Thread: Problem with setBackground color

Practiced with Video training for Game Development (up to 5th course). I typed the code which has to create fullscreen window , set background and foreground color, and finally output message. The problem is with background color, it does not switch to required one (to RED as in code example). Foreground color - displays as it is set within run() - method.

Would you please suggest where to look for the problem.

attached main code (class JGD3Screen) and class for screen functions (class Screen)

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import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class JGD3Screen extends JFrame {
public static void main(String[] args){

DisplayMode dm = new DisplayMode(800, 600, 16, DisplayMode.REFRESH_RATE_UNKNOWN);
JGD3Screen b = new JGD3Screen();
b.run(dm);

}

public void run(DisplayMode dm){
setBackground(Color.RED);
setForeground(Color.WHITE);
setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 24));

Screen s = new Screen();
try{
s.setFullScreen(dm, this);
try{
Thread.sleep(5000);
}catch (Exception ex){}
} finally {
s.restoreScreen();
}
}

public void paint(Graphics g){
g.drawString("Test message ", 200, 200);

}
}
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Class Screen()

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
 
public class Screen {
 
    private GraphicsDevice vc;  //interface to video card 
 
    //creating constructor
    public Screen(){
        // env - an object to work with graphics environment
            GraphicsEnvironment env = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
            vc = env.getDefaultScreenDevice();
        }        
    //Method that changes to full screen view of the screen
    public void setFullScreen(DisplayMode dm, JFrame window){
            window.setUndecorated(true);
            window.setResizable(false);
            vc.setFullScreenWindow(window);   
 
            if (dm != null && vc.isDisplayChangeSupported()){
                try{
                    vc.setDisplayMode(dm);
                } catch (Exception ex){}
 
            }
    }
        //method 
    public Window getFullScreenWindow(){
            return vc.getFullScreenWindow();
    }
 
        //method to restoring screen to normal
    public void restoreScreen(){
            Window w = vc.getFullScreenWindow();
            if (w != null){
                w.dispose();
            }
            vc.setFullScreenWindow(null);
    }
 
}

Hello Artem.N!
Can you elaborate what's the current and the expected behaviour?
I tried your code and I got a red full screen with "Test Message" on it.

Hello Andreas90! I have got black full screen with "Test message" only. That means, problem either with SW or HW. Do you use NetBeans or something else?

Expected as you have got red screen with message.

Found some info for you on the interwebs, have a look.
swing - Java - Screen turns black, when setting a JFrame to Fullscreen - Stack Overflow
background and foreground color is not changing in full screen window (Swing / AWT / SWT / JFace forum at JavaRanch)
Go through that stuff and you will get an answer and probably a better understanding as well.

Originally Posted by KevinWorkman

You're missing a few things. You need to call super's paintComponent() in paintComponent() before you do anything else. That handles painting the background, etc. Then you need to set the color of the Graphics instance before you do any custom drawing, otherwise you'll be stuck with the default color.

Recommended reading: Lesson: Performing Custom Painting (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)

Thanks for the hint. I tried what you have written and looked at the tutorial. Unfortunately result is negative: I've got now (white) fulll screen without any text message. Would you please have a look to my code.

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
 
public class Main extends JFrame {
    public static void main(String[] args){
 
        DisplayMode dm = new DisplayMode(800, 600, 16, DisplayMode.REFRESH_RATE_UNKNOWN);
        Main b = new Main();
        b.run(dm);
 
    }
 
    public void run(DisplayMode dm){
 
    	//setBackground(Color.GREEN);
        //setForeground(Color.BLUE);
 
        setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 24));
 
        Screen s = new Screen();
        try{
            s.setFullScreen(dm, this);
            try{
                Thread.sleep(5000);
            }catch (Exception ex){} 
        } finally {
            s.restoreScreen();
          }
    }
 
//	public void paint(Graphics g) {
//		g.drawString("Test message ", 200, 200);
//
//	}
 
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {   
    	super.paintComponents(g); // never forget this line  
    	super.setBackground(Color.GREEN);
    	super.setForeground(Color.BLUE);
 
    	g.drawString("This is FullScreen", 200, 200);
 
    }  
 
}