NSTextView insert image in between text

Question

Is it possible to insert an image (not a background image) into an NSTextView? Something like:

Hi :) How are you?

and it should display a "smiley" image. I have an NSTextView and an NSImage.

Answer 1

Insert NSImage into NSTextView:

NSImage * pic = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:@"/Users/Anne/Desktop/Sample.png"];
NSTextAttachmentCell *attachmentCell = [[NSTextAttachmentCell alloc] initImageCell:pic];
NSTextAttachment *attachment = [[NSTextAttachment alloc] init];
[attachment setAttachmentCell: attachmentCell ];
NSAttributedString *attributedString = [NSAttributedString  attributedStringWithAttachment: attachment];
[[textView textStorage] appendAttributedString:attributedString];

In the header file:

IBOutlet id textView;