Frame not showing Image until resized

[gamalytical]

EDIT Solved: I just realized I'm stupid and should have used "this" instead of "null" in drawImage().




I'm trying to create a simple window that shows a picture I have created, but it won't show the image until I have resized the window. I'm guessing paint() isn't being called properly, but I don't know. Here is the code:

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class start extends JFrame{
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		new start();			
	}
	private String filename = "C:\\item.gif";
	private Image i = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(filename);
 
	public start() {
		setSize(400, 300);
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		setVisible(true);
	}
 
 
	public void paint(Graphics g) {
		g.drawImage(i, 50, 50, null);
	}
}

Note that this code works fine if I draw something other than an image(i.e. fillOval())

[Norm]

You need to be sure the image has been loaded before trying to use it. The getImage starts reading the image and returns before it is fully read. The ImageIO class doesn't return until the image is loaded.
Or use the MediaTracker class to wait until the image has finished loading.