Java Swing: Transparent PNG permanently captures original background

Question

I have the following code:

import javax.swing.JWindow;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.aw         


        

Answer 1

Don't override the paint() method of a top level container, especially when you don't invoke super.paint(). This will cause painting problems. If you ever do need to do custom painting then you should override the paintComponent() method of JPanel (or JComponent) and then add the panel to the window/frame. Read the Swing tutorial on Custom Painting. This advice is given daily, I don't know why people still try to override paint()???

However this is only one of your problems. The better solution is to add your image to a JLabel and then add the label to the window. You will also need to make the window background transparent:

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Toolkit;

public class Stuff extends JWindow
{
    //Get transparent image that will be use as splash screen image.
    Image bi=Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("transparent.png");
    ImageIcon ii=new ImageIcon(bi);
    public Stuff()
    {
        try
        {
            setBackground( new Color(0, 0, 0, 0) );
            setSize(ii.getIconWidth(),ii.getIconHeight());
            setLocationRelativeTo(null);
            JLabel label = new JLabel(ii);
            add(label);
            show();
            //Thread.sleep(10000);
            //dispose();
            //JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"This program will exit !!!","<>",JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
        }
        catch(Exception exception)
        {
            exception.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

/*
    //Paint transparent image onto JWindow
    public void paint(Graphics g)
    {
        super.paint(g);
        g.drawImage(bi,0,0,this);
    }
*/
    public static void main(String[]args)
    {
        Stuff tss=new Stuff();
    }
}