tvOS navigation broken in beta 27 (Siri Remote/Device Hub)

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Xcode 27.0: Apple TV Simulators fail to navigate to some buttons in a UIViewController via keyboard arrows.

Works fine with Xcode 26 (Siri Remote) simulator and also works as expected on an actual Siri Remote for Apple TV device running tvOS 27 Beta.

Anyone else experience issues with navigating their app's UI using the Mac keyboard in Device Hub? Any tips for tracking this down?

Answered by jpdev001 in 903761022

I figured out the problem was that I had a custom button class with pressesBegan:withEvent:.

When working on an actual keyboard (now required with Xcode 27 Device Hub since they removed the virtual Siri Remote), I needed to add a [super pressesBegan:presses withEvent:event]; in the class method for the Apple TV Simulator to work normally.

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The navigation issue seems to be related to parallax buttons. Once focus is on a custom button configured in code for parallax, I can no longer navigate away from the button.

I should also note this is an older project with Objective C code.
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I figured out the problem was that I had a custom button class with pressesBegan:withEvent:.

When working on an actual keyboard (now required with Xcode 27 Device Hub since they removed the virtual Siri Remote), I needed to add a [super pressesBegan:presses withEvent:event]; in the class method for the Apple TV Simulator to work normally.