The splash screen can be displayed at application startup, before the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) starts.
The splash screen window is closed automatically as soon as the first window is displayed by Swing/AWT (may be also closed manually using the Java API, see below).
If your application is packaged in a jar file, you can use the
SplashScreen-Image option in a manifest file to show a splash screen.
Place the image in the jar archive and specify the path in the option.
The path should not have a leading slash.
For example, in the manifest.mf file:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Main-Class: Test
SplashScreen-Image: filename.gif
The SplashScreen class provides the API for controlling the splash screen. This class may be used to
- close the splash screen
- change the splash screen image
- get the splash screen native window position/size
- paint in the splash screen.
It cannot be used to create the splash screen.
- This class cannot be instantiated.
- Only a single instance of this class can exist, and it may be obtained by using the getSplashScreen() static method.
In case the splash screen has not been created at application startup via the command line or manifest file option,
the getSplashScreen method returns null.
so what is wrong with your code?
NOT
SplashScreen.setImageURL(link);
OK
splash.setImageURL(link);
wrong sequence : Setting ImageUrl before you have a splash Object
URL link= new URL("http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/examples/misc/SplashDemoProject/src/misc/images/splash.gif");
SplashScreen.setImageURL(link);
final SplashScreen splash = SplashScreen.getSplashScreen();
correct : Get splash and then set ImageUrl
short
final SplashScreen splash = SplashScreen.getSplashScreen();
splash.setImageURL(link);
long with catch MalformedURLException
to get rid of the error
MalformedURLException : must be caught
final SplashScreen splash = SplashScreen.getSplashScreen();
if (splash == null) {
System.out.println("SplashScreen.getSplashScreen() returned null");
return;
}
URL link;
try {
link = new URL("http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/examples/misc/SplashDemoProject/src/misc/images/splash.gif");
} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
System.out.println("MalformedURLException link:77");
return;
}
try {
splash.setImageURL(link);
} catch (NullPointerException | IOException | IllegalStateException ex) {
System.out.println("NullPointer or IO or IllegalState setImageUrl:85");
return;
}
To recognize the difference between the local image file and the image file on the internet . I have made a local blue splash.gif file.
The proceeding is as follows.
- Local image is loaded. (SplashScreen-Image option in the manifest file)
- Internet image is loaded. (//docs.oracle.com...images/splash.gif)
- Application appears.
To get it to work in Netbeans
and not always get the error SplashScreen.getSplashScreen() returned null
final SplashScreen splash = SplashScreen.getSplashScreen();
if (splash == null) {
System.out.println("SplashScreen.getSplashScreen() returned null");
you must do the following.
in properties point to your local .gif file : -splash:src/misc/images/splash.gif