Media & Entertainment

Apple TV Focus Engine: Step-by-Step Guide for Developers

As an Apple TV developer, I have a major challenge to work with Focus Engine. So basically, Focus engine is used to navigate or redirect your focus to one to another. The Focus Engine works seamlessly with Siri Remote actions such as up, down, left, and right. The main challenge, however, lies in navigating focus to non-directional...

by Shephali Srivas
Tag: tvOS
18-Aug-2025

iOS

Unlocking the World of Apple TV Development: Swift for Beginners

In 2007, Apple Inc. launched the Apple TV for a new age of content consumers, with an interactive user interface, easy-to-use navigation by Siri Remote, and an introduction to a theatre-like experience at home. What is tvOS? Apple Inc. has designed and developed a new operating system, called TVOS, especially for Apple TV. TVOS uses the...

by Shephali Srivas
Tag: tvOS
30-Mar-2025

Connected TV, iOS

Basic Application Development for Apple TV (with TVML & TVJS) with API calling & dynamic TVML

In my first blog, I talked about how to create client-server based application in tvOS using TVML and TVJS. So, to get started, you can take reference from it. Today, I am talking about how to send/retrieve information from remote server, so our mobile app will show us always updated results. To retrieve any information from server...

by Sandeep Kumar
Tag: tvOS
28-Jun-2016

Connected TV, iOS

Introduction of Client-Server based tvOS Application using TVML & TVJS

In September 2015 at WWDC event, Apple introduced the most powerful and advanced updates to the Apple TV set-up box. It provides simple, most effective and handy user interfaces to the users for navigating and viewing video content. It also supports other third-party applications and games named as tvOS applications. Apple's 4th...

by Sandeep Kumar
Tag: tvOS
20-Jun-2016