Applet code works in paint(...) but not in init()

[earni23]

Hi!
Why does the following code work :

    public class Game extends Applet
    {
       public void init() {}

       public void paint(Graphics g)
       {
           Image img = getImage(getCodeBase(), "Ball.png");
           BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(getWidth(), getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
           Graphics2D g2 = bi.createGraphics();
           g2.drawImage(img, 50, 50, this);
           g.drawImage(bi, 0, 0, this);
       }
   }

But not this:

public class Game extends Applet
{
    private BufferedImage bi = null;

    public void init()
    {
        Image img = getImage(getCodeBase(), "Ball.png");
        bi = new BufferedImage(getWidth(), getHeight(),    BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
        Graphics2D g2 = bi.createGraphics();
        g2.drawImage(img, 50, 50, this);
    }

    public void paint(Graphics g)
    {
        
        g.drawImage(bi, 0, 0, this);
    }
}

[brad211987]

More or less it's because of the applet lifecycle. init() is called when the applet is initialized, but that does not mean it is ready to display anything. Typically paint() is called automatically when the applet is ready on the screen to render. Nothing can be displayed before that point so putting that code in the init() phase has no purpose.

[earni23]

My code doesn´t display anything in init(), it only assigns the buffered image(bi). You should be able to assign values when initializing the applet or have I missed something.

[sujithpr]

May be because you are using Graphics object in the init() method..
init() start() and paint() are the life cycle methods of an applet are invoked automatically in that order.
All graphics related things are to be done in paint() methods ie. after applet is initialized and started.