Draw an Image on Foreground

Question

I try to draw a .PNG Image using graphic2D.drawImage() method. And I make it right, but I've one JPanel on my Frame, and when I draw my image, it appears in background. I want it to appear on the foreground, and obviously in front of my JPanel.

Answer 1

Use JLayer. (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/jlayer.html)

Override the paint method on the LayerUI set to the JLayer and draw your .PNG image there. Add your JPanel to the JLayer.

Answer 2

You should add one more JPanel and draw image in its paintComponent method like that.

    @Override
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        if (yourImage != null)
            g.drawImage(yourImage, 0, 0, this);
    }

and than you can hide other JPanel and show this JPanel with setVisible() function.