GCMotion/GCMicroGamePad in simulator?

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garyworks OP

Created Sep ’15

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Unfortunately I am not in a one of the eligible countries to get a dev kit.

May I know if there are any ways to simulate GCMotion and GCMicroGamePad input with the AppleTV simulator?

Thanks.

Answered by Technology Evangelist in 52249022

From the tvOS 9.0 release notes:

Bluetooth game controllers paired with a Mac are able to control the Apple TV Simulator via UIKit. The Game Controller framework is not supported in the Apple TV Simulator in this beta.

You will be able to test using the simulator for MFi extended gamepads in a future seed, but you won't be able to test GCMotion and GCMicroGamePad at this time.

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Technology Evangelist OP

Apple

Sep ’15

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From the tvOS 9.0 release notes:

Bluetooth game controllers paired with a Mac are able to control the Apple TV Simulator via UIKit. The Game Controller framework is not supported in the Apple TV Simulator in this beta.

You will be able to test using the simulator for MFi extended gamepads in a future seed, but you won't be able to test GCMotion and GCMicroGamePad at this time.

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garyworks OP

Sep ’15

Got it. Thank you very much.

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robreuss OP

Dec ’15

I've developed an open-source framework that is designed to make it easy to create an iOS-based game controller that appears as a hardware-based controller: https://github.com/robreuss/VirtualGameController You can use the sample controller app to send motion input to the simulator, or easily build your own software-based controller with motion support.

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