How to access Siri Remote play/pause button and override menu button

Question

How can I access the play/pause button with the Siri remote and override the menu button? I am currently using this, but it is not working for me. My program crashes when I use this code but only when I call it four example pressing the pause button The coders is currently positioned below didMoveToView next to touchesBegan

let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleTap:")
tapGesture.allowedPressTypes = [NSNumber(integer: UIPressType.Menu.rawValue)]
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

Possible duplicate of [How to detect Apple TV Siri Remote button presses?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/32576834/2108547) — Daniel Storm, Apr 24 '16 at 13:04
Apple's Swift example: [Using Gesture Recognizers](https://developer.apple.com/library/tvos/documentation/General/Conceptual/AppleTV_PG/DetectingButtonPressesandGestures.html). — Daniel Storm, Apr 24 '16 at 13:05
@DanielStorm I tried this already but it crashes the application — Ferdinand Lösch, Apr 24 '16 at 13:45

Daniel Storm · Answer 1 · 2016-04-24T14:20:45.527

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Your issue is you're calling a function called handleTap: that receives a parameter but you don't have a function called handleTap:. That's what action represents in this line:

let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: Selector("handleTap:"))

Change your func tapped() to:

func handleTap(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    if sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Ended {
        print("Menu button released")
    }
}

edited Apr 24 '16 at 14:20

answered Apr 24 '16 at 14:01

Daniel Storm

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Okay I tried this it still causes a crash. let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleTap:") tapGesture.allowedPressTypes = [NSNumber(integer: UIPressType.PlayPause.rawValue)]; self.view!.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture) func handleTap(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) { print("button tapped") } – Ferdinand Lösch Apr 24 '16 at 14:15
it still seems like the that the selector is not calling the function correctly GameScene handleTap:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x126733890 – Ferdinand Lösch Apr 24 '16 at 14:18
It's strangely still not working; I used a different way to do what I wanted, using the touchpad, but I am still getting the same error message. – Ferdinand Lösch Apr 24 '16 at 14:37
@FerdinandLösch not a problem. You should post an answer with your solution for future readers. – Daniel Storm Apr 25 '16 at 10:14

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '17 at 12:56

I use the following for Swift 4 (as per question: @selector() in Swift?)

let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleTap(sender:)))
tapGesture.allowedPressTypes = [NSNumber(integer: UIPressType.Menu.rawValue)]
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

@objc func handleTap(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    if sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Ended {
        print("Menu button released")
    }
}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 26 '16 at 13:21

I solved my problem by moving the tapRecognizer selector into my previously set up touch handler function so the code looks like this now:

private func handleTouches(touches: Set<UITouch>) {
    for touch in touches {
        let touchLocation = touch.locationInNode(self)
        lastTouch = touchLocation

        let tapRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: Selector("handleTap:"))
        tapRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = [NSNumber(integer: UIPressType.PlayPause.rawValue)];
        self.view!.addGestureRecognizer(tapRecognizer)
    }
}

func handleTap(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    if sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Ended {
        print("Menu button released")
    }     
 }

How to access Siri Remote play/pause button and override menu button

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