Since tvOS 18, my Picker view with inline style is not showing the checkmark on the selected item.
enum Flavor: String, Identifiable {
case chocolate, vanilla, strawberry
var id: Self { self }
}
struct ContentView: View {
@State private var selectedFlavor: Flavor = .chocolate
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
Form {
Picker("Flavor", selection: $selectedFlavor) {
Text("Chocolate").tag(Flavor.chocolate)
Text("Vanilla").tag(Flavor.vanilla)
Text("Strawberry").tag(Flavor.strawberry)
}.pickerStyle(.inline)
}
}
}
}
Am I missing something? When I run this on tvOS 17.x, it works fine.
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We're building an SDK (let's call it MyFramework) which is distributed as an .xcframework for developers to integrate it into their own apps.
Recently, we've added tvOS support by adding it as a supported destination for the SDK. Essentially, the SDK became a cross-platform framework and easy to be adopted in both iOS and tvOS apps.
The .xcframework is generated fine, all builds correctly. We've tested the SDK integrated in test apps. We've also submitted an iOS archive app to the AppStore connect, just to make sure all is well with the AppStore submission.
However, when I tried submitting a tvOS archive app (that integrates the same SDK) to the AppStore connect, the build was marked as invalid binary and we've got the following error message:
ITMS-90562: Invalid Bundle - One of the nested bundles is built for a platform which is different from the main bundle platform. Please make sure that all bundles have correct platform specification.
First, I thought that any of the modules of the framework was not correctly configured for tvOS but that was not the case. Everything compiles ok and it runs in debug as expected.
It only fails when trying to submit the tvOS app that integrates the SDK.
After a lot of investigating, we realised that the reason for the AppStore submission error is because we codesign the framework. We use codesign to distribute it as cryptographically signed xcframework.
codesign --timestamp -v --sign "Apple Distribution: Company (xxxxxxxxxx)" "MyFramework.xcframework"
As soon as we remove the above line from our CI/CD pipeline that generates the xcframework, and submit a tvOS archive app that integrates the unsigned framework, the AppStore submission error goes away and the TestFlight build can be tested.
I've also tried to just strip the _CodeSignature folder from the .xcframework package but it still fails. So the only solution currently is to not codesign the xcframework to be able to upload tvOS archive apps that integrate the SDK to the AppStore connect.
However, we're still puzzled as to why only the tvOS archive app gets the invalid binary error when it integrates a signed SDK. I feel like the error message is quite misleading if we have to stop signing the SDK xcframework for it to be accepted during the AppStore submission.
Anyone has any idea? Or has anyone encountered a similar issue?
Thanks!
In tvOS when using NavigationStack inside NavigationSplitView as below:
@State private var selectedItem: String?
@State private var navigationPath = NavigationPath() // Track navigation state manually
var body: some View {
NavigationSplitView {
List(selection: $selectedItem) {
Button("Item 1") { selectedItem = "Detail View 1" }
Button("Item 2") { selectedItem = "Detail View 2" }
}
} detail: {
NavigationStack(path: $navigationPath) {
DetailView()
.navigationDestination(for: String.self) { value in
Text("New Screen: \(value)")
}
}
}
}
}
This example completely breaks the animation inside NavigationStack while navigating between different views, using withAnimation also breaks the navigation as the old view seems to be still in stack and is shown in the new view background.
I have also submitted bug report: https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/16933927
I have an App that builds for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and Apple TV, which was last released to all the App Stores in April. Preferences/settings are handled by the App itself except for the Apple TV variant, where I use a Settings bundle. This worked fine until tvOS 15.0, where it appears that tvOS is not updating the value of the App’s settings from NSUserDefaults when the Settings App opens. I have been working on this problem off and on for the last week and am at wits end.
I’ve searched WWDC videos looking for a clue, there must be some simple change I cannot see. I’ve made clean projects for iOS and tvOS, and using the identical OBJ-C code and Settings plist entries, the iOS version works perfectly, the tvOS version fails in the simulator and on the device. I am not trying to synchronize Settings across devices, just persist across restarts on a single device.
My code stores data correctly in NSUserDefaults, it simply seems that tvOS Settings App is not reading values from there for display, nor writing changes that the user makes from Settings back to user defaults. None of the types in the test projects work: TexField, Switch, Title.
The test code is so simple I hesitate to include it, but the code and the NSUserDefaults key identifiers do match. This code will preset my App’s version number for Settings to display in iOS 15 but not tvOS 15. It used to work in tvOS 14:
<key>DefaultValue</key>
<string>DefaultVersionValue</string>
<key>Type</key>
<string>PSTitleValueSpecifier</string>
<key>Title</key>
<string>Version</string>
<key>Key</key>
<string>VersionKey</string>
</dict>
``` NSUserDefaults *ud = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
[ud registerDefaults:@{
@"TextFieldKey" : @"TextFieldValue",
@"VersionKey" : @"VersionValue"
}];
[ud setObject:@"3.14" forKey:@"VersionKey"];
Any idea? Many thanks.
I'm trying to do something so seemingly basic, yet I can't get it to work and I'm flummoxed.
In a basic, vanilla SwiftUI app for tvOS, embed a single Text element with a very long string (hundreds of lines) in it:
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
ScrollView(.vertical) {
Text(veryLargeString)
.focusable()
}
}
}
Then fire up the app on tvOS, and it will not scroll. No matter what I do. Pressing arrow keys, swiping fast with my thumb, and nothing. It will not move. Ironically, in the Xcode SwiftUI Preview window—it does scroll, so that's always a fun tease.
What I do know is that the focus engine is throwing a few errors, so it's leading me to believe the issue is with how I have the focusable element attached. I'm using a combination of -UIFocusLoggingEnabled YES as well as listening for UIFocusSystem.movementDidFailNotification.
Unfortunately since this is SwiftUI, the notification failure and debugging logs aren't really all that actionable. Help appreciated!
How does a third party developer go about supporting the new Enhanced Dialogue option for video apps in tvOS 18?
If an app is using the standard AVPlayerViewController, I had assumed it would be a simple-ish matter of building against the tvOS 18 SDK but apparently not, the options don't appear, not even greyed out.
Issue:- The characters in SearchController SearchBar are overlapping on focusing.
Steps:-
Select the System language as Arabic
Launch the tvOS app
Set the app language as English in the tvOS app
Focus on SearchController SearchBar
Focus on any characters there you can see overlapping issue.
Since tvOS 18.4 beta (22L5218l) i have the issue that When I turn off an Apple TV, the Apple TV and the connected TV turn off, but after a few seconds the devices start again.
This never happened before. But now it is happening with 3 different Apple TV generations on 2 LG and 1 Telefunken TVs. All 3 Apple TV devices have been updated to tvOS 18.4 beta (22L5218l) and since then show this error.
I am trying to implement in-app purchases in Apple TV.
I added a "non-consumable" product and started testing in Sandbox, but it did not work properly.
While I am trying to fetch the product from the appstore, it won't give any responses like success or failure.
So that our app gets rejected in the App Store.
Please provide me the steps to implement in-app purhcase in Apple tvos using Swift.
Note: The same code is working fine in iOS.
Please help! I have a subscription IAP failing on tvOS 18.2 at:
func makePurchase(_ product: Product) async throws
{
let result = try await product.purchase() //ERROR OCCURS HERE (See error message below)
...
Xcode Console message: "Could not get confirmation scene ID for [insert my IAP id here]"
The IAP subscription was working fine on 18.1 and earlier, and the same IAP and code is also running fine on iOS 18.2. The tvOS error on 18.2 happens both in production and sandbox.
Are there any changes to StoreKit 2 which might cause this error?
I found a memory leak in tvOS 17.4, but it's not happening in tvOS 18.0
here is the code flow
1.I have controller inside which I have tableView which in turn contains a collectionview
here I have passed self to tableViewcell as delegate and then from tableview cell I have passed self again as delegate to collectionViewcell, but memory is not released, because self is retained
"I have passed self as weak every where still memory leak is happening only in tvOS 17.4 and below versions. but in 18.0 and above versions it's fine"
After many former OS and Xcode updates, my Game Controller Swift code generates a "DIS-CONNECTED" MESSAGE.
Mac Sequoia 15.2
Xcode 16.2
Tried to update PlayStation controller firmware on my Mac.
Still no luck with Xcode and its use of a game controller with tvOS.
Description
I'm developing a tvOS application where I utilize a UISearchController embedded within a UISearchContainerViewController for search functionality. In a particular flow, a custom view controller contains a TVDigitEntryViewController as a child, with its modalPresentationStyle set to .blurOverFullScreen. The issue arises when a user initiates the PIN entry but decides to cancel and return to the search interface without entering a PIN. Upon returning, the search keyboard is no longer visible, and attempts to focus or interact with it are unsuccessful.
Steps to Reproduce
Initialize and present a UISearchContainerViewController that contains a UISearchController with a results view controller.
Within the search results, present a custom view controller containing TVDigitEntryViewController as a child, setting its modalPresentationStyle to .blurOverFullScreen.
Dismiss the custom view controller without entering a PIN (e.g., by pressing the Menu button on the remote).
Observe that upon returning to the search interface, the keyboard is missing, and focus interactions are unresponsive.
Observed Behavior
After dismissing the custom view controller with TVDigitEntryViewController, the search keyboard does not reappear, and the focus system seems to lose track of the search input field.
Expected Behavior
The search keyboard should remain visible and functional after dismissing the custom view controller, allowing users to continue their search without interruption.
Additional Context
I have reviewed the TVDigitEntryViewController documentation (developer.apple.com) and related discussions on the Apple Developer Forums but have not found a solution to this specific issue.
Questions
Has anyone encountered a similar issue or have insights into why the search keyboard becomes unresponsive after dismissing a .blurOverFullScreen modal with a child TVDigitEntryViewController?
Are there recommended practices to ensure the search keyboard remains active and focusable after such modal presentations?
Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I've just started working on my first SpriteKit game that will eventually run on both tvOS and iOS and am looking at how to build a "button". So far, I've got a custom node that looks like:
class MyButton: SKSpriteNode {
...
#if os(tvOS)
override var canBecomeFocused: Bool {
true
}
override func didUpdateFocus(...) {
...
}
#endif
}
The above let me nicely handle focus changes in tvOS and now I'm looking at reacting to selecting the button.
Searching around, all the articles/questions/posts are from 2015-2016 - which is a LOOOONG time ago. Most of the guidance appears to be to add a tap gesture recognizer in the owning scene and getting the scene to hand it off to the button. That seems pretty brittle and I'd much prefer if the button itself is responsible for its own tap management.
So, I guess my question is whether I should just add a gesture recognizer to my custom button class? Is this inefficient if I end up having 7-8 buttons on the screen and each one has its own gesture recognizer?
Somewhat related, all of the 10-year-old advice is that if we add recognizers to scenes, then they need to be removed from the view controller... however, in the modern day world with SwiftUI, my project doesn't even have a view controller (yet, anyway)... what gesture recognizer lifecycle management do I need in a SpriteKit scene that is presented within a SpriteKitView?
Or, is there a better way? I was kind of hoping that overriding pressesBegan() (or something similar) in my custom button might have been triggered on tvOS (like touchesBegan() lets me manage touches for the iOS variant of my app)
Any pointers or suggestions would be gladly received. Thanks.
I'm working on an Apple TVOS app and trying to upload it to the App Store. My app includes a video file that’s 8GB in size, and I’ve moved the video to On-Demand Resources to optimize its size. However, when I generate the archive, the total file size comes out to 8.4GB, which is too large for App Store submission.
Uploaded the build in the test flight but the test flight build is in progress then got the error is an invalid build.
How to upload a large build of Apple TV in the App Store using on-demand resources.
on-demand video size is 8GB
I'm working on an Apple TVOS app and trying to upload it to the App Store. My app includes a video file that’s 8GB in size, and I’ve moved the video to On-Demand Resources to optimize its size. However, when I generate the archive, the total file size comes out to 8.4GB, which is too large for App Store submission.
Uploaded the build in the test flight but the test flight build is in progress then got the error is an invalid build.
How to upload a large build of Apple TV in the App Store using on-demand resources.
on-demand video size is 8GB
Hi everyone, I'm currently working on my own Apple TV app. So far, things are going pretty well, but right now, I'm stuck on the design of the categories or selection menus.
Here's a screenshot of how it looks right now:
The green color and the border are intentionally added for now so I can see what is where. My actual goal is to remove the gray bar (or is this the "main bar"?). The pink bar and its border are just design elements that can be removed if needed. I want it to look more "original," like this:
Here is the code:
let title: String
let isSelected: Bool
var body: some View {
HStack {
Text(title)
.foregroundColor(isSelected ? .black : .white)
.font(.system(size: 22, weight: .regular))
.padding(.leading, 20)
Spacer()
Image(systemName: "chevron.right")
.foregroundColor(isSelected ? .black : .gray)
.padding(.trailing, 20)
}
.frame(height: 50) // Einheitliche Höhe für die Kategorien
.background(Color.pink) // Innerer Hintergrund auf pink gesetzt
.cornerRadius(10) // Abrundung direkt auf den Hintergrund anwenden
.overlay(
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 10)
.stroke(Color.green, lineWidth: 3) // Äußerer Rahmen auf grün gesetzt
)
.padding(.horizontal, 0) // Entferne äußere Ränder
.background(Color.clear) // Entferne alle anderen Hintergründe
}
}
struct SettingsView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
SettingsView()
}
}
I’ve adjusted the code, but it’s still not quite right. When a category is not selected, it appears black instead of gray, like in the original design
Here is the code:
struct SettingsView: View {
@State private var selectedCategory: String?
var body: some View {
NavigationStack {
ZStack {
Color.black
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
VStack(spacing: 0) {
// Überschrift oben in der Mitte
Text("Einstellungen")
.font(.system(size: 40, weight: .semibold))
.foregroundColor(.white)
.padding(.top, 30)
HStack {
// Linke Seite mit Logo
VStack {
Spacer()
Image(systemName: "applelogo")
.resizable()
.scaledToFit()
.frame(width: 120, height: 120)
.foregroundColor(.white)
Spacer()
}
.frame(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width * 0.4)
// Rechte Seite mit Kategorien
VStack(spacing: 15) {
ForEach(categories, id: \.self) { category in
NavigationLink(
value: category,
label: {
SettingsCategoryView(
title: category,
isSelected: selectedCategory == category
)
}
)
.buttonStyle(PlainButtonStyle())
}
}
.frame(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width * 0.5)
}
}
}
.navigationDestination(for: String.self) { value in
Text("\(value)-Ansicht")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.white)
.navigationTitle(value)
}
}
}
private var categories: [String] {
["Allgemein", "Benutzer:innen und Accounts", "Video und Audio", "Bildschirmschoner", "AirPlay und HomeKit", "Fernbedienungen und Geräte", "Apps", "Netzwerk", "System", "Entwickler"]
}
}
struct SettingsCategoryView: View {
let title: String
let isSelected: Bool
var body: some View {
HStack {
Text(title)
.foregroundColor(.white)
.font(.system(size: 22, weight: .medium))
.padding(.leading, 20)
Spacer()
Image(systemName: "chevron.right")
.foregroundColor(.gray)
.padding(.trailing, 20)
}
.frame(height: 50) // Einheitliche Höhe für die Kategorien
.background(isSelected ? Color.gray.opacity(0.3) : Color.clear) // Hervorhebung des ausgewählten Elements
.cornerRadius(8) // Abgerundete Ecken
.scaleEffect(isSelected ? 1.05 : 1.0) // Fokus-Animation
.animation(.easeInOut, value: isSelected)
}
}
struct SettingsView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
SettingsView()
}
}
When turning VoiceOver ON, GCController does not send button press events for "Button A" and "Button Center".
This happens when using Siri 2nd generation remote (with dedicated arrow buttons on the circle around center button) and also when using iOS remote. I didn't test it on old Siri 1st generation with touchpad without arrow buttons.
Example:
gameController.microGamepad?.allButtons.forEach { button in
button.valueChangedHandler = { [weak self] _, _, _ in
self?.buttonHandler(gameController: gameController, button: button)
}
private func buttonHandler(gameController: GCController, button: GCControllerButtonInput) {
print("BUTTON: Pressed \(button.description) isPressed=\(button.isPressed) isTouched=\(button.isTouched)")
}
#endif
VoiceOver ON (incorrect behavior):
BUTTON: Pressed Direction Pad Left (value: 0.030, pressed: 1) isPressed=true isTouched=true
BUTTON: Pressed Direction Pad Down (value: 0.079, pressed: 1) isPressed=true isTouched=true
BUTTON: Pressed Direction Pad Left (value: 0.000, pressed: 0) isPressed=false isTouched=false
BUTTON: Pressed Direction Pad Down (value: 0.000, pressed: 0) isPressed=false isTouched=false
VoiceOver OFF (correct behavior):
BUTTON: Pressed Direction Pad Left (value: 0.137, pressed: 1) isPressed=true isTouched=true
BUTTON: Pressed Direction Pad Up (value: 0.078, pressed: 1) isPressed=true isTouched=true
BUTTON: Pressed Button A (value: 1.000, pressed: 1) isPressed=true isTouched=true
BUTTON: Pressed Button Center (value: 1.000, pressed: 1) isPressed=true isTouched=true
BUTTON: Pressed Button A (value: 0.000, pressed: 0) isPressed=false isTouched=false
BUTTON: Pressed Button Center (value: 0.000, pressed: 0) isPressed=false isTouched=false
BUTTON: Pressed Direction Pad Left (value: 0.000, pressed: 0) isPressed=false isTouched=false
BUTTON: Pressed Direction Pad Up (value: 0.000, pressed: 0) isPressed=false isTouched=false
I could use for detection Direction Pad Left/Right/Up/Down and detect position between -0.7 and +0.7 and handle it as center button press, because I use that on old Siri remote where I need to distinguish center button and arrows (for switching TV channels by Up/Down and Skip forward/back by Left/Right arrows), but for new Siri remote it would be unnecessary workaround.
Does anybody know why the center/select button is not detected when VoiceOver is ON. Is there another way of detecting it using GCController?
I don't want to use SwiftUI onTapGesture for this one particular case.
Is it an unexpected bug in tvOS APIs or is there some specific reason why center button is not handled by GCController when VoiceOver is ON?
Thanks.
Hello,
I am currently developing an application for Apple TV using TVML, and I am trying to create a user registration or login form with multiple input fields (e.g., "Username" and "Password"). However, I am facing issues with displaying multiple textField components in the formTemplate.
Here are the approaches I have tried:
Attempt 1:
<document>
<formTemplate>
<banner>
<title>Login</title>
</banner>
<banner>
<textField>UserName</textField>
</banner>
<banner>
<textField>Password</textField>
</banner>
<footer>
<button id="button1">
<text>Button 1</text>
</button>
</footer>
</formTemplate>
</document>
Attemp 2:
<document>
<formTemplate>
<banner>
<title>Login</title>
</banner>
<textField>UserName</textField>
<textField>Password</textField>
<footer>
<button id="button1">
<text>Button 1</text>
</button>
</footer>
</formTemplate>
</document>
In both cases, the layout does not render the fields as expected. Either the textField components do not display at all, or the structure seems incorrect.
Could someone please guide me on the proper way to display multiple textField components in a formTemplate? Is there a limitation or specific requirement for structuring these elements?
Thank you in advance for your assistance!
I'm running into a problem with the focus order in my UICollectionView in my tvOS app. The layout of my app is outlined in the following diagram
On the uppermost layer I have a UITableView, each cell containing a single UICollectionView that can contain a variable number of UICollectionViewCells.
When the user swipes down, I want the left-most item in the next row down to be selected, as follows:
I've been able to get this to work for the majority of cases. The exception is when the previously focused item extends to the length of the screen - in this case the next focused item isn't the leftmost item, but rather the center item, as follows.
Using focus guides won't really fit the use case here since collection views are dynamically generated.
I've found that there is a function in UICollectionViewDelegate, indexPathForPreferredFocusedView that should help here but it only seems to be called intermittedly, even though I have set remembersLastFocusedIndexPath on the collectionview to true. I can force it to be called by calling setNeedsFocusUpdate() but I can't figure out a good place to call it - shouldUpdateFocus is too early and didUpdateFocus is too late.
Is there some way to constrain the focus area of a view to a certain subset of it's frame - for example, the left-most quarter of its width?
Or does anyone know of some other solution to this problem?