Best approach to load .gif pictures into an Array then selecting few of them and attach to a lable

I wish to load several Gif pictures into an array and then later select some of these gifs and attach to a label. What is the best approach?


ImageIcon orange = new ImageIcon ("orange.gif");
ImageIcon apple = new ImageIcon ("apple.gif");
ImageIcon banana = new ImageIcon ("banana.gif");

Image[] images = new Image[3];

How do a load into array and then from array to Label

thanks

Craig Delehanty

Hello Dele and welcome to the Java Programming Forums :D

I haven't tested this code but to load these into the array you could try:

Code :

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        JLabel label;
 
        ImageIcon orange = new ImageIcon ("orange.gif");
        ImageIcon apple = new ImageIcon ("apple.gif");
        ImageIcon banana = new ImageIcon ("banana.gif");
 
        ImageIcon[] images = new ImageIcon[3];
 
        images[0] = orange;
        images[1] = apple;
        images[2] = banana;
 
        label = new JLabel(images[2]);

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Thanks for your reply.

This is the code I am actually working with. The compiler complains about the array structure. I don't know why as it is the same as in your example.

Dele

Code :

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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
 
 
public class PictureDemo extends JFrame
{
 
	// Create an ImageIcon Object
	ImageIcon pic1 = new ImageIcon("background2.gif");
 
	// Create a JLabel and display image
	JLabel label1 = new JLabel(pic1);
	JLabel label2 = new JLabel(pic1);
	JLabel label3 = new JLabel(pic1);
 
	JPanel pnl = new JPanel();
 
	ImageIcon pic4 = new ImageIcon("7.gif");	
	ImageIcon[] images = new ImageIcon[3];
 
	images[0] = pic4;
 
	// Constructor
	public PictureDemo()
	{
		super("Picture Display");
		setSize(400,200);
		setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		pnl.add(label1);
		pnl.add(label2);
		pnl.add(label3);
		add(pnl);
		setVisible(true);
 
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		PictureDemo picdemo = new PictureDemo();
	}
 
}

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The Array setup is correct but the problem is you cannot declare the Array values there.

You could try this:

Code :

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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
 
 
public class PictureDemo extends JFrame
{
 
    // Create an ImageIcon Object
    ImageIcon pic1 = new ImageIcon("background2.gif");
 
    // Create a JLabel and display image
    JLabel label1 = new JLabel(pic1);
    JLabel label2 = new JLabel(pic1);
    JLabel label3 = new JLabel(pic1);
 
    JPanel pnl = new JPanel();
 
    public static ImageIcon pic4 = new ImageIcon("7.gif");
    public static ImageIcon[] images = new ImageIcon[3];
 
    // Constructor
    public PictureDemo()
    {
        super("Picture Display");
        setSize(400,200);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        pnl.add(label1);
        pnl.add(label2);
        pnl.add(label3);
        add(pnl);
        setVisible(true);
 
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        images[0] = pic4;
        PictureDemo picdemo = new PictureDemo();
    }
 
}

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This compiles fine but obviousally pic4 isnt displayed yet in your code.