JavaFX getResource not loading FXML

Question

I'm trying to load a FXML file into a JavaFX controller with the following code:

loader.setLocation(BaseController.class.getResource("/baseLayout.fxml"));
baseLayout = loader.load();

But I'm getting this exception instead:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Location is not set.

The problem is that getResource is not loading the FXML correctly, so setLocation receives null as parameter and I get the exception running loader.load()

What I've seen in some answers around there, is that the problem might be with wrong path in getResource. But, as far as I know, "/baseLayout.fxml" should point to the respectively fxml file inside the resources folder.

Here is my project file tree:

• project/
  • src/
    • main/
      • java/
      • resources/
        • baseLayout.fxml

Isn't it supposed to work? I was actually working just fine, but suddenly it's not. I don't know what else to do.

Answer 1

You can try loading the fxml like this

loader.setLocation(BaseController.class.getResource("/resources/baseLayout.fxml"));

or

loader.setLocation(BaseController.class.getResource("../resources/baseLayout.fxml"));

But before this as @James_D mentioned Please check weather the resultant jar contains the resources folder i:e weather it is present in the build or not.