Create a picture viewer with image-selection capabilities

Question

I'm trying to create a simple picture viewer that will allow the user to click a button and then select an image from the file system and have that image displayed in a JLabel.

I'm not familiar with picture viewing, but I've done file referencing before.

Answer 1

(This question sounds like it could be homework, so I'm answering in a way that will point you in the right direction without simply giving away the answer.)

Have a look at the JLabel constructor that takes an Icon parameter, and also the ImageIcon class.

Answer 2

Try something like that:

ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon([path to image],[description]);

label.setIcon(icon);