How to add image inside jPanel ??

[Rite Sara]

Hi,

Could you please let me know how to add .png image inside a jPanel ??

[Rob Spoor]

Use a JLabel with an ImageIcon, or override paintComponent to draw the image (don't forget to call super.paintComponent!)

[Rite Sara]

I tried first approach ..

ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("C:\\Documents and Settings\\255203\\Desktop\\Image\\New Folder\\final2.png");
JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);
jPanel1.add(label);

But this is not working

Could you please give sum sample code regarding second approach ...



Thanks,

[Rob Spoor]

What's not working? Is the image path correct? What LayoutManager are you using? ItDoesntWorkIsUseless. TellTheDetails.

[Rite Sara]

Thanks for helping out Rob ..
I used following approach and its working fine ..

    
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class ImageTest {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ImagePanel panel = new ImagePanel(new ImageIcon("images/background.png").getImage());

    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

class ImagePanel extends JPanel {

  private Image img;

  public ImagePanel(String img) {
    this(new ImageIcon(img).getImage());
  }

  public ImagePanel(Image img) {
    this.img = img;
    Dimension size = new Dimension(img.getWidth(null), img.getHeight(null));
    setPreferredSize(size);
    setMinimumSize(size);
    setMaximumSize(size);
    setSize(size);
    setLayout(null);
  }

  public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
    g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, null);
  }

}

[Rob Camick]

But this is not working

Try reading the JLabel API where you will find a link to the Swing tutorial in "How to Use Labels" which contains a working example.

The tutorial also contains a section on "How to Use Icons" which goes into more detail about how Swing finds the image.

You can also read the section on "Custom Painting" for more help with suggestion 2, but first you should master suggestion 1.