Background image in Applet or JFrame

Its a little tricky, add this code (actually a small class) to the bottom or your class (or as a new class):

class ImagePanel extends JComponent {
    private Image image;
    public ImagePanel(String fileName) {
        try
        {
            image=javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(new java.io.File(fileName));
        }
        catch (Exception e){}
    }


    @Override
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        g.setColor(Color.green);
        g.fillRect(50,50,5,50);
        g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);        
    }
}
            
            

In your init, before Container screen=getContentPane(); put in:

 setContentPane(new ImagePanel("imageName.GIF"));