How can I resize an image from a URL into a JPanel

Question

try {
    addImage(bodyPanel1, "https://sneakernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/jordan-1-black-mocha-555088-105-2.jpg");
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}


private void addImage(JPanel cp, String url) throws MalformedURLException{
    cp.add(new JLabel(new ImageIcon(new URL(url))));
}

So I am trying to insert the image using a URL and then have it resize to the size of the bodypanel but whenever i try to run it the image doesnt scale itself. I have the entire bodypanel in a grid layout (3 row, 2 columns) and want to add an image to fit the entire size of one of the grid boxes. image

Use ImageIO to retrieve the image, scale the image, and convert the scaled image to an ImageIcon when creating the JLabel. — Gilbert Le Blanc, Mar 27 '21 at 23:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '21 at 22:03

Try this code I found (Link to code | Link to the guy who originally found this code):

ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon(new URL(url)); // load the image to a imageIcon
Image image = imageIcon.getImage(); // transform it 
Image newimg = image.getScaledInstance(120, 120,  java.awt.Image.SCALE_SMOOTH); // scale it the smooth way  
imageIcon = new ImageIcon(newimg);
cp.add(new JLabel(imageIcon));

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 04 '21 at 04:24

    ImageIcon originalIcon = new ImageIcon("slovakia.png");
    JLabel originalLabel = new JLabel(originalIcon);

    int width = originalIcon.getIconWidth() / 2;
    int height = originalIcon.getIconHeight() / 2;

    Image scaled = scaleImage(originalIcon.getImage(), width, height);

    ImageIcon scaledIcon = new ImageIcon(scaled);

    JLabel newLabel = new JLabel(scaledIcon);

How can I resize an image from a URL into a JPanel

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