Updating the image of a NSStatusItem

Question

I have a statusItem in the StatusBar. I've retained a reference to it in my class. Now, I want to update the image of the item. In order to this, I wrote a method similar to:

-(void)updateStatusIcon:(NSString *)newImage
{
    [statusItem setImage:[NSImage imageNamed:newImage]];
}

The image is a valid icon and works when I set it initially so I know the image is fine. When this code executes, the statusItem disappears from the StatusBar completely.

Any idea what the best way to update the image on a NSStatusItem is?

Answer 1

That's the correct way to set the status item image. There's a problem either with your image or somewhere else in your code.