How to handle Menu Button action in tvOS remote

Question

I am facing the strange problem with my application. Actually when i am presenting a view controller for play the video. At the video load time user press the menu button the application goes to background. While i have overwrite the Menu Button Action.

This is my code.

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    let menuPressRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer()
    menuPressRecognizer.addTarget(self, action: #selector(VideoPlayerViewController.menuButtonAction(_:)))
    menuPressRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = [NSNumber(integer: UIPressType.Menu.hashValue)]
    self.playerController.view.addGestureRecognizer(menuPressRecognizer)
}

func menuButtonAction(ges:UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    self.dismissView()
 }

score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 05 '19 at 10:59

This is my code and working for me.

Swift 3

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    let menuPressRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer()
    menuPressRecognizer.addTarget(self, action: #selector(YourViewController.menuButtonAction(recognizer:)))
    menuPressRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = [NSNumber(value: UIPressType.menu.rawValue)]
    self.view.addGestureRecognizer(menuPressRecognizer)
}

func menuButtonAction(recognizer:UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Swift 4

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    let menuPressRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer()
    menuPressRecognizer.addTarget(self, action: #selector(YourViewController.menuButtonAction(recognizer:)))
    menuPressRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = [NSNumber(value: UIPressType.menu.rawValue)]
    self.view.addGestureRecognizer(menuPressRecognizer)
}

@objc func menuButtonAction(recognizer:UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Swift 4.2 & 5

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    let menuPressRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer()
    menuPressRecognizer.addTarget(self, action: #selector(YourViewController.menuButtonAction(recognizer:)))
    menuPressRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = [NSNumber(value: UIPress.PressType.menu.rawValue)]
    self.view.addGestureRecognizer(menuPressRecognizer)
}

@objc func menuButtonAction(recognizer:UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Keep in mind that the UITapGestureRecognizer solution is more ideal than overriding the presses withEvent methods if you're also overriding shouldUpdateFocus and preferredFocusEnvironments. Because UITapGestureRecognizer doesn't cancel the other focus events, where as the presses overrides do. — PostCodeism, Feb 19 '21 at 23:05

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 17 '16 at 10:42

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You should use enum's rawValue instead of hash when you specify allowedPressTypes:

menuPressRecognizer = [NSNumber(value: UIPressType.menu.rawValue)]

answered Nov 17 '16 at 10:42

Michał Ciuba

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 24 '18 at 19:49

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When you want to multiple add multiple values you can do simple:

let pressTypes: [NSNumber] = [UIPressType.select, UIPressType.playPause, UIPressType.rightArrow].map{ NSNumber(value: $0.rawValue)}

answered Jun 24 '18 at 19:49

Ferenc Kiss

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 02 '18 at 19:03

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This can also be done in IB. There's an option on TapGestureRecognizer for buttons which includes the menu button.

answered Sep 02 '18 at 19:03

Joe Susnick

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 26 '19 at 06:43

For more granularity, you can also make use of the following 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);

Please make sure to override all of these methods if you choose to use any of them as per Apple's suggestions given below:

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.

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