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How to make an array of coins appear for game?

How to make a list or an array of 10 coins appear on the game? It is the same coin image. I want my sprite (Mario) to pick up all 10 coins, but I want them next to each other } maybe I could manually type out the x locations.
Mainly I am not sure how to make the coins appear on the screen.
UPDATE: The coins appear when I manually type out each coin (exp. coins[0]=tool.kit..). It does not work with the for loop though.
public class Action extends JPanel implements ActionListener, KeyListener {
Timer t = new Timer(5, this);
private Image man;
int x=0, y=490, a=(int) (Math.random() * 450 + 1), b=500; // make a random num
Image img;
Image [] coins = new Image [10];
public Action() {
super.setDoubleBuffered(true);
t.start();
addKeyListener(this);
setFocusable(true);
setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled(false);
img = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage("background.png");
}
#Override
public void paintComponent (Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
ImageIcon ii = new ImageIcon("realmario.png");
man = ii.getImage();
g.drawImage(img,0, 0, null);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
g2d.drawImage(man, x, y, this);
g2d.drawImage(coins[1], a, b, this);
for (int i = 0; i<coins.length; i++) {
coins[i] = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage("coin.png");
}
}

If you want to place objects one linked to other you have to work with x-axis and adjust properly.
Eg. img have (3,7) pixels and first will be at (10,10). You need to grab x = 3 and made adjustments in loop.
1: img at 10,10 (initial)
2: img at 10+3,10
3: img at 10+3+3,10 ; etc
//image dimension on x
int image_x = 3;
//initial placement on x,y
int x=10,y=10;
for(int i=0;i<coins.length; i++)
{
//if same image is enough one coin
g2d.drawImage(coin[7],x,y,this);
x=x+image_x;
}
Just check first the coordinates system.

Draw the same image 10 times, each with different coordinates:
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class SwingTest extends JFrame {
public SwingTest() {
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
add(new ImagePanel());
pack();
setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(()-> new SwingTest());
}
}
class ImagePanel extends JComponent {
BufferedImage coin = getImage();
private static final int GAP =2;
public ImagePanel() {
setPreferredSize(new Dimension( 300, 200));
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
int x=0, y= GAP;
for (int i = 0; i <3 ; i++) {
g.drawImage(coin,x,y, this);
x= x+ GAP + coin.getWidth();
}
}
public static BufferedImage getImage() {
try {
URL url = new URL("http://www.btcwmx.ru/admin/uploads/img/bitcoin-gold.png");
return ImageIO.read(url);
} catch ( IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace();}
return null;
}
}

Problems with BufferedImage in Java

I am making a game (like Civilization) that has different tile types that I want to render as images. I have 9 different 16x16 png images to load in (called Con1, Con2, etc.), and here is my image loading code: (img[] is my BufferedImage array)
public void loadImages(){
for(int i = 0; i < 9; i++){
try {
img[i] = ImageIO.read(this.getClass().getResource("Con"+i+".png"));
}catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("Missing Image");
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
I then paint these images with this code: (t[][] is my tile type array)
public void paint(Graphics g){
if(loop){
BufferedImage B = new BufferedImage(this.getWidth(), this.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics r = B.getGraphics();
for (int x = 0; x < WIDTH; x++){
for (int y = 0; y < HEIGHT; y++){
if(i[x][y] == 0){
if (t[x][y] == 0){
g.drawImage(img[0], x, y, this);
}
else if(t[x][y] == 1){
g.drawImage(img[1], x, y, this);
}
else if(t[x][y] == 3){
g.drawImage(img[3], x, y, this);
}
else if(t[x][y] == 4){
g.drawImage(img[4], x, y, this);
}
else if(t[x][y] == 5){
g.drawImage(img[5], x, y, this);
}
}
r.fillRect(x*SCALE, y*SCALE, SCALE, SCALE);
}
}
g.drawImage(B, 0, 22, this);
}
}
My problem is that it doesn't show up correctly when I run it. I get this image:
that flashes on and off in the top-left corner of the window. What I am supposed to see is an image similar to the top-left portion of the above one (landmasses surrounded by ocean) except large enough to fill the window. Here is some runnable code: (I don't think the code will run without the required images but I would appreciate some help with getting the images to you all.)
//imports
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class MCVCon extends JFrame implements KeyListener, MouseListener{
//setting up variables
public BufferedImage[] img = new BufferedImage[9];
private final int WIDTH = 50, HEIGHT = 50;
private boolean loop = false;
private int SCALE = 16;
int t[][] = new int[WIDTH][HEIGHT]; //terrain type (since I took out the terrain generation it is set to 0 or ocean)
public MCVCon(){
//creating the window
super("Conqueror");
setSize(SCALE*WIDTH, SCALE*HEIGHT+22);
setVisible(true);
requestFocusInWindow();
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
loadImages();
loop = true;
while(true){
this.repaint();
//delay for repaint
try{
Thread.sleep(50);
}
catch(Exception ex){
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
//load images
public void loadImages(){
for(int i = 0; i < 9; i++){
try {
img[i] = ImageIO.read(this.getClass().getResource("Con"+i+".png"));
}catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("Missing Image");
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
//paint the images
public void paint(Graphics g){
if(loop){
BufferedImage B = new BufferedImage(this.getWidth(), this.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics r = B.getGraphics();
for (int x = 0; x < WIDTH; x++){
for (int y = 0; y < HEIGHT; y++){
if (t[x][y] == 0){
g.drawImage(img[0], x, y, this);
}
else if(t[x][y] == 1){
g.drawImage(img[1], x, y, this);
}
r.fillRect(x*SCALE, y*SCALE, SCALE, SCALE);
}
}
g.drawImage(B, 0, 22, this);
}
}
//run the program
public static void main(String[] args) {
new MCVCon();
}
//necessary overrides
#Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
}
}
I was wondering what the problem might be. Thanks in advance.

So, I had a look at your code, there's no easy way to say, but it's a mess, with compounding issues which would make it very difficult to isolate the origin of any one problem, other than to say, they all feed into each other.
Let's start with the painting...
You're painting directly to the frame. This is generally discouraged for a number of reasons.
Let's start with the fact that JFrame isn't a single component, it's made up of a number compounding components
This makes it inherently dangerous to paint directly to, as any one of the child components could be painted without the frame's paint method been called.
Painting directly to a frame also means you're painting without consideration to the frame's borders/decorations, which are added into the visible area of the window, but wait...
setSize(SCALE*WIDTH, SCALE*HEIGHT+22);
suggests that you've tried to compensate for this, but this is "guess" work, as the decorations could take up more or less space depending on the configuration of the system
And, finally, top level containers aren't actually double buffered.
"But I'm painting to my own buffer" you say - but you're not
You create a BufferdImage and assign it's Graphics context t r
BufferedImage B = new BufferedImage(this.getWidth(), this.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics r = B.getGraphics();
But when you paint anything, you're using g, which is the Graphics context passed to the paint method
g.drawImage(img[0], x, y, this);
This is also woefully inefficient, as you're creating a new BufferedImage each time paint is called, which takes time to create, takes up memory and puts extra strain on the garbage collection process as the local object becomes eligible for disposal almost immediately
Don't even get me started on the "main paint loop"
The next problem you have, is you have no concept of virtual and real world space.
You make a virtual map of your world using t, which maintains information about which tile should be used for a given x/y coordinate, but you never map this to the real world, instead, you paint each tile exactly at the same pixel x/y position, which means they now overlap, tiles have width and height, which means they need to be offset when painted onto the real world.
And finally, which I think is your actually question, is about scaling. There are a number of ways you could apply scaling, you could pre-scale the tiles when you load them, this gives you a lot of control over "how" they are scaled, but locks you into a single scale.
You could instead maintain a list of the scaled tiles, generated from a master list, which can be updated if the scale changes
Or you could simply scale the Graphics context directly.
Now, I've create a simple example, based on your code, correcting for most of the above. It creates a series of randomly colored rectangles at 10x10 pixels, instead of tiles, but the concept is the same.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class MCVCon extends JFrame {
//setting up variables
public MCVCon() {
//creating the window
super("Conqueror");
add(new GamePane());
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
MCVCon frame = new MCVCon();
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
//necessary overrides
public class GamePane extends JPanel {
public BufferedImage[] img = new BufferedImage[9];
private final int width = 5, height = 5;
private int scale = 16;
int t[][] = new int[width][height]; //terrain type (since I took out the terrain generation it is set to 0 or ocean)
Color[] colors = new Color[]{
Color.RED,
Color.BLUE,
Color.CYAN,
Color.DARK_GRAY,
Color.GRAY,
Color.GREEN,
Color.LIGHT_GRAY,
Color.MAGENTA,
Color.ORANGE,
Color.PINK,
Color.YELLOW
};
int tileHeight = 10;
int tileWidth = 10;
public GamePane() {
loadImages();
Random rnd = new Random();
for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
int value = rnd.nextInt(9);
System.out.println(value + "- " + colors[value]);
t[x][y] = value;
}
}
Timer timer = new Timer(50, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
repaint();
}
});
timer.start();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(width * tileWidth * scale, height * tileHeight * scale);
}
public void loadImages() {
for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
try {
img[i] = new BufferedImage(tileWidth, tileHeight, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics2D g2d = img[i].createGraphics();
g2d.setColor(colors[i]);
g2d.fill(new Rectangle(0, 0, tileWidth, tileHeight));
g2d.dispose();
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("Missing Image");
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.setTransform(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(scale, scale));
for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
g2d.drawImage(img[t[x][y]], x * tileWidth, y * tileHeight, this);
}
}
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}

Java Tile Scrolling Issues

I'm fairly new to programming with graphics and I'm attempting to code a side scrolling 2D game. At the moment, I'm trying to figure out how to approach redrawing a scrolling image as it appears in the JFrame. I'm using 8x8 pixel blocks as images. One possible issue I thought about concerns moving a sprite just 1 or 2 pixels and still rendering each image as it appears pixel by pixel on/off of the screen. How do I go about rendering the image/blocks pixel by pixel instead of whole images should the sprite barely move? Any feedback is much appreciated!

This is a proof of concept only! I randomly generate the tiles that get painted, I hope you have some kind of virtual map setup so you know which tiles to paint at any given virtual point!
Basically, what this does, is when the screen is moved left or right, it shifts the "master" image left or right and stitches new tiles onto new edge
My test was using a style sheet of 31x31 cells (don't ask, I just grab it off the net)
This is VERY scaled down example of the output, it was running at 1100x700+
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.ActionMap;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class Scroll {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Scroll();
}
public Scroll() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage screen;
private BufferedImage styleSheet;
public TestPane() {
try {
styleSheet = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/StyleSheet.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
InputMap im = getInputMap(WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
im.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT, 0), "left");
im.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0), "right");
ActionMap am = getActionMap();
am.put("left", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
stitch(-31);
}
});
am.put("right", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
stitch(31);
}
});
}
#Override
public void invalidate() {
screen = null;
super.invalidate();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
protected void stitch(int direction) {
if (screen == null) {
prepareScreen();
}
Random r = new Random();
BufferedImage update = new BufferedImage(getWidth(), getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = update.createGraphics();
g2d.drawImage(screen, direction, 0, this);
int gap = direction < 0 ? (direction * -1) : direction;
int xOffset = 0;
if (direction < 0) {
xOffset = getWidth() - gap;
}
for (int x = 0; x < gap; x += 31) {
for (int y = 0; y < getHeight(); y += 31) {
xOffset += x;
int cellx = 2;
int celly = 2;
if (r.nextBoolean()) {
cellx = 7;
celly = 5;
}
BufferedImage tile = styleSheet.getSubimage((cellx * 33) + 1, (celly * 33) + 1, 31, 31);
g2d.drawImage(tile, xOffset, y, this);
}
}
g2d.dispose();
screen = update;
repaint();
}
protected void prepareScreen() {
if (screen == null) {
screen = new BufferedImage(getWidth(), getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
}
Random r = new Random();
Graphics2D g2d = screen.createGraphics();
for (int x = 0; x < getWidth(); x += 31) {
for (int y = 0; y < getHeight(); y += 31) {
int cellx = 2;
int celly = 2;
if (r.nextBoolean()) {
cellx = 7;
celly = 5;
}
BufferedImage tile = styleSheet.getSubimage((cellx * 33) + 1, (celly * 33) + 1, 31, 31);
g2d.drawImage(tile, x, y, this);
}
}
g2d.dispose();
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
if (screen == null) {
prepareScreen();
}
g2d.drawImage(screen, 0, 0, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}

Need help to create a custom button in swing

I am trying to create a button which looks as shown below and continuously fades in and fades out .It looks like :-
Now i have done till the looks with gradient paint but what should i do to make the button text appear.Inspite of calling 'super(s)' it doesn't appear as i have painted it with GradientPaint.What should i do make the text appear over paint.My code is shown below :-
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.GradientPaint;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Fader extends JFrame{
Fader()
{
super("A fading button");
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
setSize(400,400);
add(new CustomButton("Submit"));
setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){public void run(){new Fader();}});
}
}
class CustomButton extends JButton
{
public CustomButton(String s) {
super(s);
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2=(Graphics2D)g.create();
GradientPaint gp=new GradientPaint(0, 0, Color.RED, 200, 100, Color.YELLOW);
g2.setPaint(gp);
g2.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
}
public Dimension getPreferredSize()
{
return new Dimension(200,100);
}
}
Secondly,an advice to implement the fade in and out effect is also requested.

You can use this option, that paints a transparent color gradient on a component:
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent( g );
Graphics2D g2=(Graphics2D)g.create();
int h = getHeight();
int w = getWidth();
g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(
AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, .5f));
g2.setPaint(new GradientPaint(0, 0, Color.yellow, 0, h, Color.red));
g2.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
g2.dispose();
}
Other pretty good example with fading in (as requested). I used RadialGradientPaint. You can play with AlphaComposite
g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, .4f));
where 4f represent transparent level 40%
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent( g );
Graphics2D g2=(Graphics2D)g.create();
int h = getHeight();
int w = getWidth();
g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, .5f));
Point2D center = new Point2D.Float(100, 50);
float radius = 150;
float[] dist = {0.0f, 1.0f};
Color[] colors = {Color.yellow, Color.red};
RadialGradientPaint p = new RadialGradientPaint(center, radius, dist, colors);
g2.setPaint(p);
g2.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
g2.dispose();
}
Finally we can play with alpha dynamically. Her is the full code. I created simple thread that change me alpha from 0 to 9 and vise versa. Here we go:
public class Fader extends JFrame{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
static JButton button;
public static float mTransparent = .0f;
Fader(){
super("A fading button");
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
setSize(400,400);
JButton button = new CustomButton("Submit");
add(button);
setVisible(true);
Blink blink = new Blink(this);
blink.start();
}
public static void main(String args[]){
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){public void run(){new Fader();}});
}
public static float getTransparentLevel() {
return mTransparent;
}
public void setTransparentLevel(float newVal) {
mTransparent = newVal;
if(button != null){
button.repaint();
}
repaint();
}
}
class Blink extends Thread{
Fader fader;
public Blink(Fader fader) {
this.fader = fader;
}
#Override
public void run(){
while(true){
if(Fader.getTransparentLevel() == 0.0f){
//increase to 1f
for(int i=1; i<10; i++){
fader.setTransparentLevel((float)i/10);
try {
Thread.sleep(100);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
else if(Fader.getTransparentLevel() == 0.9f){
//increase to 1f
for(int i=10; i>=0; i--){
fader.setTransparentLevel((float)i/10);
try {
Thread.sleep(100);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
}
}
class CustomButton extends JButton {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public CustomButton(String s) {
super(s);
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent( g );
Graphics2D g2=(Graphics2D)g.create();
int h = getHeight();
int w = getWidth();
g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, Fader.getTransparentLevel()));
Point2D center = new Point2D.Float(100, 50);
float radius = 150;
float[] dist = {0.0f, 1.0f};
Color[] colors = {Color.yellow, Color.red};
RadialGradientPaint p = new RadialGradientPaint(center, radius, dist, colors);
g2.setPaint(p);
g2.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
g2.dispose();
}
public Dimension getPreferredSize(){
return new Dimension(200,100);
}
}
It blinks with sleep 300 ms from .0 to .9 of transparent and back from .9 to .0:
-->

Once you override the paintComponent() method, you are on your own with drawing the button. So, you will have to draw the text yourself. Something like this will help:
g2.setColor(Color.GREEN);
g2.drawString(getText(), 0, 10);
The above code must be added after the fillRect method. However, you will have to use FontMetrics in order to position the text according to the text alignment preferences.

To fadeIn and fadeOut you will need to implement your own Animation Sequencer that runs in a different thread, that will constantly vary the alpha value with a TimerTask. Once the value of alpha reaches 0, it should be incremented back to 100%.
Also check out the book by Romain Guy: Filthy Rich Java Clients

java drawing on JPanel with timer/delay

I'm trying to make a small Mosaic programm, that draws squares randomly all over the JPanel. I want to make it so, that it draws every 0,2 sec 1 square (not all at once), but so far i can make only it to draw all at once with a while loop. I have tried with ActionListener and Timer, but i found out, that i cant pass the same Graphics g to ActionListener. Then i tried with Thread.Sleep(200) but then the app froze. Now i have tried with System.currentTimeMillis(); but its same as with Threads... Searched all over the internet but didnt find anything that works.
Main:
import javax.swing.JApplet;
public class Main extends JApplet{
public void init(){
setSize(500, 300);
Mosaic mosaic = new Mosaic();
setContentPane(mosaic);
}
}
App:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Mosaic extends JPanel{
private int width, height;
private int ruut; // square
private int w = width / 2, h = height / 2; // middle of the app
Random rand = new Random();
Color color;
public Mosaic(){
this(500, 300, 10);
}
public Mosaic(int width, int height, int ruut){
this.width = width;
this.height = height;
this.ruut = ruut;
setBackground(Color.BLACK);
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
//draws random squares
while (true) {
moveNext(g);
wait(200);
}
}
//delay n millisec
public void wait(int n){
long t0, t1;
t0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
do {
t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
} while ((t1 - t0) < n);
}
//next square
public void moveNext(Graphics g){
int r = rand.nextInt(4);
switch (r) {
case 1:
h += ruut;
wallTest();
break;
case 2:
h -= ruut;
wallTest();
break;
case 3:
w -= ruut;
wallTest();
break;
case 4:
w -= ruut;
wallTest();
break;
}
color = new Color(0, rand.nextInt(255-50)+50, 0);
g.setColor(color);
g.fillRect(w, h, ruut, ruut);
}
public void wallTest(){
if (h > height){
h = 0;
}
if (h < 0){
h = height;
}
if (w > width){
w = 0;
}
if (w < 0){
w = width;
}
}
}

You need to maintain an off-screen buffer, and draw tiles into that buffer under control of timer events.
Then paintComponent simply copies that buffer to the screen.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class Mosaic extends JPanel{
private int width, height;
private int ruut; // square
private int w = width / 2, h = height / 2; // middle of the app
private BufferedImage buffer;
Random rand = new Random();
Color color;
public Mosaic(){
this(500, 300, 10);
}
public Mosaic(int width, int height, int ruut){
this.width = width;
this.height = height;
this.ruut = ruut;
this.buffer = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
setBackground(Color.BLACK);
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, height));
setDoubleBuffered(false);
new Timer(200, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
moveNext(buffer.getGraphics());
}
}).start();
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(buffer, 0, 0, this);
}
//next square
public void moveNext(Graphics g){
int r = rand.nextInt(4);
switch (r) {
case 1:
h += ruut;
wallTest();
break;
case 2:
h -= ruut;
wallTest();
break;
case 3:
w -= ruut;
wallTest();
break;
case 4:
w -= ruut;
wallTest();
break;
}
color = new Color(0, rand.nextInt(255-50)+50, 0);
g.setColor(color);
g.fillRect(w, h, ruut, ruut);
repaint();
}
public void wallTest(){
if (h > height){
h = 0;
}
if (h < 0){
h = height;
}
if (w > width){
w = 0;
}
if (w < 0){
w = width;
}
}
}

Use the javax.swing.Timer class in conjunction with overriding the paintComponent method. You do not want to execute long-running tasks in the EDT since this will cause the GUI to freeze.
Example -
new javax.swing.Timer(DELAY_IN_MILLIS, new ActionListener(){
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
// do stuff
repaint();
}
});

I have tried with ActionListener and Timer, but i found out, that i cant pass the same Graphics g to ActionListener.
Of course not, the Graphics object is transitory. Instead either do either of:
Add a rectangle to an expandable list and call repaint() (in a loop), drawing every object in the list at once.
Put a BufferedImage in a JLabel and add a 'rectangle at a time' to the BufferedImage.

You can use the timer approach as that is only way to not freeze the app. You can call repaint or some equivalent method when timer fires and then in the paint method draw as per requirements.