Apple's remote app (on iPhones) works to control some apps (like netflix) so that it behaves just like using the siri remote. In our app, we aren't getting any input from the remote app (except the menu button) - we don't get "touchesBegan" calls, nor does the remote app register as a game controller. How do we get the remote app to talk to our app?
Remote app - get it talking to my app?
There is not currently a way to detect touches coming from the Remote app. If you would like to see this functionality in the future, please file a feature request at https://bugreporter.apple.com. Thanks for your feedback!
Actually, I was able to get it to work. You just need to implement the pressesBegan, pressesEnded, pressesCancelled routines of your view (at least, in an opengl app where your view inherits from UIView, it works.)
Keep in mind that "touches" are not the same as "presses". As you've discovered, the Remote app will send presses events to your app, however, as stated previously, there is no way currently to detect touches.