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    Default JFrame - ImageIcon not displaying

    Hey, I was hoping someone could point out why my image may not be showing. Note I am using eclipse.

    Window.java:

    import javax.swing.*; 
     
    public class Window 
    {
    	private JFrame gameWindow; 
     
    	public Window() 
    	{
    		gameWindow = new JFrame("Tamagotchi!");
    		gameWindow.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    		gameWindow.setBounds(0,0,800,600);
     
    		SplashScreen splashScreen = new SplashScreen(); 
    		gameWindow.add(splashScreen.getContent());
    		gameWindow.setVisible(true);
    	}
     
    	public static void main(String[] args)
    	{
    		new Window();
    	}
     
    }

    SplashScreen.java:

    import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
    import javax.swing.JLabel;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
     
     
    public class SplashScreen
    {
    	private JPanel splashPanel;
    	private JLabel background;
    	private ImageIcon backgroundImage;
     
    	public SplashScreen()
    	{
    		splashPanel = new JPanel();
    		backgroundImage = new ImageIcon("splash_screen.png");
    		background = new JLabel(backgroundImage);
    		splashPanel.add(background);
    		splashPanel.setBounds(0,0,800,600);
    	}
     
    	public JPanel getContent() {
    		return splashPanel;
    	}
    }

    I have used file.exists() and this returns true, and file.length() which returns the correct file size.
    System.out.println(backgroundImage) returns "splash.png" so thats ok.

    Why then is my image not showing?

    Thanks for reading.
    Last edited by mohagan9; April 15th, 2014 at 07:50 AM.


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    Default Re: JFrame - ImageIcon not displaying

    Does the layout you're using respect the bounds you've set? Normally you either use a layout *or* setBounds, not both.
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    Default Re: JFrame - ImageIcon not displaying

    Quote Originally Posted by KevinWorkman View Post
    Does the layout you're using respect the bounds you've set? Normally you either use a layout *or* setBounds, not both.
    Using setBounds and the panel is within bounds of the JFrame. Doesn't help, just a blank JFrame.

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    Your code works fine for me. What does your directory structure look like?
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    Quote Originally Posted by KevinWorkman View Post
    Your code works fine for me. What does your directory structure look like?
    Thanks for testing it! Here's my structure:

    Project Folder:

    >src >>default package
    >jre
    >splash_screen.png

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    To see what is happening add a println() to the getContent() method that prints the bounds for the background object.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    To see what is happening add a println() to the getContent() method that prints the bounds for the background object.
    Here's the output:

    javax.swing.JPanel[,0,0,800x600,invalid,layout=java.awt.FlowLayout,al ignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0.0,border=,flags=9,maximu mSize=,minimumSize=,preferredSize=]

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    Sorry, I'd just moved some folders and that was a ghost.

    Try minimizing the frame and restoring it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mohagan9 View Post
    Thanks for testing it! Here's my structure:

    Project Folder:

    >src >>default package
    >jre
    >splash_screen.png
    Yep, that's pretty much what mine looks like. Try printing this to see if Java is looking in the right place:

    System.out.println(new File("splash_screen.png").getAbsolutePath());

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Sorry, I'd just moved some folders and that was a ghost.

    Try minimizing the frame and restoring it.
    Oh yeah, I just realized OP is adding the JPanel to the JFrame after the JFrame has already been displayed. OP, is there a reason you're doing this?

    You have to revalidate and repaint your window for components that have been added after the JFrame is already visible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KevinWorkman View Post
    Yep, that's pretty much what mine looks like. Try printing this to see if Java is looking in the right place:

    System.out.println(new File("splash_screen.png").getAbsolutePath());

    --- Update ---



    Oh yeah, I just realized OP is adding the JPanel to the JFrame after the JFrame has already been displayed. OP, is there a reason you're doing this?

    You have to revalidate and repaint your window for components that have been added after the JFrame is already visible.
    File directory is fine.
    I moved gameWindow.setVisible(true); to after the line gameWindow.add(splashScreen.getContent()); but it didn't make a difference.

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    Default Re: JFrame - ImageIcon not displaying

    First verify that your 'background' label is where you expect it to be:

    background = new JLabel(backgroundImage);
    background.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(75, 75));
    background.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.RED));
    Run that and you should see a red square. If you do, then the problem is ImageIcon is not finding "splash_screen.png". I recommend you make a folder called 'images' inside your 'src' folder and put your images there. Then you can get them like this:

    backgroundImage = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/images/splash_screen.gif"));
    This works both in the IDE and as a distributed jar, because the images are embedded inside the jar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BinaryDigit09 View Post
    First verify that your 'background' label is where you expect it to be:

    background = new JLabel(backgroundImage);
    background.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(75, 75));
    background.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.RED));
    Run that and you should see a red square. If you do, then the problem is ImageIcon is not finding "splash_screen.png". I recommend you make a folder called 'images' inside your 'src' folder and put your images there. Then you can get them like this:

    backgroundImage = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/images/splash_screen.gif"));
    This works both in the IDE and as a distributed jar, because the images are embedded inside the jar.
    Yup there is a red square, but the image is being located. I've tested for that already. Why should putting the image in my src folder make a difference?

    Having said that there was one little thing with the file directory. THe project is in "My Documents" but the file location printed in java stated "Documents" but I'm pretty sure thats the same thing in windows.

    EDIT: I double checked, "My Documents" did indeed show as "Documents" under properties in windows 7.

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    The code works for me after I changed path to my images folder and moved the call to setVisible(true) down.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mohagan9 View Post
    Yup there is a red square, but the image is being located. I've tested for that already. Why should putting the image in my src folder make a difference?
    I don't have "splash_screen.png" on my PC, so when I ran your code I got the same blank JFrame as you. But when I created my own "splash_screen.png" inside src/images/ and loaded it with getClass().getResource(), I got an image on the label. So based on your symptom, and mine being the same in the absence of the file, I concluded that it must not be finding the file.

    I suggested having a /src/images folder because it works the same both in the IDE and as a distributed jar. It's better to have the file in a guaranteed relative location instead of some external place like My Documents. Especially if your path to the file is relative to user.dir like this is.

    However, it works for me both ways. When I put the image next to src instead of inside it, and use new ImageIcon("splash_screen.gif") it works. Maybe you're on to something with the whole Documents vs My Documents thing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BinaryDigit09 View Post
    I don't have "splash_screen.png" on my PC, so when I ran your code I got the same blank JFrame as you. But when I created my own "splash_screen.png" inside src/images/ and loaded it with getClass().getResource(), I got an image on the label. So based on your symptom, and mine being the same in the absence of the file, I concluded that it must not be finding the file.

    I suggested having a /src/images folder because it works the same both in the IDE and as a distributed jar. It's better to have the file in a guaranteed relative location instead of some external place like My Documents. Especially if your path to the file is relative to user.dir like this is.

    However, it works for me both ways. When I put the image next to src instead of inside it, and use new ImageIcon("splash_screen.gif") it works. Maybe you're on to something with the whole Documents vs My Documents thing?
    Thanks for the reply, but still a blank screen

    Line is as follows:
    backgroundImage = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/images/splash_screen.png"));

    My structure is as follows for Project Folder:

    >src
    >>(default package) - //java files in here//
    >>images - //splash_screen.png in here//

    >jre


    EDIT: Could there be any restrictions on file size and/or dimensions? The image is 1.4MB and 800x600.

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    If you can't change the code to have it find the image,
    try making many copies of the folder with the image putting a copy of the images folder in all the possible places that the code could be looking for it. Put it in dozens of places. When the code works, delete a folder and test. When the delete stops the code from working, that is the folder that the code is using.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    If you can't change the code to have it find the image,
    try making many copies of the folder with the image putting a copy of the images folder in all the possible places that the code could be looking for it. Put it in dozens of places. When the code works, delete a folder and test. When the delete stops the code from working, that is the folder that the code is using.
    Project Folder:

    >src
    >>(default package) - //java files here//
    >>images - //image here//

    >jre

    >images - //image here//


    Still a blank screen!

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    Still a blank screen
    Make more copies of the folder in all the possible places.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mohagan9 View Post
    EDIT: Could there be any restrictions on file size and/or dimensions? The image is 1.4MB and 800x600.
    What happened when you tested it out with a smaller image?
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    Quote Originally Posted by KevinWorkman View Post
    What happened when you tested it out with a smaller image?
    I just worked it out and I can't believe it! I'm so sorry guys haha.

    Turns out the image was actually a bmp, it just had the file extension of png. WOOOOPS!

    Thanks very much to everyone who helped out anyway

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