Image won't appear in JLabel

Question

I've created GUI for my application using Netbeans' GUI Builder. I am trying to display a JFrame containing a JLabel with an image, and I can't get the Image to display.

My generated code :

private void initComponents() {
        //...
        jLabel1 = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(myPicture));
}

And my class code:

public class GUIWindow extends javax.swing.JFrame {

    BufferedImage myPicture;

    /** Creates new form GUIWindow */
    public GUIWindow() throws IOException {
        myPicture = ImageIO.read(new File("images/logo.png"));
        initComponents();
        this.add(jLabel1);

    }
}

but I still don't see an image ... (path to the image file is fine) its sth like:

my-project :
  /build
  /dist
  /images/logo.png
  /nbproject
  /src (here I have all my source files)
  /build.xml
  /manifest.mf

Please have a look at this [answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9866659/1057230) and this [example](http://stackoverflow.com/a/11372350/1057230) — nIcE cOw, Jul 30 '12 at 15:54

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '12 at 15:33

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you can use like this

URL imgSmartURL = this.getClass().getResource("your image path");
jLabel1 = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(imgSmartURL), JLabel.CENTER);

answered Jul 30 '12 at 15:33

Shantanu Banerjee

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I dont think the OP needs that, his folder is located in his projects directory not in the jar itself – David Kroukamp Jul 30 '12 at 15:48
@DavidKroukamp: Ok, I see... I tested it but I still don't see the image – Brian Brown Jul 30 '12 at 15:55
+1, for using getClass().getResource(...), the nice way to access Application Resources. – nIcE cOw Jul 30 '12 at 15:59
@DavidKroukamp Unless I am mistaken, the `logo.png` will become an embedded resource by the time this app. is deployed. Then it will be easiest to add it into the Jar and use `getResource(String)`. If it needs to be changed, might as well change it now. – Andrew Thompson Jul 30 '12 at 23:51

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 30 '12 at 16:03

I would do something like this instead.

    JLabel dice1 = new JLabel();
    ImageIcon one = new ImageIcon("dice/1.png");

    //set dice1 position
    dice1.setLocation(20, 100);
    dice1.setSize(115, 115);
    dice1.setIcon(one);
    gamepanel.add(dice1);

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '12 at 07:32

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If you are using netbeans you can directly add an image to a jLabel by setting properties. Right click on the jLabel -> properties -> icon -> (if it's external image) import to project(upload your image) -> ok . It'l be added into your jLabel.

answered Jul 31 '12 at 07:32

Luna

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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I'd suggest you copy the image in a seperate folder(images).
Then use Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("images/A.png");

I believe there's a similar question

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Nov 09 '12 at 05:02

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 07 '14 at 16:54

private ImageIcon imageIconPrint =

new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/image/print.gif"));

create button and add follwing code:

jbtCanada.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

    jlblFlag.setIcon(imageIconCanada);

  }

});

this would help i think

Image won't appear in JLabel

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