How can I force focus to change to a specific view in tvOS?

Question

I am implementing custom code to handle a click on the Menu button on the Siri Remote. How can I force focus to change to my custom menu when pressing the menu button?

Answer 1

@elu5ion 's answer, but in objective-c first declare:

@property (nonatomic) UIView *preferredView;

Set these methods:

-(void)setPreferredView:(UIView *)preferredView{
      if (preferredView != nil) {
         _preferredView = nil;
         UIFocusGuide *focusGuide = [[UIFocusGuide alloc]init];
         [self.view addLayoutGuide:focusGuide];
         focusGuide.preferredFocusedView = [self preferredFocusedView];
         [self setNeedsFocusUpdate];
         [self updateFocusIfNeeded];
    }
    _preferredView = preferredView;
 }


 - (UIView *)preferredFocusedView {
     if (_preferredView) {
          return _preferredView;
     }
     return self.view.preferredFocusedView;
}