How to add images to a JFrame project

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This has been confusing me for quite a long time now. The problem is that I want to display some images in a JFrame. I know how to do that, just use ImageIcon. However, it requires a path to the image. So if I compiled the project into a jar and gave it to my friend, the image would not appear because the image file is not on my friend's device!

In Android Studio, the IDE takes care of these stuff. You just need to put the images into the drawable folder and it generates the code for you. The same applies to Visual Studio. I just need to "Import" the images.

But I see nothing in Eclipse regarding image resources. How can I add images to the JFrame through an "Image resource" thingy?

search for questions tagged by java + swing + image + embedded resource, voting to close — mKorbel, Nov 21 '15 at 13:43

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '15 at 13:49

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Drag and drop your image to your project and in url section type this

ImageIcon ic = new ImageIcon(getResource().getClass("Example.jpg")); // image name instead of Example.jpg

answered Nov 21 '15 at 13:49

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What is "url section"? Can you show me a screenshot? – Sweeper Nov 21 '15 at 13:50
From url section I mean url of image. From this method you can use image from your project – Programmer Nov 21 '15 at 13:53
when you will make jar file image will be in your project – Programmer Nov 21 '15 at 13:54
Where should I put the image? Is the root folder fine? Or in the package that the class is in? – Sweeper Nov 21 '15 at 13:55
@Sweeper: you put it in the jar file at a location relative to the class files, usually in its own folder. – Hovercraft Full Of Eels Nov 21 '15 at 13:56
Just drag your image and drop it in your project src folder – Programmer Nov 21 '15 at 13:56

How to add images to a JFrame project

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