Remove tab bar item text, show only image

Question

Simple question, how can I remove the tab bar item text and show only the image?

I want the bar items to like in the instagram app:

Answer 1

iOS 11 throws a kink in many of these solutions, so I just fixed my issues on iOS 11 by subclassing UITabBar and overriding layoutSubviews.

class MainTabBar: UITabBar {

    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()

        // iOS 11: puts the titles to the right of image for horizontal size class regular. Only want offset when compact.
        // iOS 9 & 10: always puts titles under the image. Always want offset.
        var verticalOffset: CGFloat = 6.0

        if #available(iOS 11.0, *), traitCollection.horizontalSizeClass == .regular {
            verticalOffset = 0.0
        }

        let imageInset = UIEdgeInsets(
            top: verticalOffset,
            left: 0.0,
            bottom: -verticalOffset,
            right: 0.0
        )

        for tabBarItem in items ?? [] {
            tabBarItem.title = ""
            tabBarItem.imageInsets = imageInset
        }
    }
}