UI elements is not working correctly with layouts when instantiated

Hi

I am trying to make a grid layout of some UI elements I instantiate by code and of some reason it fails to do so. When I instantiate the object I put it in the object with the grid layout component and of some reason the object doesn't "exists". When I say exists I mean that it is in the scene, has all the components but doesn't show up. If I drag the prefab of the object in before I run the code it works just fine.

Here's my code

 foreach (DeskstopIcons icon in desktopIcons)
         {
             GameObject aIcon = Instantiate(desktopIconPrefab) as GameObject;
             aIcon.name = icon.name;
             
             DesktopIcon di = aIcon.GetComponent<DesktopIcon>();
             di.name = icon.name;
             di.icon = icon.icon;
             di.ApplyChanges();
 
             aIcon.transform.SetParent(desktopIconsHolder.transform);
 
             Debug.Log("Done with object");
         }

I can't see anything wrong with it.

Thanks in advance