Navigating to app in AppleTV simulator with AppleTV remote or whatever

Question

I wasted lots of time trying to launch apple tv app backgrounded. How do I change focus in apple tv remote (or by any other means)? Swiping or clicking in the swipe area of the remote either launches settings or I get a black screen (is that supposed to be my app launched in some dilapidated state????)

Answer 1

You can in fact use a real apple TV remote with the apple TV simulator on your Mac.

It's impossible to develop using Xcode and the simulator unless you do this. Just grab a remote from your real-world Apple TV and go for it.

Very easy to connect it to your Mac, google.

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Note, extremely old remotes don't work

Answer 2

A partial answer is to connect hardware keyboard

Obviously users of a real apple tv would have a very different user experience that I'd like to mimic using the simulator.