Display a file's icon image in an ImageView in JavaFX

Question

I have a JavaFX application which permits the user to select a file. The file could be an application.

I want to display the file's icon in an JavaFX ImageView.

Is there a cross-platform solution to get such icon image and display it in an ImageView?

Have you looked at [`FileSystemView#getSystemIcon(file)`](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/swing/filechooser/FileSystemView.html#getSystemIcon-java.io.File-)? — ItachiUchiha, May 28 '15 at 17:37
@ItachiUchiha no, I didn't know it was compatible with JavaFX's `ImageView`. How do I apply it? It returns a Swing `Icon` object. — Saturn, May 28 '15 at 18:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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You can get the default system icon for a file by using FileSystemView:

ImageIcon icon = (ImageIcon) FileSystemView.getFileSystemView().getSystemIcon(file);
java.awt.Image image = icon.getImage();

You can later use SwingFXUtils to convert it to FX Image and set it to an ImageView.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered May 28 '15 at 18:19

ItachiUchiha

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