error adding image object

Question

The following code produces error:

ImageIcon i=new ImageIcon("logo.png");
Image scaleImage=i.getImage().getScaledInstance(10,10,Image.SCALE_DEFAULT);
mainPanel.add(scaleImage);

The error is cannot find method add(Image). Why it is giving this error?

Is this a compile tijme or runtime error? – toadaly May 05 '11 at 17:31 — toadaly, May 05 '11 at 17:31
Please learn how to copy/paste from the command line. – Andrew Thompson May 05 '11 at 17:55 — Andrew Thompson, May 05 '11 at 17:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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You can't do it like that. JPanel does not accept Image as parameter (that's what the error tells you).

You have two options:

draw the image in the panel instead. The solution uses the paintComponent(..) method.
use a JLabel and an ImageIcon

The answers to this question will show you how to do it either way.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered May 05 '11 at 17:42

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '11 at 17:54

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ImageIcon i=new ImageIcon("logo.png");
Image scaleImage=i.getImage().getScaledInstance(70,70,Image.SCALE_DEFAULT);
ImageIcon ii=new ImageIcon(scaleImage);
JLabel pic=new JLabel(ii);
mainP.add(pic);  // now you can add

answered May 05 '11 at 17:54

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