How do I draw an image to a JPanel or JFrame?

Question

How do I draw an Image to a JPanel or JFrame, I have already read oracle\'s tutorial on this but I can\'t seem to get it right. I need the image \"BeachRoad.png

Answer 1

There are a lot of methods, but I always override the paint(Graphics g) of a JComponent and use g.drawImage(...)

edit: I was making a sample, but tieTYT did it perfectly, look at his answer :)

Answer 2

Try this:

package com.sandbox;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class SwingSandbox {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        JFrame frame = buildFrame();

        final BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\Projects\\MavenSandbox\\src\\main\\resources\\img.jpg"));

        JPanel pane = new JPanel() {
            @Override
            protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
                super.paintComponent(g);
                g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
            }
        };


        frame.add(pane);
    }


    private static JFrame buildFrame() {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setSize(200, 200);
        frame.setVisible(true);
        return frame;
    }


}