Reading file from path in Swing in different environments

Question

I am creating a Swing application in which some of the icons and images are being loaded from the resource folder within the project.

File helpIcon = new File("resources/icon/helpIcon.png");

This is working fine in Windows but in Linux this code is giving an error. How should I handle this in different operating systems (like Windows, Linux, MacOS)?

try to add / in the begining File helpIcon = new File("/resources/icon/helpIcon.png"); — Youcef LAIDANI, Jun 13 '16 at 09:26
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3861989/preferred-way-of-loading-resources-in-java — sjc, Jun 13 '16 at 09:29
@YoucefLaidani Thanks! so / before resources will take me to src folder or file drive. i am working on E:/project/quizApp/src/com/quizzapp/util/Util.java and my resource folder in E:/project/quizApp/src/resources? — Khushbu Sharma, Jun 13 '16 at 09:34
@trashgod Thanks a tons. Finally problem solved by using below snippet. this.getClass().getResource("/resources/icon/helpIcon.png"); — Khushbu Sharma, Jun 13 '16 at 09:49

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '16 at 07:59

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Try to use getClass().getResources("path")

answered Jun 17 '16 at 07:59

Irazza

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Reading file from path in Swing in different environments

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