Tab Bar Item Image Does Not Show Up

Question

I'm trying to assign a custom image to UITabBarItem in storyboard. Unfortunately, it shows me an box instead of an image.

Here's my PNG image

Storyboard:

How it appear in simulator:

Answer 1

As it turned out in order do display an actual image following code should be executed.

[self.activityItem setImage:[[UIImage imageNamed:@"activity.png"] 
    imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysOriginal]];

Note the Rendering Mode of UIImage. You can find more about it UITabBar Reference Thanks to @ Vladislav Kovalyov

Answer 2

Go to Assets folder. Select your tab image. On the right side under Attributes you will find "Render As". Select "Original Image".