why is my code executing paintComponent(Graphics page) twice?

Question

This is getting on my nerves and it probably something silly on my part but I can\'t figure out why my paintComponent is being called twice, if you run my code it outputs RE

Answer 1

It printed out twice for me too.

However, I don't think it is cause for concern. Swing decides when things need to be repainted. For example, if you resize a window or minimise/maximise, Swing will repaint. It might be dependent on the OS/hardware you are running on.

You should write your code so that it is robust enough to handle multiple calls to repaint.

Please see this SO question too: paintComponent is executing twice