import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class Main
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
//load the card image from the gif file.
final ImageIcon cardIcon = new ImageIcon("cardimages/tenClubs.gif");
//create a panel displaying the card image
JPanel panel = new JPanel()
{
//paintComponent is called automatically by the JRE whenever
//the panel needs to be drawn or redrawn
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
cardIcon.paintIcon(this, g, 20, 20);
}
};
//create & make visible a JFrame to contain the panel
JFrame window = new JFrame("Title goes here");
window.add(panel);
window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
window.setBackground(new Color(100, 200, 102));
window.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200,200));
window.pack();
window.setVisible(true);
}
}
I am trying to make a java project that will display all 52 cards on a window. I have the window working but I cant get a card to appear on the window.
I am using eclipse for OSX, inside the project src file I have a (default package) container with my Main.java file. Then I have my cardimages folder in the same src file.
How can I get the image to show in the window?
You should try to get the image as a URL, as a resource again using the Class method getResource(...)
. For example, test this:
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class DefaultFoo {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String resource = "/cardimages/tenClubs.gif";
URL url = Class.class.getResource(resource);
BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(url);
Icon icon = new ImageIcon(img);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, icon);
}
}
Also, don't use the default package like you're doing. Put your class into a valid package.
Then try something like this:
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class PlayWithImages extends JLayeredPane {
private static final String RESOURCE = "/cardimages/tenClubs.gif";
private static final int PREF_W = 500;
private static final int PREF_H = PREF_W;
private static final int CARD_COUNT = 8;
public PlayWithImages() throws IOException {
URL url = getClass().getResource(RESOURCE);
BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(url);
Icon icon = new ImageIcon(img);
for (int i = 0; i < CARD_COUNT; i++) {
JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);
label.setSize(label.getPreferredSize());
int x = PREF_W - 20 - i * 40 - label.getWidth();
int y = 20;
label.setLocation(x, y);
add(label);
}
}
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(PREF_W, PREF_H);
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
PlayWithImages mainPanel = null;
try {
mainPanel = new PlayWithImages();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(-1);
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("PlayWithImages");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}