title: Swift: Use a FontAwesome icon as a UITabBarItem image
body: <p>I would like to use some icons in the <a href="https://github.com/thii/FontAwesome.swift" rel="noreferrer">FontAwesome Swift library</a> as UITabBarItem images. I have been able to set the UITabBarItem title, but I am not able to set the UITabBarItem image. My code is as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class AEVTabBarController: UITabBarController {
  
      var itemLabels = ["Promos", "Marcas", "Amigos", "Cerca de mí", "Más"]
  
      override func viewDidLoad() {
          super.viewDidLoad()
  
          let tabItems = self.tabBar.items as [UITabBarItem]!
  
          for index in 0..&lt;itemLabels.count {
              let currentItem = tabItems[index] as UITabBarItem
              currentItem.title = itemLabels[index]
              currentItem.image = String.fontAwesomeIconWithName(FontAwesome.Money) as UIImage
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What the compiler is telling me is that 'String' is not convertible to 'UIImage'. Is there a way to convert a String into a UIImage or is there another way to solve this?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>