Swift and Xcode - How to Create Custom Tab Bar Icons

Question

I have a tabbed application project I am working on in Xcode written in Swift (Xcode 6.3 and Swift 1.2). I am having a lot of trouble with custom Tab Bar icons. I

Answer 1

It sounds like you have everything set up properly in xCode. The problem IS the png file you are using.

Download this image, http://i.stack.imgur.com/zluev.png , and see if the problem persists.

According to an answer on UITabBarItem images just appear as a grey block:

The standard tabbar icons in iOS are rendered solely from the alpha channel. Colors are ignored completely. Instead of colors you can use different alpha values that lead to a different shade of gray (or blue if selected)

Make the background of your icons transparent.