How to change BottomNavigationBarItem icon when selected, Flutter

There is new feature added in flutter in BottomNavigationBarItem that is active icon. we can use it to tell what should be the icon when a tab is active

bottomNavigationBar : new BottomNavigationBar(
    currentIndex: index,
    onTap: (int index) {
      setState(() {
        this.index = index;
      }
      );
      _navigateToScreens(index);
    },
    type: BottomNavigationBarType.fixed,
    items: [
      new BottomNavigationBarItem(
          backgroundColor: Colors.white,
          icon: new Image.asset('images/1.0x/icon1.png'),
          activeIcon:new Image.asset('images/1.0x/newIcon.png'),
          title: new Text("Route1", style: new TextStyle(
              color: const Color(0xFF06244e), fontSize: 14.0))),
      new BottomNavigationBarItem(
          icon: new Image.asset('images/1.0x/icon2.png'),
          activeIcon:new Image.asset('images/1.0x/newIcon.png'),
          title: new Text("Route2", style: new TextStyle(
              color: const Color(0xFF06244e), fontSize: 14.0))),
      new BottomNavigationBarItem(
          icon: new Image.asset('images/1.0x/icon3.png'),
          activeIcon: new Image.asset('images/1.0x/newIcon.png'),
          title: new Text("Route3", style: new TextStyle(
              color: const Color(0xFF06244e), fontSize: 14.0),)),
      new BottomNavigationBarItem(
          icon: new Image.asset('images/1.0x/icon4.png'),
          activeIcon: new Image.asset('images/1.0x/newIcon.png'),
          title: new Text("Route4", style: new TextStyle(
              color: const Color(0xFF06244e), fontSize: 14.0),))
    ]),

Hope someone will find this useful.