You can set all the UITabBar icons in an easy way. You can do this in your viewWillAppear: method: [[self.tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:0] setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@”BotonMapas”, @”comment”)]; [[self.tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:1] setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@”BotonRA”, @”comment”)]; [[self.tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:2] setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@”BotonEstado”, @”comment”)]; [[self.tabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:3] setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@”LabelInfo”, @”comment”)]; Swift 3.1 Solution self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[0].title = NSLocalizedString(“BotonMapas”, comment: “comment”) self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[1].title = NSLocalizedString(“BotonRA”, comment: “comment”) self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[2].title = NSLocalizedString(“BotonEstado”, comment: “comment”) self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[3].title = … Read more