Using an animated GIF in a JComboBox

Question

I\'m trying to use animated (GIF) icons in a JComboBox.

As the DefaultListCellRenderer is based on JLabel, ImageIcons are directly supported when putting them into t

Answer 1

This example was inspired from AnimatedIconTableExample.java

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.*;
class MainPanel {
  public JComponent makeUI() {
    JComboBox combo = new JComboBox();
    URL url1 = getClass().getResource("static.png");
    URL url2 = getClass().getResource("animated.gif");
    combo.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(new Object[] {
      new ImageIcon(url1), makeImageIcon(url2, combo, 1)
    }));
    JPanel p = new JPanel();
    p.add(combo);
    return p;
  }
  private static ImageIcon makeImageIcon(
      URL url, final JComboBox combo, final int row) {
    ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(url);
    icon.setImageObserver(new ImageObserver() {
      //http://www2.gol.com/users/tame/swing/examples/SwingExamples.html
      //AnimatedIconTableExample.java
      @Override public boolean imageUpdate(
          Image img, int infoflags, int x, int y, int w, int h) {
        if(combo.isShowing() && (infoflags & (FRAMEBITS|ALLBITS)) != 0) {
          if(combo.getSelectedIndex()==row) {
            combo.repaint();
          }
          BasicComboPopup p = (BasicComboPopup)
            combo.getAccessibleContext().getAccessibleChild(0);
          JList list = p.getList();
          if(list.isShowing()) {
            list.repaint(list.getCellBounds(row, row));
          }
        }
        return (infoflags & (ALLBITS|ABORT)) == 0;
      };
    });
    return icon;
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      @Override public void run() {
        createAndShowGUI();
      }
    });
  }
  public static void createAndShowGUI() {
    JFrame f = new JFrame();
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    f.getContentPane().add(new MainPanel().makeUI());
    f.setSize(320, 240);
    f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    f.setVisible(true);
  }
}