Use Storyboard References While Retaining Icons & Text for Tab Bar Controller

Question

I started refactoring one of my projects to make the code easier to manage and the Tab Bar Controller lost its icons for which tab represents what. Without this I'm a bit lost which tab is what for re-ordering purposes.

How do I get the icons to show up again for a tab bar controller when I'm using storyboard references?

Refer to my attached image. Notice how the first 3 tabs are 'blank' but the other tabs that I have not refactored yet show with the icons and titles.

For those unfamiliar with storyboard references I was following the tutorial here: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ios-9-staying-organized-with-storyboard-references--cms-24226

Sample of Tasks Storyboard to show Icon set Correctly

Answer 1

It seems another solution that worked for me without altering the Approach you went through:

• Leave Storyboard references as it's
  • Go to Initial view controller in the referenced storyboard
  • Add Tab bar item to the scene
  • Configure it as you have done in UITabBarController storyboard
  • Clean & Run
  • Repeat it for all Storyboard references

Happy Coding!