---
title: "init(item:title:image:icon:)"
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "appkit/nspreviewrepresentingactivityitem/init(item:title:image:icon:)"
---

# init(item:title:image:icon:)

Creates a metadata object with the title, image, and icon for a shareable item.

## Declaration

```swift
convenience init(item: Any, title: String?, image: NSImage?, icon: NSImage?)
```

## Parameters

- `item`: The item to share from the Mac share sheet. The item must conform to the doc://com.apple.appkit/documentation/AppKit/NSPasteboardWriting protocol, or be an doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSItemProvider or doc://com.apple.appkit/documentation/AppKit/NSDocument object.
- `title`: The localized name of the item.
- `image`: An image to display as a preview for the item. For example, when you share a URL for a webpage, you might specify the hero image for that page or a rendering of the webpage itself.
- `icon`: A thumbnail-size image of the source of the item. Typically, you specify your app’s icon but you can provide a different icon if the content has a different source.

## Return Value

Return Value An initialized item to share.

## See Also

### Creating a Preview Activity Item

- [init(item:title:imageProvider:iconProvider:)](appkit/nspreviewrepresentingactivityitem/init(item:title:imageprovider:iconprovider:).md)