Adding a JLabel to a JMapViewer

Question

Hello I am trying to add a JLabel to a JMapViewer, my current code is

 JLabel label = new JLabel(jlabels[x]);
        Point point = map.getMapPosition(lat, lng, false);
        map.add(label);
        label.setLocation(point);
        MapMarker marker = new MapMarkerDot(lat, lng);
        map.addMapMarker(marker);
        map.validate();
        map.repaint();

However it won't seem to add the label at all. I am no sure what else I could do to make it work. There are a few other questions like this but none have any answers so was wondering if anyone could help?

Not sure if it wild make a difference, but you've not set the size of label — MadProgrammer, Apr 02 '14 at 21:31
@MadProgrammer good shout, just tried it and it didn't change anything. thanks though! — broliverparker, Apr 02 '14 at 21:36

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '14 at 23:51

Note that JMapViewer extends JPanel and invokes setLayout(null). Absent something equivalent to label.setBounds(), the label will never appear. Instead, leverage one of the MapMarkerDot constructors that admits a label string:

Coordinate paris = new Coordinate(48.8567, 2.3508);
map.addMapMarker(new MapMarkerDot("Paris", paris));

Adding a JLabel to a JMapViewer

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