Applet isn't painting unless I resize

Question

Hmm, its obviously a paint issue. I've tried painting my panel which contains my applet, and painting my applet. None of them have worked. Can anyone offer advice?

Answer 1

I had a similar problem, which was solved by moving the

this.setVisible(true);

command to after ALL the code that sets up the GUI had been finished, rather than having it at the start or somewhere in the middle.

In your case I would suggest moving it to before (or maybe after, depending on your code) the line

app.startClient();

Answer 2

I only included the stuff you need to see

How do you know what we need to see? By definition you have a problem and until the problem is solved you don't know what code is or isn't relevant which is why you should be posting a SSCCE.

For example are you extending JApplet? Where is your code for the init() method?

But before reposting a proper SSCCE, why don't you start by reading the section from the Swing tutorial on "How to Make Applets", for a working example of an applet.