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

Based on all the great answers on this page, I've crafted another solution that also allows you to show the the title again. Instead of removing the content of title, I just change the font color to transparent.

extension UITabBarItem {

    func setTitleColorFor(normalState: UIColor, selectedState: UIColor) {
        self.setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: normalState], for: .normal)
        self.setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: selectedState], for: .selected)
    }

}


extension UITabBarController {

    func hideItemsTitle() {

        guard let items = self.tabBar.items else {
            return
        }

        for item in items {
            item.setTitleColorFor(normalState: UIColor(white: 0, alpha: 0), selectedState: UIColor(white: 0, alpha: 0))
            item.imageInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 6, left: 0, bottom: -6, right: 0)
        }

    }

    func showItemsTitle() {

        guard let items = self.tabBar.items else {
            return
        }

        for item in items {
            item.setTitleColorFor(normalState: .black, selectedState: .yellow)
            item.imageInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0)
        }

    }

}