Java JFrame: Image not displayed

Question

Im trying to build a small frame that displays an image.

My problem is that in the paint(Graphics g) method, the g.drawImage is executed, but nothing is shown on my RLFrame.

Any thoughts / tips?

Thanks in advance.

Here's the code

public class RLFrame extends JFrame{

 Image img;
 public RLFrame(String title){
  super("testing");
 }
 public  void run(){
  MediaTracker mt = new MediaTracker(this);
  this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  this.setSize(400, 400);

  this.img = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("maps/23bis.ppm");
  mt.addImage(this.img, 1, 100, 100);
  this.setVisible(true);
 }


 public void paint(Graphics g){
  System.out.println("Paint");
     if(img != null){
      System.out.println("draw");
       g.drawImage(img, 300,  300, this);
     }
     else
     {
       g.clearRect(0, 0, getSize().width, getSize().height);
     }

   }
}

Zak · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-22 06:34:13Z

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Use paintComponent(Graphics g) instead of paint(Graphics g) in your code. Something like

protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        System.out.println("Paint");
        if (img != null) {
            System.out.println("draw");
            g.drawImage(img, 300, 300, this);
        }
        else
        g.clearRect(0, 0, getSize().width, getSize().height);
 }

Add the image to a JPanel, then add that JPanel instance to your RLFrame.

edited Aug 22, 2010 at 6:34

answered Aug 22, 2010 at 6:22

Zak

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Tom Over a year ago

still nothing. Its not even executed :(

camickr · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-22 14:42:45Z

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You should never overrid the paint() method of a JFrame.

There is no need for you to do custom painting. Just create an ImageIcon and add it to a JLabel, then add the label to the frame.

Check out the section from the Swing tutorial on How to Use Icons. If you really need to do custom painting then the tutorial also has a section on custom painting.

answered Aug 22, 2010 at 14:42

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