Android Mask bitmap on canvas gen a black space

Here is a solution which helped me to implement masking:

public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
        Bitmap original = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getContext().getResources(),R.drawable.original_image);
        Bitmap mask = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getContext().getResources(),R.drawable.mask_image);

        //You can change original image here and draw anything you want to be masked on it.

        Bitmap result = Bitmap.createBitmap(mask.getWidth(), mask.getHeight(), Config.ARGB_8888);
        Canvas tempCanvas = new Canvas(result);
        Paint paint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
        paint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(Mode.DST_IN));
        tempCanvas.drawBitmap(original, 0, 0, null);
        tempCanvas.drawBitmap(mask, 0, 0, paint);
        paint.setXfermode(null);

        //Draw result after performing masking
        canvas.drawBitmap(result, 0, 0, new Paint());
}

The mask should be a white image with transparency.

It will work like this:
original image + mask = result image

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