Adding an ImageIcon to a JLabel

Question

My program will run, and a button will appear, but the image which is in the res folder that is in a referenced library will not appear (egg.png). There are no errors, but I'm confused as to why it won't run properly.

package gui;

import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class IconButton {
public static void main(String args[]) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("DefaultButton");

    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon("C:\\Users\\Jack Young\\Desktop\\Egg game Sprites");
    JButton button = new JButton();
    button.setIcon(image);
    frame.add(button);
    frame.setSize(300, 200);
    frame.setResizable(false);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

You mention `"egg.png"` but use `"C:\\Users\\Jack Young\\Desktop\\Egg game Sprites"` ... so I am not suprised, provided the correct file name and this will work. — AxelH, Jul 05 '18 at 07:51
You also mention "res" folder, but that path doesn't mention any "res" folders — MadProgrammer, Jul 05 '18 at 07:53
in the code i posted i had the path from my computer posted, but it didn't work so i tried to change it just the egg.png that i had in my res folder. — Jack Young, Jul 05 '18 at 08:13
But just `new ImageIcon("egg.png");` won't cut it either since it will look at the root of the project. See [How do I load a file from resource folder?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15749192/how-do-i-load-a-file-from-resource-folder) — AxelH, Jul 05 '18 at 08:15
i was able to make it work by using "C:\\Users\\Jack Young\\Desktop\\Eclipse\\GUI\\res\\egg.png" is there a way to simplify it to something to the effect of "egg.png" — Jack Young, Jul 05 '18 at 08:17
@Jack Young Yes, if you add the image to the root of your project path you can just call it by its filename. — T A, Jul 05 '18 at 08:24
Application resources will become embedded resources by the time of deployment, so it is wise to start accessing them as if they were, right now. An [tag:embedded-resource] must be accessed by URL rather than file. See the [info. page for embedded resource](http://stackoverflow.com/tags/embedded-resource/info) for how to form the URL. — Andrew Thompson, Jul 05 '18 at 10:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '18 at 10:15

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try this:- for eg:- if image is in icons folder in resource:-

private final ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("icons/image.png"));

answered Jul 05 '18 at 10:15

Greeshma

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Adding an ImageIcon to a JLabel

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