tvOS Support

[JALsnipe]

I've started looking into tvOS support, but we would have to re-write a lot of the UI as well as conditionally change things like UIStatusBar and UIAlertView usage. Has anyone else started digging into this?

[NSExceptional]

How would this work on a device where you can't tap views?

[DylanDuff]

Are there any chances of this coming to fruition ?

[NSExceptional]

Unlikely unless someone volunteers out of the goodness of their heart

[NSExceptional]

Closing because @JALsnipe has not responded in over a year. I can reopen this if someone shows interest in helping make this happen.

[lechium]

@NSExceptional im open to helping make this a reality on tvOS. however, im unfamiliar with the code base so i need some direction on where to start. also having an issue wrapping my head around the different UX paradigm. (siri remote and focus engine v tappable UI)

thats a tricky one to solve.

[NSExceptional]

Yeah, I'm not sure it makes a ton of sense to have a Select button since you can't tap on things. Maybe it would be better to disable it entirely.

I'm also not sure how a floating FLEX bar would work. How do you move it? How do you move the cursor between the bar and the app? Etc

[lechium]

actually it works quite well after heavily macroing / stubbing things out. select should be disabled for sure but i think i should have a good enough initial version by end of the day with most of the rest working. sample video

[lechium]

@NSExceptional in addition i have an idea for what select could be: a search menu, theres no concept of search controllers in tvOS as they exist used here. that being said select mode does partially have a place because the siri remote "just works" when moving view elements.

[lechium]

i think its safe to re-open this issue: if anyone wants to follow along w/ my progress on my fork: https://github.com/lechium/FLEX

[lechium]

@NSExceptional @DylanDuff @JALsnipe stable tvOS release available: https://github.com/lechium/FLEX/releases/tag/4.3.0-tvOS

the code is probably pretty close to ready for review / MR. will open one soon.

[NSExceptional]

I like to keep a linear commit history on the repo if we can. Do you know how to use git rebase? If not, once you get a PR ready I will need to organize the commits and get rid of that merge

[lechium]

get rid of which merge? @NSExceptional not sure what you mean. im pretty familiar with rebasing, although ive never done it across forks. just different branches.

[NSExceptional]

This merge in the middle:

[lechium]

@NSExceptional ahh okay that one. ill see if i can figure it out.

[lechium]

@NSExceptional okay i closed my original MR and created a fresh new one from a different branch. #500
its not perfect yet but its definitely mostly full featured, very stable and very usable.

[NSExceptional]

Forgot to close this, but anyone looking for tvOS support should use @lechium's fork. I will be adding it to the readme.

[lechium]

@NSExceptional no problem, i would definitely like to help with the refactor in any way i can if & when you get to one to make it easier to support other platforms like tvOS. please give me a heads up when you do!