Loading animated GIF in JLabel weirdness

Question

I\'m trying to load an animated GIF in a JLabel.

While this works:

URL urlsd;
try {
    urlsd = new URL(\"http://pscode.org/media/starzoom-thumb.gif\         


        

Answer 1

So there is also a simpler way of doing it. The following line is how I did it.

this.setContentPane(new JLabel(new ImageIcon("Path To Gif File")));

Answer 2

You can try loading your GIF file like that:

public class Test extends JPanel {
    public Test() {
        ImageIcon imageIcon =
          new ImageIcon(Test.this.getClass().getResource("starzoom-thumb.gif"));
    }
}

Or using Test.class.getResouce() if your context is static.

Answer 3

Below code worked for me, it will show the animation instead of first frame of the image.

public class Test extends JPanel {
    public Test() {
        ImageIcon yyyyIcon = new ImageIcon(xxx.class.getClassLoader().getResource("yyyy.gif"));
        connectionLabel.setIcon(yyyy);   
    }
}