How do you programmatically put folder icons on the Finder sidebar, given that you have to use a custom icon for the folder?

Question

Am currently working on a project, and though I can add sidebar items by adding to the com.apple.sidebarlists.plist file then restarting Finder, I can\'t seem to know how to

Answer 1

There's no supported way to do this using pure Cocoa. Use the LSSharedFileList API, instead. It's the supported way to manage the sidebar lists, and you can provide a custom icon (as an IconRef from Icon Services) when you insert an item.