Image Icon help
Hello, I am trying to run a basic clicker game for school using github pages. Im using java8 and running cheerpj with a basic html file. The game loads and all the buttons and labels work. But none of the images I had set load. I put the images in the same folder as the source files and that still didn't work. My IDE runs the code just fine, heres link to the game https://wethan006.github.io/. If you have any ideas let me know what you need from me (screenshots or source code)
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Hi, welcome to the community.
You mention the images are in the same directory as the jars, usually this means they are loaded from the "current directory" (cwd)
quick up date I am adding the extends applet tag and am going to try it that way real quick to see if it make a difference
cwd in CheerpJ is
/files, while your jar file is over HTTP /app
Currently CheerpJ does not support setting a custom cwd. Your best option if you can change the source code is to explicitly use /app for your resources or make the root folder configurable with a command line option or java property
I am not sure what you mean by "extends applet tag" here, so I can't provide any feedbackno worries it didnt work I just reverted back to what I had
so are saying that for the image path I need to add /app or that I need to add a /app folder that will also contain the images?
You need to prefix
/app to your resources, they will then be loaded over HTTP, like your jarsFor more information about how the filesystem works in CheerpJ: https://cheerpj.com/docs/guides/File-System-support
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Files and filesystems - CheerpJ Documentation
Virtual filesystems and how to use them
Thank I'll read up on this and try some things, seem what happens
Alright you were on to something. I needed to upload my image folder into the git repository and change the image path in my source code to reflect this. like "/app/folder/image.jpg". Now the only issue is github seems to not like uploading images and I literally have to slowing add them one at a time. But it is working
Another technique you could consider is to store images directly in JAR files. This is not a CheerpJ-specific approach, but an official Java feature.
I'll consider the issue closed on our side
Thank you that actually what I did the first time. I have the image folder and image in the jar file