Question

 class Deal implements ActionListener
    {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
             dl.setDeck();
             dl.shuffle();
             dl.firstDraw(pl);

             for(Card c:pl.showHand())
             panelplay.add(new JLabel(c.getImageIcon()));

             panelplay.validate();
        }
    }

This is an event handler for a Jbutton. The method pl.showHand() returns a ArrayList of a user defined class ‘Card’. Inserting a println() inside the loop shows the print, so the code is being executed but the Panel panelplay isnt showing card Images.

Answer 1

You don’t want to add the JLabel in the ActionListener.

You want to use an already added JLabel setText() method in the ActionListener.

You define all the Swing components once, when you create the GUI.