From d86a3aad79fd4bef37137f8aa8e2df1b83538e09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vivek Maskara <maskaravivek@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:53:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Handle null value for artist (#2436)

---
 .../fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryImageUtils.java | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryImageUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryImageUtils.java
index b246fb98e..43f620e2f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryImageUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryImageUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package fr.free.nrw.commons.category;
 
+import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
@@ -109,8 +111,13 @@ public class CategoryImageUtils {
      * @param document
      * @return
      */
+    @NonNull
     private static String getCreator(Node document) {
-        return StringUtils.getParsedStringFromHtml(getMetaDataValue(document, "Artist"));
+        String artist = getMetaDataValue(document, "Artist");
+        if (StringUtils.isNullOrWhiteSpace(artist)) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return StringUtils.getParsedStringFromHtml(artist);
     }
 
     /**