            float height = itemView.getHeight();
            float width = height/3;

            // p is a Paint object, setting the color
            p.setColor(Color.RED);
            c.drawRect(dx, (float) itemView.getTop(), (float) itemView.getRight(), (float) itemView.getBottom(), p);

            Bitmap b = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(MainActivity.this.getResources(), R.drawable.ic_delete);
            RectF destination = new RectF((float) itemView.getRight() - 2*width , (float) itemView.getTop() + width, (float) itemView.getRight() - width, (float)itemView.getBottom() - width);
            c.drawBitmap(b, null, destination, p);

            super.onChildDraw(c, rv, vh, dx,dy, actionState, isCurrentlyActive);
        }
    }
};

Here is the error I am still getting:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.content.res.Resources android.content.Context.getResources()' on a null object reference