How to customize back navigation on Apple tvOS?

Question

I am developing an application for tvOS. In my app users select their country, states and districts respectively in different view controllers. After selections, App displays a page with the information related to users' selections. When user presses the menu button in this page, I want the app to exit, but the app goes to previous page which is district selection view controller.

How can I make the app exit in this situation. I don't want user to go back all the pages to exit the app.

when you say _"I want the app to exit"_, do you mean _terminate_ the app, go back to the _very first_ view of your app? — holex, Dec 18 '15 at 15:03
I want app to terminate or go to the main screen (app can still be in background) — dilaver, Dec 18 '15 at 15:19
Similar: [How can I put an Apple TV app in background after pressing the Menu button](http://stackoverflow.com/q/34335505/2108547). — Daniel Storm, Dec 19 '15 at 14:05
Look at this answer -> https://stackoverflow.com/a/42468705/276965 — Johnny Oin, Sep 28 '17 at 13:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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I found the solution from this question that Daniel Storm mentioned. Here is the swift code:

override func viewDidLoad(){
    let tapRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleTap:")
    tapRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = [NSNumber(integer: UIPressType.Menu.rawValue)]
    self.view.addGestureRecognizer(tapRecognizer)
}

func handleTap(gesture: UITapGestureRecognizer){
    if gesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Ended {
        let app = UIApplication.sharedApplication()
        app.performSelector(Selector("suspend"))
    }
}

I hope it helps someone.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Dec 25 '15 at 13:48

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Keep in mind this is private API (even though using the selector trick) that comes with a risk. If you want your app to suspend by the press of menu button, what should work is to *not* capture the menu button, ie. no gesture recognizer for the menu button, and no raw game controller processing. The default action is then that the system suspends your app. – bio Feb 03 '16 at 11:43

How to customize back navigation on Apple tvOS?

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