How do I get a file's icon in Java?

Question

I'm making a basic file browser and wish to display the icon of each file. Is there any way to get this?

Flail

is this for all operating systems or just windows? – Fogle

@Fogle All operating systems. [I know this is late, but I wanted it here in case someone else came by and had the same question] – Flail

Answer 1

Icon icon = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView().getSystemIcon( File );

Tenure

This doesn't work well on OS X, it only returns a folder for directories or a generic file icon for any non-directories. – Marcellamarcelle

@SamBarnum is that still the case with Java 8 on OS X Yosemite? – Flail

Workaround for os x: final javax.swing.JFileChooser fc = new javax.swing.JFileChooser(); Icon icon = fc.getUI().getFileView(fc).getIcon(file); – Schoenfeld