UItabbar item not showing storyboard reference

Question

I'm trying to use the new storyboard references in a tabbar. When I use the storyboard reference, the UITabBarItem (with customized image & text set), isn't showing anything. See setup: storyboard setup

tabbaritem setup

I fixed it for now by setting the images & title in the initWithCoder function for the initial viewcontroller in the referenced storyboards like so:

static NSString *const ContactsViewControllerTabContactImageName = @"tab-contact";
static NSString *const ContactsViewControllerTabContactActiveImageName = @"tab-contact-active";

- (instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {
    self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
    if (self) {
        self.title = NSLocalizedString(@"Contacts", nil);
        self.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:ContactsViewControllerTabContactImageName];
        self.tabBarItem.selectedImage = [UIImage imageNamed:ContactsViewControllerTabContactActiveImageName];
    }
    return self;
}

Answer 1

You need to add the tab bar item in the destination storyboard view controller.