Simple animations in Java

Question

I\'m attempting to code a simple animation or physics example in a Java Swing application. I have the actual windows application open and working, but I can\'t figure out how to

Answer 1

There are any number of ways to achieve this.

Start by taking a look at:

• Performing Custom Painting
• 2D Graphics

For details about how painting in Swing is done.

Animation is not as simple as just pausing a small period of time and then repainting, theres acceleration and deceleration and other concepts that need to be considered.

While you could write your own, that's not a small task, a better solution might be to use a pre-existing engine, for example...

Then take a look at:

• Timing Framework
• Trident
• java-universal-tween-engine

Which are all examples of animation engines in Swing. While I prefer the Timing Framework as it provides me with a lower level API, this is a personal opinion. Both Trident and the JUWE seem to be geared more towards component/property based animation (which the Timing Framework can do if you want to build some of the feature sets up)