How to get Finder sidebar favorites content cocoa?

cocoa, finder, macos

Solution

Getting the shared file list is only the first part, you still may want to get an actual string object with your path. Here is a little code snippet that will let you get a path for each object in the favorites section of the finder sidebar.

UInt32 seed;
LSSharedFileListRef sflRef = LSSharedFileListCreate(NULL,
                                                    kLSSharedFileListFavoriteItems,
                                                    NULL);
CFArrayRef items = LSSharedFileListCopySnapshot( sflRef, &seed );
for( size_t i = 0; i < CFArrayGetCount(items); i++ )
{
    LSSharedFileListItemRef item = (LSSharedFileListItemRef)CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(items, i);
    if( !item )
        continue;
    CFURLRef outURL = NULL;
    LSSharedFileListItemResolve( item, kLSSharedFileListNoUserInteraction, (CFURLRef*) &outURL, NULL );
    if( !outURL )
        continue;
    //The actual path string of the item
    CFStringRef itemPath = CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(outURL,kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle);
    // TODO: Do whatever you want to do with your path here!!!!
    CFRelease(outURL);
    CFRelease(itemPath);
}
CFRelease(items);
CFRelease(sflRef);

Problem

I need to get paths of objects displayed in Favorites section of Finder Sidebar (for current user). How can I achieve this?

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