Thread: dispose(); not working

Try this.dispose(); in the frame you want to close
example:
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{

this.dispose();

}

I don't know how you are opening the new frame right now, but it might be a good idea to make a button to open the new one and close the old one.

I thought you were asking about closing one other frame. Why the array? And what do you mean by "smoothly?"

A 'reference to an object' can be passed through a constructor or obtained from a getter method. In the scenario you've described, it seems the more typical approach would be to use the second class' constructor. Something like this:

// the first frame in a sequence of displayed frames
class Class1 extends JFrame
{
    // default Class1() constructor
    public Class1()
    {
        // everything needed to create a Class1 object and
        // display it, get what's needed from it, etc.
 
        // after Class1 is done, transfer control to Class2
        transferControlToClass2();
    }
 
    // a method that passes control from Class1 to Class2
    private void transferControlToClass2()
    {
        new Class2( this );
    }
 
} // end class Class1
 
//the second frame in a sequence of displayed frames
class Class2 extends JFrame
{
    // a reference to a Class1 object
    // (not used but included to show you how it could be) 
    Class1 class1;
 
    // default Class2() constructor
    public Class2( Class1 class1 )
    {
        // removes Class1 from the screen using the reference
        // passed to the constructor
        class1.dispose();
 
        // everything needed to create a Class2 object and
        // display it, get what's needed from it, etc.
    }
 
    // and so on . . .
 
} // end class Class2

BTW - I wouldn't use multiple JFrames as cascading user interfaces. I prefer to use JDialogs as the child frames, but your application might be slightly different than I imagine.

I assume you mean this error: cannot find symbol symbol: method dispose()

If the object on which the dispose() method is being called is a JFrame, then IT'S IMPOSSIBLE to get that error. You're not doing something right, clearly not following the example I posted. Post your code if you want real help.

Don't make it difficult. Post the code that throws the error; the code that calls the dispose() method, preferably that whole class.

So you have the dispose() method just hanging out there as a statement on a line by itself. That means it must be enclosed by a class that includes the dispose() method, AND that it will close the currently executing class, not the previous class.

My example clearly shows how to pass a reference and then call the dispose() method on the passed reference. You haven't done (and haven't tried to do) anything similar to what I've shown. You apparently aren't calling the dispose() method on an object that has the dispose() method, or you wouldn't be getting the error.

There are other missteps in your code, but perhaps those are due to translation errors or your attempt to post just enough code to show the problem.

omg

i am confused

Then slow down, back up, and simplify.

Start with your first class - simply get it on screen. From its constructor, create an instance of the second class, passing to it a reference to the first. In the constructor of the second class, call dispose() on the reference passed by the first and make the second visible. Comment all code that does anything else not needed at this point.

Very confusing. Why is there a dispose() method in the GameListener class? (By convention, class names in Java begin with capital letters. Please follow Java's naming conventions.) What is it supposed to do? Comments would be helpful (maybe).

Is this a rebadged StressedOut?