Get icon for another application in Objective-C

Question

How do I get the icon from another application using Objective-C?

I have tried this so far, however it just returns null:

NSURL *path = [NSU         


        

Answer 1

I think you're looking for [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] iconForFile:pathToFile]

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSWorkspace_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000391-iconForFile_