How to add an image to a JPanel?

Question

I have a JPanel to which I\'d like to add JPEG and PNG images that I generate on the fly.

All the examples I\'ve seen so far in the Swing Tutorials, specially in the

Answer 1

You can avoid using own Components and SwingX library and ImageIO class:

File f = new File("hello.jpg");
JLabel imgLabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(file.getName()));