Storyboard cannot load UITabBarItem selected image

Originator:jesse.squires.developer
Number:rdar://19997537 Date Originated:28 Feb 2015
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:6.0 and later
Classification:Serious bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
When setting a UITabbarItem's selectedImage property in Interface Builder, it does not load at runtime and prints the following message:

CUICatalog: Invalid asset name supplied: (null)

Could not load the "(null)" image referenced from a nib in the bundle with identifier

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new iOS "Tabbed Application"
2. Set a UITabBarItem image and selectedImage
3. Build and run the app

Expected Results:
The UITabBarItem's image and selectedImage are both loaded

Actual Results:
The UITabBarItem fails to load the selectedImage from the Storyboard

Version:
Xcode 6.x and later
OS X 10.10.0 and later

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