 
  		        Javaru
Kotlin Coroutine Confidence: Placeholder message does not appear (pg 41)
Pg 41 states “Run the code, and you’ll see the placeholder message in a small window, just like last time.” for the code astronomy/v4/src/main/kotlin/com/example/astronomy/AstronomyApplication.kt. However when I run this, I get the a blank JFrame. The “Loading your image…” JLabel does not show.
This is in the B3 version of the book with the example code downloaded on 2025-04-19 at 14:42 EDT.
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		        sam-cooper
You’re absolutely right, the message is missing here for me too. It must have been working when I originally wrote and tested the code, so I’ll have to go back and see where the problem crept in.
To fix this one, we can add a call to window.revalidate() after adding the JLabel:
class ImageViewer : WindowAdapter() {
  override fun windowOpened(e: WindowEvent) {
    val window = e.window as JFrame
    window.add(JLabel("Loading your image…", JLabel.CENTER))
    window.revalidate()
    // TODO: download and display an image
  }
}
Let me know if this fixes the code for you. I’ll do a little more digging to make sure I understand how I missed the problem. Thank you so much for spotting the issue and letting me know about it!
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