Much better bootup process for GUI

- GUI is now centered and 1024x800 by default
- SplashScreen stays on top
- SplashScreen loads image faster

src/eva2/gui/Main.java

@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ public class Main extends JFrame implements OptimizationStateListener {
             /* Create main frame with GridBagLayout */
             setTitle(EvAInfo.productName);
             setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
-            setMinimumSize(new Dimension(800, 600));
+            setMinimumSize(new Dimension(1024, 800));
 
             /* Creates the desktopPane for Plot/Text Output */
             desktopPane = new JExtDesktopPane();
@@ -358,13 +358,6 @@ public class Main extends JFrame implements OptimizationStateListener {
             // TODO: use setIconImages (for better support of multiple icons when changing programs etc.)
             setIconImage(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(bytes));
 
-            try {
-                Thread.sleep(200);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                System.out.println("Error" + e.getMessage());
-            }
-
-
             LoggingPanel logPanel = new LoggingPanel();
             logPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
 
@@ -373,6 +366,8 @@ public class Main extends JFrame implements OptimizationStateListener {
             createActions();
 
             setSize(800, 600);
+            Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
+            setLocation((int) ((screenSize.width - this.getWidth()) / 2), (int) ((screenSize.height - this.getHeight()) / 2.5));
 
             /* Create a new ConfigurationPanel (left side) */
             configurationPane = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
@@ -476,15 +471,6 @@ public class Main extends JFrame implements OptimizationStateListener {
                 configurationPane.setVisible(true);
             }
 
-            if (!(this.isVisible())) {
-                Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
-                this.setLocation((int) ((screenSize.width - this.getWidth()) / 2), (int) ((screenSize.height - this.getHeight()) / 2.5));
-                this.pack();
-                this.setSize(screenSize);
-                this.setVisible(true);
-                this.setVisible(true);
-            }
-
             // if this message is omitted, the stupid scroll pane runs to
             // the end of the last line which is ugly for a long class path
             LOGGER.info("EvA2 ready");

src/eva2/gui/SplashScreen.java

@@ -7,13 +7,23 @@ import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 
 
-class SplashScreen extends Frame {
+class SplashScreen extends JWindow {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1281793825850423095L;
     private String imgLocation;
 
     public SplashScreen(String imgLoc) {
         imgLocation = imgLoc;
+        BasicResourceLoader loader = BasicResourceLoader.instance();
+        byte[] bytes = loader.getBytesFromResourceLocation(imgLocation, true);
+        ImageIcon ii = new ImageIcon(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(bytes));
+        JLabel splashLabel = new JLabel(ii);
+
+        this.add(splashLabel);
+        this.pack();
+        Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
+        this.setLocation(screenSize.width / 2 - this.getSize().width / 2, screenSize.height / 2 - this.getSize().height / 2);
+        setAlwaysOnTop(true);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -26,16 +36,7 @@ class SplashScreen extends Frame {
      * dispatch thread.
      */
     public void splash() {
-        JWindow splashWindow = new JWindow(this);
-        BasicResourceLoader loader = BasicResourceLoader.instance();
-        byte[] bytes = loader.getBytesFromResourceLocation(imgLocation, true);
-        ImageIcon ii = new ImageIcon(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(bytes));
-        JLabel splashLabel = new JLabel(ii);
 
-        splashWindow.add(splashLabel);
+        this.setVisible(true);
-        splashWindow.pack();
-        Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
-        splashWindow.setLocation(screenSize.width / 2 - splashWindow.getSize().width / 2, screenSize.height / 2 - splashWindow.getSize().height / 2);
-        splashWindow.setVisible(true);
     }
 }