xcode tvos app exiting issue when overriding menu button - xcode

Question

I am currently writing a tvOS app. I've been detecting and overriding the menu button with tapRecognizer to switch between storyboards and other functions. My issue is when I am on my home screen and press menu it does not exit the app. Instead it remembers the last function I used when overriding the menu button and performs that function. Any thoughts on how to clear the tapRecognizer? Or a function that will exit the app?
I'm overriding the menu button with
in Storyboard1
tapRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget:self action:#selector(home)];
tapRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = #[[NSNumber numberWithInteger:UIPressTypeMenu]];
[self.view addGestureRecognizer:tapRecognizer];
in my home subroutine I send the user back to my home page storyboard. But from then on the menu button will not exit the app but send me back to storyboard1.
thanks,
SW

Answer 1

Instead of using your own gesture recognizer, override pressesBegan:
override func pressesBegan(presses: Set<UIPress>, withEvent event: UIPressesEvent?) {
if(presses.first?.type == UIPressType.Menu) {
// handle event
} else {
// perform default action (in your case, exit)
super.pressesBegan(presses, withEvent: event)
}
}

Answer 2

If you are using UIGestureRecognizer instead of responding to presses, all you need to do is to disable the recognizer:
tapRecognizer.enabled = NO;
So if no recognizer with UIPressTypeMenu is listening, tvOS suspends the app and displays the home screen. (I've tested this)

Answer 3

You have to override 2 methods to prevent exiting app by pressing Menu button.
Here is ready-to-use template:
override func pressesBegan(presses: Set<UIPress>, withEvent event: UIPressesEvent?) {
for press in presses {
switch press.type {
case .Menu:
break
default:
super.pressesBegan(presses, withEvent: event)
}
}
}
override func pressesEnded(presses: Set<UIPress>, withEvent event: UIPressesEvent?) {
for press in presses {
switch press.type {
case .Menu:
//Do some staff there!
self.menuButtonPressed()
default:
super.pressesEnded(presses, withEvent: event)
}
}
}

Answer 4

If you overwrite the menu button, the app won't be accepted:
EDIT: You can overwrite, but the menu button has to work as a back button to homescreen from the entry point of the app.
10.1 Details
The Menu button on the Siri Remote does not behave as expected in your
app.
Specifically, when the user launches the app and taps the Menu button
on the Siri remote, the app does not exit to the Apple TV Home screen.
Next Steps
Please revise your app to ensure that the Siri remote buttons behave
as expected and comply with the Apple TV Human Interface Guidelines.

Answer 5

It may be help you...
it is swift code.
let menuPressRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer()
menuPressRecognizer.addTarget(self, action: #selector(YourViewController.menuButtonAction(_:)))
menuPressRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = [NSNumber(integer: UIPressType.Menu.hashValue)]
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(menuPressRecognizer)

Answer 6

As per Apple's documentation, for custom press handling, we should override all four of these methods-
- (void)pressesBegan:(NSSet<UIPress *> *)presses withEvent:(nullable UIPressesEvent *)event NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(9_0);
- (void)pressesChanged:(NSSet<UIPress *> *)presses withEvent:(nullable UIPressesEvent *)event NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(9_0);
- (void)pressesEnded:(NSSet<UIPress *> *)presses withEvent:(nullable UIPressesEvent *)event NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(9_0);
- (void)pressesCancelled:(NSSet<UIPress *> *)presses withEvent:(nullable UIPressesEvent *)event NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(9_0);
This is the official documentation from XCode:
Generally, all responders which do custom press handling should
override all four of these methods.
Your responder will receive either pressesEnded:withEvent or pressesCancelled:withEvent: for each
press it is handling (those presses it received in pressesBegan:withEvent:).
pressesChanged:withEvent: will be invoked for presses that provide
an analog value
(like thumbsticks or analog push buttons)
*** You must handle cancelled presses to ensure correct behavior in
your application. Failure to
do so is very likely to lead to incorrect behavior or crashes.

Answer 7

SwiftUI Seekers:
I don't know how much this answer helps, but just adding available actions in SwiftUI.
YourAnyView
.onExitCommand(perform: {
print("onExitCommand")
})
.onMoveCommand { direction in
print("onMoveCommand", direction)
}
REF:
onmovecommand
onexitcommand