Error when I try to put an ImageIcon in Java

Question

I tried to put a simple icon in a JPanel formatted with the BoxLayout.

    JPanel panel_4 = new JPanel();
    contentPane.add(panel_4, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    panel_4.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel_4, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));

    ImageIcon seven= new ImageIcon("‪C:\\Users\\alewe\\workspace\\SlotMachine\\Lucky_Seven-128.png");

    JLabel lblNewLabel_1 = new JLabel(seven);
    panel_4.add(lblNewLabel_1);

When I ran the code it gave me the error "Some characters cannot be mapped using "Cp1252" character encoding", I saved by UTF-8, now it starts but I can't see the icon.

[this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1242581/display-a-jpg-image-on-a-jpanel) might help — LuKyY, Nov 22 '16 at 10:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 22 '16 at 10:15

Maybe if you use setIcon will help you:

ImageIcon seven= new ImageIcon("‪C:\\Users\\alewe\\workspace\\SlotMachine\\Lucky_Seven-128.png");
JLabel lblNewLabel_1 = new JLabel();
//Set your icon to your label
lblNewLabel_1.setIcon(seven);
panel_4.add(lblNewLabel_1);

You can read more about icons here

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '16 at 10:19

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you will need a inputstream to read the picture. use it like this:

File f = new File("filepath");
        InputStream in=new FileInputStream(f);
            if (in != null) {
                ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(in));
                label.setIcon(imageIcon);
            } else {
                LOG.debug("No icon found...");
            }

answered Nov 22 '16 at 10:19

XtremeBaumer

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Thanks , it works , even i prefer the setIcon answer :) – Yuri Nov 22 '16 at 10:31
if i dont use the inputstream i always get the error you did. just copied the accepted answer and error pops up – XtremeBaumer Nov 22 '16 at 10:36

Error when I try to put an ImageIcon in Java

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