Controlling Apple TV for tvOS Demo

Controlling Apple TV for tvOS Demo
Chicago Cocoaheads 11/10/2015

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1. Controlling the Apple TV Patrick McCarron @McCarron
2. Controlling the Apple TV Patrick McCarron @McCarron
3. – Not Mark Twain “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
4. Need a USB-C cable
5. Quicktime is your friend
7. What are my options?
8. New Apple TV Remote Support Required!! Bluetooth 4.0 Ships with Apple TV Lightning Charge Port Lanyard Option Mini Layout & Motion Limit ONE per Apple TV
9. MFI Controllers Optional
10. Steel Series Nimbus $49.99 New Hotness Bluetooth 4.0 Apple TV Approved Lightning Charge Port Extended Layout Limit TWO per Apple TV
11. Steel Series Stratus $40-60 Depreciated Bluetooth 2.0 NOT Apple TV Approved Micro USB Charge Port Extended Layout Also limit TWO per Apple TV
12. Limits Explained
13. iOS App as Controller No Frameworks For Yet
 No GKPeerPickerController Use P2P Networking (Bonjour) Separate App or Mode in Universal App “Unlimited” devices can be paired
14. HANDS ON TIME
15. Support has two Paths
16. UIKit - UIPress UIPressType is Limited: D-pad: Up, Down, Left & Right Buttons: Select, Menu & Play/Pause Digital not analog pressesBegan/Ended/Changed/Cancelled methods
17. UIKit - UIPress Example override func pressesBegan(presses: Set<UIPress>, withEvent event: UIPressesEvent?) { for item in presses { if item.type == .Select { print("Select pressed") } } }
18. Low Level - GameController Subclass GCEventViewController to toggle between UIKit and Low Level handling with controllerUserInteractionEnabled. Use GCController class to detect controllers and setup value change listeners on them. Or optionally check GCController objects during the run loop to see what buttons are depressed. This method can be used to assign player numbers, change behavior of Apple TV Remote, etc.
19. GameController Example NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserverForName(GCControllerDidConnectNotification, object: nil, queue: nil) { notification in for controller in GCController.controllers() { controller.controllerPausedHandler = { controller in //Toggle game/app paused state. self.controllerUserInteractionEnabled = !self.controllerUserInteractionEnabled } if controller.extendedGamepad != nil { controller.extendedGamepad?.valueChangedHandler = { gamepad, element in if let button = element as? GCControllerButtonInput { print("Extended Gamepad: button \(button) pressed") } } } } }
21. Fin Demo & Links: github.com/mccarron/controlTVOS Follow Me: twitter.com/mccarron My first Apple TV game is “coming 2016”
23. Fin Demo & Links: github.com/mccarron/controlTVOS Follow Me: twitter.com/mccarron My first Apple TV game is “coming 2016”