Java Community | Help. Code. Learn.•2mo ago

Java GUI not loading images/ImageIcons help

Hey, so im going through the basics of GUI. At first it was going great but right now Ive been trying to a) set the ImageIcon of the frame and also setting the ImageIcon of a label but with my current implementation none of the pictures load and I dont know why. I have included both the code and the file strucutre (ps. i have also set the Pictures package to be Resources Root Directory):

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Main {
    JFrame frame;
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Wowzzzers");
        frame.setSize(420,420);
        frame.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.DARK_GRAY);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        frame.setVisible(true);
        ImageIcon img = new ImageIcon("/Pictures/yippee.jpg");
        ImageIcon img2 = new ImageIcon("/Pictures/these-days-were-wild-v0-vfwnc6uu1e7e1.webp");
        frame.setIconImage(img.getImage());

        JLabel label = new JLabel();
        label.setText("Wassssupp");
        frame.add(label);
        label.setForeground(Color.CYAN);
        label.setIcon(img2);
        label.setVisible(true);

        //frame.pack();
    }
}

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Main {
    JFrame frame;
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Wowzzzers");
        frame.setSize(420,420);
        frame.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.DARK_GRAY);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        frame.setVisible(true);
        ImageIcon img = new ImageIcon("/Pictures/yippee.jpg");
        ImageIcon img2 = new ImageIcon("/Pictures/these-days-were-wild-v0-vfwnc6uu1e7e1.webp");
        frame.setIconImage(img.getImage());

        JLabel label = new JLabel();
        label.setText("Wassssupp");
        frame.add(label);
        label.setForeground(Color.CYAN);
        label.setIcon(img2);
        label.setVisible(true);

        //frame.pack();
    }
}

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Patrick Java•2mo ago

place images in resources folder, then load them using getResource() or you can use relative path referencing "/Pictures " uses absolute referencing and tries to locate /Pictures from the root file system

mjstxOP•2mo ago

alr wait ill give it a try still no luck could you type what you meant

Patrick Java•2mo ago

like ImageIcon img = new ImageIcon(Main.class.getResource("/Pictures/yippee.jpg")); if Pictures is your resources root folder, do like this ImageIcon img = new ImageIcon(Main.class.getResource("yippee.jpg"));

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