Remove tab bar item text, show only image
You should play with imageInsets property of UITabBarItem. Here is sample code:
let tabBarItem = UITabBarItem(title: nil, image: UIImage(named: "more")tabBarItem.imageInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 9, left: 0, bottom: -9, right: 0)Values inside UIEdgeInsets depend on your image size. Here is the result of that code in my app:
// Remove the titles and adjust the inset to account for missing titlefor(UITabBarItem * tabBarItem in self.tabBar.items){ tabBarItem.title = @""; tabBarItem.imageInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(6, 0, -6, 0);}
Here is how you do it in a storyboard.
Clear the title text, and set the image inset like the screenshot below
Remember the icon size should follow the apple design guideline
This means you should have 25px x 25px for @1x, 50px x 50px for @2x, 75px x 75px for @3x