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How do I use a gif file in a Java program?

I'm trying to add a .gif image to a JButton, but can't seem to get the image to load when i run the code. I've included a screenshot. Included is the frame that's created. I'd really appreciate any help that can be provided. Stack is telling me I can't enter images yet, so it created a link for it. I'm also going to enclose the actual code here:
package java21days;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class ButtonsIcons extends JFrame {
JButton load, save, subscribe, unsubscribe;
public ButtonsIcons() {
super("Icon Frame");
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
//Icons
ImageIcon loadIcon = new ImageIcon("load.gif");
ImageIcon saveIcon = new ImageIcon("save.gif");
ImageIcon subscribeIcon = new ImageIcon("subscribe.gif");
ImageIcon unsubscribeIcon = new ImageIcon("unsubscribe.gif");
//Buttons
load = new JButton("Load", loadIcon);
save = new JButton("Save", saveIcon);
subscribe = new JButton("Subscribe", subscribeIcon);
unsubscribe = new JButton("Unsubscribe", unsubscribeIcon);
//Buttons To Panel
panel.add(load);
panel.add(save);
panel.add(subscribe);
panel.add(unsubscribe);
//Panel To A Frame
add(panel);
pack();
setVisible(true);
} //end ButtonsIcon Constructor
public static void main(String[] arguments) {
ButtonsIcons ike = new ButtonsIcons();
}
} //end ButtonsIcon Class
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The easiest way is.
Label or Jbutton and what ever else supports HTML 3.5
JLabel a = new JLabel("");
add that to your container.
Haven't figured out how to enter code sorry

Trying to add an image to a label but won't work?

I'm trying to add the image "Pic.png" to this JLabel "label1" and display it on the JPanel "panel1" on a JFrame "window1". But it when I hit run it doesn't display my image. Anyone help? (I read about adding it to the source file or something but I'm not really sure what I'm doing because I'm new to Java. Will it not be able to access the picture without the image being in the source?)
public class UIForIshidaQuery {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Running...");
JFrame window1 = new JFrame();
window1.setVisible(true);
window1.setSize(1080, 720);
window1.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel1 = (JPanel) window1.getContentPane();
JLabel label1 = new JLabel();
panel1.setLayout(null);
ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon("C:\\Users\\BC03\\Pictures\\Saved Pictures\\Other\\Pic.png");
label1.setIcon(image);
label1.setBounds(500, 500, 500, 500);
panel1.add(label1);
}
}

The window should be set visible as the last call. Don't use null layouts1. This works.
import java.net.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class UIForIshidaQuery {
public static String url = "http://i.stack.imgur.com/gJmeJ.png";
public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException {
System.out.println("Running...");
JFrame window1 = new JFrame();
window1.setSize(1080, 720);
window1.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel1 = (JPanel) window1.getContentPane();
JLabel label1 = new JLabel();
//panel1.setLayout(null);
ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon(new URL(url));
label1.setIcon(image);
//label1.setBounds(500, 500, 500, 500);
panel1.add(label1);
window1.setVisible(true);
}
}
Java GUIs have to work on different OS', screen size, screen resolution etc. using different PLAFs in different locales. As such, they are not conducive to pixel perfect layout. Instead use layout managers, or combinations of them along with layout padding and borders for white space.

If you are using IntelliJ IDEA:
Right click your project root directory and select New > Directory;
Call the new directory 'resources' for example;
Right click the newly made directory and select Mark Directory As > Resources Root;
Add your image file in the directory;
Access your file properly:
CurrentClass.class.getClassLoader().getResource("pic.png").getFile();
The ImageIcon could be initialized like this:
File file = new File(CurrentClass.class.getClassLoader().getResource("pic.png").getFile());
BufferedImage image = null;
try {
image = ImageIO.read(file);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon(image);

remove image in Jlabel in java

I have a question and I know it may seem simple but I spent 3 hours and still I am having trouble:
I am trying to add and remove image in Jlabel in java dynamically I am trying this code but I cant see any image loding on label what is wrong with my code and what can I do else?
public static void main (String[] args)
{
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon ("1.gif");
JFrame frame = new JFrame ("Nested Panels");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation (JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// Set up first subpanel
JPanel subPanel1 = new JPanel();
subPanel1.setPreferredSize (new Dimension(450, 100));
//subPanel1.setBackground (Color.green);
JLabel label1 ;
label1 = new JLabel ("Devil Left", icon, SwingConstants.CENTER);
label1.setHorizontalTextPosition (SwingConstants.LEFT);
label1.setVerticalTextPosition (SwingConstants.BOTTOM);
subPanel1.add (label1);
JPanel primary = new JPanel();
primary.setBackground (Color.blue);
primary.add (subPanel1);
frame.getContentPane().add(primary);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}

ImageIcon(String) assumes that the value is a File.
If the image is stored within the context of the Jar (or project if you're using NetBeans), then you will need to access the image via Java's resource management API, for example.
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon (YourProject.class.getResource("1.gif"));
If you're using Eclipse, the resource will need to be stored within the projects resource folder.

Why are the contents of my JFrame not displaying correctly?

For the sake of less code, I am taking out code that is unrelevant to the problem, such as addActionListener(); etc.
My main class is public class TF2_Account_Chief
I have my main Jframe f; and its contents:
private static JFrame f = new JFrame("TF2 Account C.H.I.E.F.");
private JLabel runnableTogetherLabel = new JLabel("How many idlers would you like to run at a time?");
private static JTextField runnableTogetherInput = new JTextField();
private JButton runButton = new JButton("Run!");
private JButton stopButton = new JButton("Stop!");
private JButton resetButton = new JButton("Reset!");
private JButton exitButton = new JButton("Exit!");
and I set the properties of all the contents:
public void launchFrame() {
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.pack();
f.setVisible(true);
f.add(runnableTogetherInput);
f.add(runnableTogetherLabel);
f.add(runButton);
f.add(stopButton);
f.add(resetButton);
f.add(exitButton);
f.setSize(625, 500);
runnableTogetherInput.setSize(35, 20);
runnableTogetherLabel.setSize(275, 25);
runButton.setSize(60, 25);
stopButton.setSize(65, 25);
resetButton.setSize(70, 25);
exitButton.setSize(60, 25);
f.setLocation(0, 0);
runnableTogetherInput.setLocation(285, 3);
runnableTogetherLabel.setLocation(5, 0);
runButton.setLocation(330, 0);
stopButton.setLocation(395, 0);
resetButton.setLocation(465, 0);
exitButton.setLocation(540, 0);
}
then I have my main() method:
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
TF2_Account_Chief gui = new TF2_Account_Chief();
gui.launchFrame();
Container contentPane = f.getContentPane();
contentPane.add(new TF2_Account_Chief());
}
And then I have my second JFrame iF which is not displaying the contents correctly:
private void invalidInput() {
JFrame iF = new JFrame("Invalid Input!");
JLabel iL = new JLabel("The input you have entered is invalid!");
JButton iB = new JButton("Exit!");
Container contentPane2 = iF.getContentPane();
contentPane2.add(new TF2_Account_Chief());
iF.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
iF.pack();
iF.setVisible(true);
iF.add(iL);
iF.add(iB);
iF.setSize(500, 300);
iL.setSize(125, 25);
iB.setSize(60, 25);
iF.setLocation(0, 0);
iL.setLocation(0, 15);
iB.setLocation(0, 45);
}
Now, JFrame iF is launched when the invalidInput() method is called, but you can't see that because that part of the code is unrelevant to the problem. What does matter is that the JFrame iF is launched.
The new frame looks like this:
Any ideas on why the contents are not displaying properly?
(By improperly, I mean the JButton iB takes up the whole frame and the frame is a light blue instead of the normal grey.)

You are using absolute positions without using a null layout, that's why you see a large button.
To see every component, you have to use
iF.setLayout(null);
but it's not a good practice, I'd suggest you to learn how to use Layouts and leave all the work to the layout manager

The default layout of JFrame is BorderLayout, in which there are "5" locations you can put your components to
CENTER
PAGE_START
PAGE_END
LINE_START
LINE_END
So, iF.add(component) will add the component to the CENTER, you can specify the location like this:
iF.add(component, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
//You can also put PAGE_START, LINE_START, LINE_END, CENTER
Take my advice and read more about BorderLayout, because if you refuse to learn Layout Managers, you probably go to Absolute Positioning( null layout) which is not a good way and must not be used.

Java adding ImageIcon to JLabel

I am trying to make a very basic game with Java and I am having trouble displaying an image on a JFrame. It has worked in the past for me and now is not, i can't see what I did wrong.
I have tried printing the current working directory and changing where I get my image to match that. It is likely that the problem is not getting the image, since my (filefinder or filereader or something like that) can find it without problems, but I cannot correctly add it (the ImageIcon) to the JLabel, or that to the JFrame.
This is my code...
JFrame frame = new JFrame("no image");
ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon("C:/Documents and Settings/user/Desktop/hi/xD/JavaApplication2/image.png");
JLabel imagelabel = new JLabel(image);
frame.add(imagelabel);
The JFrame has been setVisible(true) and pack().
Could someone please help me understand what is wrong.

Your problem lies here:
ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon("C:/Documents and Settings/user/Desktop/hi/xD/JavaApplication2/image.png");
JLabel imagelabel = new JLabel(character);
You create an ImageIcon "image" but you create your JLabel with "character".
It should be:
JLabel imagelabel = new JLabel(image);

Try,
ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon("c:\\path\\image.png");
imagelabel = new JLabel(character, image, JLabel.CENTER);
frame.add(imagelabel);
Take a look at Tutorial - How to use Icons

import javax.awt.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event*;
//class name image
class image {
image()
//constructor {
Frame f=new Frame("Image");
//Frame
f.setSize(500,500);
f.setVisible(true);
Panel p =new Panel();
//Panel
f.add(p);
p.addLayout(null);
ImageIcon ii=new ImageIcon("set your image path");
//ImageIcon is used to image Display .
Label l =new Label(ii);
p.add(ii);
p.setBounds(set you bounds);
//Like that(20,20,500,40);
}
public static void main(String [] args) {
image obj = new
}
}