Android Question RSCRop crashes when I select an image

Using B4A and the rscrop library. Connecting to device (Sony Experia running Android 8.0.0) using B4A-Bridge. App starts, and I can select an image. As soon as I tap the image the app crashes, and B4A log shows:
Error occurred on line: 73 (Main)
java.lang.RuntimeException: Error loading bitmap.
at anywheresoftware.b4a.objects.drawable.CanvasWrapper$BitmapWrapper.Initialize2(CanvasWrapper.java:539)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.objects.drawable.CanvasWrapper$BitmapWrapper.Initialize(CanvasWrapper.java:517)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common.LoadBitmap(Common.java:1343)
at b4a.rsexample.main._getimage_cropped(main.java:466)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.runMethod(Shell.java:732)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEventImpl(Shell.java:348)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEvent(Shell.java:255)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.ShellBA.raiseEvent2(ShellBA.java:144)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent(BA.java:176)
at com.rootsoft.crop.RSCrop$1.ResultArrived(RSCrop.java:81)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA$4.run(BA.java:568)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.setActivityPaused(BA.java:442)
at b4a.rsexample.main$ResumeMessage.run(main.java:306)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:789)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:98)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:251)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6572)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)
** Activity (main) Resume **

Line 73 of the code reads:
bmp = LoadBitmap(File.DirRootExternal,"tempImage.jpg")

I didn't see any other posts about this library throwing an exception like this with its default setup. Help! Thanks in advance.