Reputation: 3
So I am making a basic text adventure game using Java, and I have decided to include images. The code I use to load my images onto the program is this:
imagePanel = new JPanel();
imagePanel.setBounds(50, 50, 400, 260);
imagePanel.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
con.add(imagePanel);
imageLabel = new JLabel();
image = new ImageIcon(".//res//towngate.jpg");
imageLabel.setIcon(image);
imagePanel.add(imageLabel);
When I run the program in eclipse everything works perfectly fine, but when I export it as a jar none of the images appear. If anyone could help me fix this I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
Upvotes: 0
Views: 433
Reputation: 729
Be sure that your icon is included to the jar file, and try to find in runtime with a classloader. (Example below) Don't use any relative or absolute path just use the file name:
public ImageIcon loadIcon(String iconName) throws IOException {
ClassLoader loader = this.getClass().getClassLoader();
BufferedImage icon =
ImageIO.read(loader.getResourceAsStream(iconName));
return new ImageIcon(icon);
}
Upvotes: 1