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POWhy isn't setText updating the JLabel?
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copied!<p>I've checked on the other threads here and haven't found a solution. </p> <p>1) The JFrame is setVisible(true).</p> <p>2) What does this mean: "I wonder if your problem is a concurrency issue, that you are doing a long-running process on the Swing event thread and that this is preventing your label from updating its text." I read that somewhere else.</p> <p>3) I haven't initialized multiple times the JPanel that contains the label.</p> <p>EDIT: 4) updateTurn is called from the JPanel that contains <code>TrackingPanel</code> (i.e. <code>gamePanel</code>). I call the method <code>changeTurns();</code> and here's the code for that:</p> <pre><code>public void changeTurns() { if(turnPlayer == playerX) turnPlayer = playerO; else turnPlayer = playerX; trackingPanel.updateTurn(); } </code></pre> <p>Here's the relevant code in full:</p> <pre><code>import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class TrackingPanel extends JPanel{ /*TURN STUFF*/ private JPanel turnPanel; //turns panel to keep track of whose turn it is private JLabel turnLabel; private String turn; /*OTHER*/ private GamePanel gamePanel; public TrackingPanel( GamePanel gamePan ) { setLayout( new GridLayout(1,4) ); setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(2,2,4,2,Color.BLACK)); gamePanel = gamePan; /*THIS PANEL DISPLAYS THE TEXT*/ turnPanel = new JPanel( new GridLayout(2,1) ); turn = gamePanel.getPlayerTurn().getLetter(); turnLabel = new JLabel(" Player " + turn + "'s turn"); add( turnPanel); }//end constructor /*THIS IS WHERE THINGS GO WRONG*/ public void updateTurn() { turn = gamePanel.getPlayerTurn().getLetter(); turnLabel.setText( " Player" + turn + "'s turn" ); System.out.println(turn); } } </code></pre> <p>Before <code>updateTurn()</code> is called, <code>turnLabel</code> says "PlayerX's turn". After, it should say "PlayerO's turn". By printing out <code>turn</code> (I get the string 'O', instead of 'X'), I know that whats being displayed ("PlayerX's turn") is not what should be displayed ("PlayerO's turn"). </p> <p>Thanks in advance you smartypants!</p> <p>EDIT. Tried giving SSCCE but don't know how to include image files. Sorry!</p>

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