adding images to a java applet?

Question

When I tried to to create an image I was using this line but got no images, just blank lines.

g.drawImage(getImage(getDocumentBase(), "Piece_1.png"),coorx, 
coory, SIZE_Y / 8, SIZE_Y / 8, this);

How do you display an image and where do you put it in an eclipse project?

Sri Harsha Chilakapati · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-12T01:39:15.360

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Eclipse IDE executes the programs from the src directory. These steps solved me this problem.

Create a new package called resources. You can name it whatever you want.
Add your image files into that package.

Now first load your image before drawing it.

public Image getImage(String name){
    URL imgUrl = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("resources/"+name);
    ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(imgUrl);
    return icon.getImage();
}

An Example

The constructor you can have.

Image piece1;

public Checkers(){
    piece1 = getImage("Piece_1.png");
}

public void paint(Graphics g){
    if (piece1!=null){
        g.drawImage(piece1, xcoord, ycoord, null);
    }
}

Hope this solves your problem.

edited Oct 12 '12 at 01:39

answered Oct 12 '12 at 00:40

Sri Harsha Chilakapati

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I'm getting a null pointer on the last line: `return new ImageIcon(imgUrl).getImage();` – Chris Oct 12 '12 at 00:49
It may be because the image files must be in the `recources` package – Sri Harsha Chilakapati Oct 12 '12 at 00:51
they are in the resource `resources` package – Chris Oct 12 '12 at 00:55

adding images to a java applet?

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