How do you set the application icon in golang?

Question

I\'ve just created my first go application on Windows.

How do I give it an icon?

There doesn\'t seem to be any build flags to do this, and I know golang doesn\'t

Answer 1

None of the above answers worked for me. The only way I could get an ico embedded into a GO exe was with Resource Hacker.

http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/

1. Install and open Resource Hacker
2. Open compiled exe in Resource Hacker
3. Action > Add an image or other binary resource
4. Select ICO > Add Resource
5. Save and Close

You can also run it directly from the command line if you need to add it to your build scripts.

ResourceHacker -open main.exe -save output.exe -action addskip -res main.ico -mask ICONGROUP,MAIN,