Trying to animate the filling of the board.

This is just for educational purposes and at no means necessary for the game.
Yeah I'm pretty productive LOL

ConnectFour/src/Board.java

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import javax.swing.*;
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
-import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
-
-public class Board extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
-
-    private final int DELAY = 15;
-    private final int BOARD_W = 700;
-    private final int BOARD_H = 600;
-    private boolean isInitialized = false;
-
-    private Painter painter;
-    private Timer timer;
-
-    public Board(){
-        initBoard();
-        initGame();
-    }
-
-    private void initBoard(){
-        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(BOARD_W,BOARD_H));
-        setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
-    }
-
-    private void initGame(){
-        painter = new Painter();
-        timer = new Timer(15, this);
-        timer.start();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-        repaint();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
-        super.paintComponent(g);
-        painter.paintBoard(g, BOARD_W, BOARD_H);
-    }
-}

ConnectFour/src/Chip.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import javax.swing.text.Position;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class Chip {
+        private String path = "ConnectFour/res/yellowChip.png";
+        private Point position;
+        private boolean isRed;
+        private Image chip;
+        public Chip(String path, boolean isRed, int tileWidth, int tileHeight) {
+            this.isRed = isRed;
+            position = new Point();
+            try {
+                chip = ImageIO.read(new File(path)).getScaledInstance(tileWidth - 15,  tileHeight - 15, Image.SCALE_DEFAULT);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public Image getImage() { return chip; }
+
+        public boolean isRed(){
+            return isRed;
+        }
+
+        public void setPosition(int x, int y){
+            position.setLocation(x, y);
+        }
+
+        public Point getPosition() {
+            return position;
+        }
+}

ConnectFour/src/Executor.java

@@ -7,15 +7,20 @@ public class Executor extends JFrame {
     }
 
     private void initUI(){
-        Board board = new Board();
-        add(board);
+        Panel panel = new Panel();
+        add(panel);
         pack();
         setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
         setLocationRelativeTo(null);
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        Executor executor = new Executor();
-        executor.setVisible(true);
+        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                Executor executor = new Executor();
+                executor.setVisible(true);
+            }
+        });
     }
 }

ConnectFour/src/Game.java

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-public class Game {
-}

ConnectFour/src/Painter.java

@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.awt.image.ImageObserver;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class Painter {
 
     private int board_w, board_h, tileWidth, tileHeight;
+    private Panel panel;
 
-    public Painter(int width, int height){
+    public Painter(Panel panel, int width, int height){
+        this.panel = panel;
         board_w = width;
         board_h = height;
-        tileWidth = width/7;
-        tileHeight = height/6;
+        tileWidth = board_w/7;
+        tileHeight = board_h/6;
     }
 
     private Color holeBlue = new Color(61, 209, 165);
@@ -21,44 +27,29 @@ public class Painter {
         for (int i = 0; i < board_w/tileWidth; i++){
             for (int j = 0; j < board_h/tileHeight; j++){
                 g2d.setColor(holeBlue);
-                g2d.fillOval(i * tileWidth + 10, j * tileHeight + 5, tileWidth - 15, tileHeight -  20);
+                g2d.fillOval(i * tileWidth + 10, j * tileHeight + 5, tileWidth - 15, tileHeight -  15);
                 g2d.setColor(Color.BLACK);
-                g2d.drawOval(i * tileWidth+ 10 , j * tileHeight+5, tileWidth - 15, tileHeight - 20);
+                g2d.drawOval(i * tileWidth+ 10 , j * tileHeight+5, tileWidth - 15, tileHeight - 15);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    public void paintYellowChip(Graphics g){
+    public void paintRedChip(Graphics g, int x, int y) {
+        String path = "ConnectFour/res/redChip.png";
         Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
-        g.drawImage(new redChip().getRedChip(), 0,0, g);
+        Chip redChip = new Chip(path, true, tileWidth, tileHeight);
+        redChip.setPosition(x, y);
+        panel.addToBoard(redChip, x, y);
+        g2d.drawImage(redChip.getImage(), x * tileWidth + 10, y * tileHeight + 5, panel);
     }
 
-    class redChip{
-        private ImageIcon imageIcon;
-        private Image redChip;
-        private String path = "../res/redChip.png";
-        public redChip(){
-            imageIcon = new ImageIcon(path);
-            redChip = imageIcon.getImage().getScaledInstance(tileWidth, tileHeight, 0);
-        }
-
-        public Image getRedChip() {
-            return redChip;
-        }
-    }
-
-    class yellowChip{
-        private ImageIcon imageIcon;
-        private Image redChip;
-        private String path = "../res/yellowChip.png";
-        public yellowChip(){
-            imageIcon = new ImageIcon(path);
-            redChip = imageIcon.getImage().getScaledInstance(tileWidth, tileHeight, 0);
-        }
-
-        public Image getRedChip() {
-            return redChip;
-        }
+    public void paintYellowChip(Graphics g, int x, int y) {
+        String path = "ConnectFour/res/yellowChip.png";
+        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
+        Chip yellowChip = new Chip(path, false, tileWidth, tileHeight);
+        yellowChip.setPosition(x, y);
+        panel.addToBoard(yellowChip, x, y);
+        g2d.drawImage(yellowChip.getImage(), x , y , panel);
     }
 
 }

ConnectFour/src/Panel.java

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.event.*;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
+
+public class Panel extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
+
+    private final int DELAY = 50;
+    private final int BOARD_W = 700;
+    private final int BOARD_H = 600;
+    private Chip[][] board = new Chip[7][6];
+    private boolean isInitialized = false;
+    private boolean right,left,space;
+
+    private Painter painter;
+    private Timer timer;
+
+    public Panel() {
+        initBoard();
+        initGame();
+    }
+
+    private void initBoard() {
+        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(BOARD_W, BOARD_H));
+        setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
+        addKeyListener(new MovingKeyListener());
+    }
+
+    private void initGame() {
+        painter = new Painter(this, BOARD_W, BOARD_H);
+        timer = new Timer(DELAY, this);
+        //timer.start();
+    }
+
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+       repaint();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
+        super.paintComponent(g);
+        painter.paintBoard(g);
+        if (!isInitialized) {
+            fillBoard(g);
+            isInitialized = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void fillBoard(Graphics g) {
+        class MyExecutor extends SwingWorker<Void, SwingWorkerValues>{
+            Graphics g;
+            public MyExecutor(Graphics g){
+                this.g = g;
+            }
+            @Override
+            protected Void doInBackground() throws Exception {
+                for (int column = 5; column >= 0; column--){
+                    for (int row = 0; row < 7; row++) {
+                        Thread.sleep(100);
+                        publish(new SwingWorkerValues(row, column));
+                    }
+                }
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            protected void process(java.util.List<SwingWorkerValues> chunks) {
+                super.process(chunks);
+                SwingWorkerValues values = chunks.get(chunks.size()-1);
+                System.out.println(values.row + " " + values.column);
+                painter.paintRedChip(g, values.row, values.column);
+                repaint();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            protected void done() {
+                super.done();
+                painter.paintYellowChip(g, 2,2);
+
+            }
+        }
+        MyExecutor executor = new MyExecutor(g);
+        executor.execute();
+    }
+
+    public void addToBoard (Chip chip, int x, int y){
+        board[x][y] = chip;
+    }
+
+    class MovingKeyListener implements KeyListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
+            int keyPressed = e.getKeyCode();
+            switch (keyPressed) {
+                case KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT:
+                    right = true;
+                    break;
+                case KeyEvent.VK_LEFT:
+                    left = true;
+                    break;
+                case KeyEvent.VK_SPACE:
+                    space = true;
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
+
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
+
+        }
+    };
+}

ConnectFour/src/SwingWorkerValues.java

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+public class SwingWorkerValues {
+    public int row, column;
+    public SwingWorkerValues(int row, int column){
+        this.row = row;
+        this.column = column;
+    }
+}