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POJava JFrame gui - Why won't the buttons show up?
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copied!<p>I've just started learning Swing/JFrame, basically making a GUI. I've been doing Java for a month now, just using the console, making a sin/true or false games and it is pretty easy for me now.</p> <p>I decided to take a further step, and I must say it's totally a pain, different logic.</p> <p>That's what I've done so far:</p> <p>Main.java:</p> <pre><code>import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; import java.io.*; class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { final Gui gui = new Gui(); SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { gui.createMyGui(); } }); } } </code></pre> <p>gui.java</p> <pre><code>class Gui { protected JFrame j = new JFrame("My First window"); protected JPanel p = new JPanel(); protected Container c; public Gui() { j.setSize(500, 400); p.setSize(j.getSize()); this.c = j.getContentPane(); } public void createMyGui() { setButtons(); setGuiBackground(); j.setVisible(true); p.setVisible(true); this.c.add(p); } private void setGuiBackground() { this.c.setBackground(Color.green); } private void setButtons() { p.add(new JButton("Hey")); } } </code></pre> <p><strong>Problem</strong></p> <p>I can't really get the button to show up, people are telling me to use setBounds but I am not really sure on how to start as I can't even place a button there. I've tried searching about my problem, but no luck actually.</p> <p>Basically what happens is a 500x400 green GUI opens, and that's it.</p> <p><em><strong>Why won't the button show?</em></strong></p>

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