Cocoa icon for file type?

Question

If I have a file, I can get the icon by doing something such as:

NSImage *iconImage = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] iconForFile: @\"myFile.png\"];

Answer 1

Here is the Swift 5 version of Dave DeLong's answer:

icon(forFile:)

Returns an image containing the icon for the specified file.

Declaration

func icon(forFile fullPath: String) -> NSImage

Parameters

fullPath

The full path to the file.

icon(forFileType:)

Returns an image containing the icon for files of the specified type.

Declaration

func icon(forFileType fileType: String) -> NSImage

Parameters

fileType

The file type, which may be either a filename extension, an encoded HFS file type, or a universal type identifier (UTI).