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How do I change image icon of a JFrame?

I looked at other answers and tried:
ImageIcon img = new ImageIcon(url);
setIconImage(img.getImage());
and:
URL imgURL = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(url);
if (imgURL != null) {
System.out.println("Found icon image: "+imgURL);
Image image=Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(imgURL);
setIconImage(image);
} else {
System.err.println("Could not find icon image");
}
Within the JFrame class and I put the image file in the resource folder, and also the same folder as my .java files and the root folder of my project and even included the "/" symbol at the beginning of the URL string but nothing is working. I was wondering if anyone tried it lately and got it working?

I don't know what's inside your url string but there is another way to set the icon to a JFrame:
frame.setIconImage((Image)ImageIO.read(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/imagename.png")));
The / symbol means that your path is relative to your project root.
EDIT:
JFrame.setIconImage(Image image) doesn't work on macOS.
Instead you can use Application.getApplication().setDockIconImage(Image image) of the com.apple.eawt.Application package to get it work. (as mentioned by #Valencia Starr)

I got it to work.
So apparently Macs come installed with a library and I also had to make sure I had Java 1.8 in my build path.
I imported the com.apple.eawt.Application package and used Application.getApplication().setDockIconImage(image) which works on macOS and not on Windows.

Program icon not showing up after Clean and Build (Netbeans)

I'm new at Java and also swing. I just created a small app using JFrame and added some buttons and textFields, also I have a method which set the icon that I want for the taskbar and the one in the left corner.
When I run the program in Netbeans everything seems correctly, but when I build the project the icon it's not showing up. I tried a lot of things but none of them worked for me.
here's the method that I use for the program:
private void setIcon() {
ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon("src/main/java/icons/steam.png");
this.setIconImage(imageIcon.getImage());
}
And I call the method from the constructor.
Thank you.
EDIT 1:
Implementing what Andrew said, now I have this:
BufferedImage img = null;
try {
URL url = getClass().getResource("src/main/java/icons/steam.png");
img = ImageIO.read(url);
} catch (IOException e) {
}
this.setIconImage(img);
And that's on the constructor. But when I run it I get:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: input == null!
at java.desktop/javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(ImageIO.java:1400)
I tried different paths but I can't get it. And yes, I'm sure that "steam.png" is there.

I been looking for a solution to this and I finally get it (thanks to Andrew trough the comments)
First I edited my code as you can see in EDIT 1
After that, I got an IllegalArgumentException and the problem was that I didn't have a "resources" folder under /src
So I created my resources folder under src/main/resources and put my image inside
Then I got it using
URL url = getClass().getResource("/icons/steam.png");
img = ImageIO.read(url);
And that was the fix for my problem, now when I run the program images are now loaded.
Thank you so much!

Jdialog box Title bar icon change

I need to change the Jdialog box title bar icon. By default it uses a java coffee image.
I have searched in internet and used many codes
1. Image im = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("/org/qmon/generate/Images/JDialog -2.ico");
dialog.setIconImage(im);
2. Toolkit kit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit ();
Image img = kit.getImage ("/org/qmon/generate/Images/Create File Tag-16x16.png");
dialog.setIconImage(img);
nothing works properly.. Kindly help me.. Thanks in Advance

Firtsly, ico is not a support image format for Java.
The likely reason you're having issues with the second approach is that getImage is expecting a file reference and the image you seem to referencing looks like it's embedded (stored within your application)
Try using something more like...
Image img = kit.getImage (getClass().getResource("/org/qmon/generate/Images/Create File Tag-16x16.png"));
Instead.
Personally, I prefer ImageIO.read as it throws a IOException when something goes wrong...
Image img = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/org/qmon/generate/Images/Create File Tag-16x16.png"));
But that's me...
You should also consider taking a look at Convert List<BufferedImage> to Image which demonstrates the use of ico file (from a 3rd party API) and setIconImages method

Image image = ImageIO.read(new URL(
"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f1d58f7932b6ae8027c4e1d84f440ffe?s=128&d=identicon&r=PG"));
dialog.setIconImage( image );
dialog.setVisible(true);

I am using this in my application and working fine
java.net.URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("res/java.png");
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(url);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, jep, "UroSync",JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE, icon);

To improve what MadProgrammer has said, I met the problem and I solved it instantiating a JDialog but using the static class Toolkit method getDefaultToolkit().getImage(Image img).
JDialog dialog = new JDialog();
dialog.setIconImage(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(MyMainClass.class.getResource("/myIcon.png")));
To do that you need to add before the image into the build path of the Project.

How to change java icon in a JFrame

Ok so I've been researching this one quiet a bit. I am fairly new to java but thought that this one would be easy. Ive tried just about every way that has been answered on this site and still no luck, and usually when I look here I am able to find a answer that fits what I am looking for. Does anyone know how to change the Java icon in the top corner of the JFrame. I'm pretty positive that its not my file path either because all my images are in the same folder and they all work, this is the only one that I can't seem to get to work.
This is the first part my code for the main menu of my program, everything works except when i try to add the icon image. The code I've entered below does not have anything in it for the JFrame IconImage, I removed it since it didn't work. So if there is someone who knows how to get it working with this code that would be highly appreciated, thank you very much in advanced!
public class MainFrame
{
private MyPanel main;
private MyPanel2 create;
private MyPanel3 update;
private MyPanel4 find;
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Main Menu:");
public void displayGUI()
{
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 0, 0, 0));
contentPane.setLayout(new CardLayout());
main = new MyPanel(contentPane, this);
create = new MyPanel2(contentPane);
update = new MyPanel3(contentPane);
find = new MyPanel4(contentPane);
contentPane.add(main, "Main Menu");
contentPane.add(create, "Create Part");
contentPane.add(update, "Update Part");
contentPane.add(find, "Find Part");
frame.setLocation(200, 200);
frame.setSize(700, 580);
frame.setContentPane(contentPane);
frame.setVisible(true);
}

I have an answer for you. First, make sure that the images are in a folder, not a package. Next, insert this line of code:
Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(getClass().getResource("path/to/image.png"));
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon( );
setIconImage(icon.getImage());
This code gets the image from the class path, and returns it as a image icon, and then it sets it. This should add the image icon to the application. If it doesn't, then tell me.
EDIT: After you told me that that didn't work then I decided to take a second crack at it...
First, put your images into a completely separate folder. I usually call this /res. Next, put your image in there. Now, for loading I took a completely different route. I decided to use ImageIO instead of default loading. To load the image, you use this code:
try {
frame.setIconImage(ImageIO.read(new File("res/icon.png")));
}
catch (IOException exc) {
exc.printStackTrace();
}
ImageIO works a lot better for loading images. If this still doesn't work then please tell me.
If you want to export this as a JAR then put a folder the same name as you used in the program in the same directory as the JAR.

For example in a NetBeans project, create a resources folder in the src folder.
Put your images (jpg, ...) in there.
Whether you use ImageIO or Toolkit (including getResource),
you must include a leading / in your path to the image file:
Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(getClass().getResource("/resources/agfa_icon.jpg"));
setIconImage(image);
If this code is inside your JFrame class, the image is added to the frame as an icon in your title bar.

This works pretty fine for me.
Just add this after you've created your JFrame.
try {
Image image = new ImageIcon("/icons/image.jpg").getImage();
frame.setIconImage(image);
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("Application icon not found");
}

Paste your image icon (fav.png) in the same package first,
Write following code in constructor of JFrame:
setIconImage(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(getClass().getResource("fav.png")));
Note:- fav.png is the name of icon

this.setIconImage(new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/iconsfolder/iconsname.jpg")).getImage());
// sets the Global icon for the system
try this code put after this code:
public void displayGUI()
{

Why is there no image when running from a .jar file?

I'm trying to make my panel show image as background. I already can do that in NetBeans, but when I build my jar and run it image doesn't show there. I know I have to access it differently. I have seen many tutorials but every one of them shows how to do it with ImageIcon, but I don't need that, I need just Image. Can anyone point out what piece of code do I need to do this? Thanks.
This is my code for backgrounded JPanel:
public class JPanelWB extends JPanel { // Creates JPanel with given image as background.
private Image backgroundImage;
public JPanelWB(String fileName){
try {
backgroundImage = ImageIO.read(new File(fileName));
} catch (IOException ex) {
new JDialog().add(new Label("Could not open image."+ex.getMessage()));
}
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
// Draw the background image.
g.drawImage(backgroundImage, 0, 0, getWidth(),getHeight(),this);
}
}

Yeah, you're trying to read in the image as a file -- don't do that since files don't exist within a Jar file. Instead read it in as a resource.
Something like so:
public JPanelWB(String resourceName){
try {
// backgroundImage = ImageIO.read(new File(resourceName));
backgroundImage = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource(resourceName));
} catch (IOException ex) {
new JDialog().add(new Label("Could not open image."+ex.getMessage()));
}
}
But note that resource path is different from file path. The resource path is relative to the location of your class files.

If you want to read new image and import it as background, people smarter than me already answered your question.
But, if your problem is similar to mine, then this migh help:
If you already have images to show, then the point is to call them from absolute path. Executable class form JAR will read drive created inside virtual machine, not the physical drive in your computer.
Put images in short-pathed folder like
C:\J\proj\img\
and call them with absolute path like
"C:\\J\\proj\\img\\your_image.png" // (Don't forget the double backslashes.)
(If you don't mind path lenght, leave them in image folder inside your project package, and call them from there.)
NetBeans will pack them into JAR with absolute path. On execution JRE will create JVM with that path in it, take the images from JAR and put them to that virtual path. Class will be able to find them, because it doesn't read path from physical drive, but from own virtual one newly created inside JVM.
In that case avoiding ImageIcon is just more clutter, not less.
You can add "blackBoard" as JLabel to be background to your JFrame, set its layout to null, something like this:
private JLabel blackBoard;
private JLabel noteToSelf;
//.....
blackBoard = new JLabel();
noteToSelf = new JLabel();
//.....
// putting JLabel "blackBoard" as background into JFrame
blackBoard.setIcon(new ImageIcon("c:\\Java\\images\\MarbleTable.png"));
getContentPane().add(blackBoard);
blackBoard.setBounds(1, 1, 400, 440);
blackBoard.setLayout(null);
and then add components into "blackBoard" instead of your JFrame, like this.
// putting JLabel "noteToSelf" onto background
noteToSelf.setIcon(new ImageIcon("c:\\Java\\images\\Sticker_a1.png"));
// or: noteToSelf.setText("Remind me at 6:30am...");
blackBoard.add(noteToSelf);
noteToSelf.setBounds(noteX, noteY, 64, 48);
Now your JFrame is table board and "blackBoard" is table sheet on it.
Hope this helps.