program crashes with opencv error while trying to call draw contour

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Basically I am trying to draw first contour with a colour. But this program crashes with following error

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 9-11 09:56:38.230: D/dalvikvm(1920): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 71K, 10% free 2824K/3124K, paused 0ms, total 3ms

09-11 09:56:38.340: D/dalvikvm(1920): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 379K, 17% free 2958K/3564K, paused 3ms, total 4ms

09-11 09:56:38.360: D/dalvikvm(1920): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 107K, 10% free 3361K/3696K, paused 2ms, total 3ms

09-11 09:56:38.390: D/dalvikvm(1920): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 170K, 10% free 3702K/4100K, paused 4ms, total 4ms

09-11 09:56:38.420: E/cv::error()(1920): OpenCV Error: Bad argument (Unknown array type) in cv::Mat cv::cvarrToMat(const CvArr *, bool, bool, int), file /home/reports/ci/slave_desktop/50-SDK/opencv/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp, line 698

09-11 09:56:38.430: A/libc(1920): Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0x00000000 (code=1), thread 1920 (pencvratstudy01)

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Program is

@Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

Log.i(TAG, "called onCreate");
 super.onCreate( savedInstanceState );

 if (!OpenCVLoader.initDebug()) {
     // Handle initialization error
 }
 setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);


 // load an image from Resource directory
 Mat mMat = new Mat();
 try {
    mMat = Utils.loadResource(this, R.drawable.baby,
                                             Highgui.CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR);
    } catch (IOException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}

 // Create result object with correct color
 Mat result = new Mat(); 
 Imgproc.cvtColor(mMat, result, Imgproc.COLOR_RGB2BGRA);


 // create tmpMat object for gray image and blur it
 Mat tmpMat = new Mat();
 Imgproc.cvtColor(result,tmpMat , Imgproc.COLOR_BGR2GRAY);
 Imgproc.blur(tmpMat, tmpMat, new Size(3,3));


 /* find cany of tmpMat */
 Mat canny = new Mat();
 Imgproc.Canny( tmpMat, canny , 2 , 4);

 // find contours
 Mat hierarchy = new Mat();
 List<MatOfPoint> contours = new ArrayList<MatOfPoint>();
 Imgproc.findContours(canny, contours, hierarchy, Imgproc.RETR_EXTERNAL, 
                                                Imgproc.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);

 // draw contour on mask object   
 Mat mask = new Mat();
 Imgproc.drawContours(mask, contours, 0 , new Scalar(255));


 // create bitmap and draw on imageView
 Bitmap bmp;
 bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(mask.cols(), mask.rows(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
 Utils.matToBitmap(mask, bmp);

 ImageView imgView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.sampleImageView);
 imgView.setImageBitmap(bmp);

}