(This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; SDL3 is the current development version.)

SDL_HINT_APPLE_TV_CONTROLLER_UI_EVENTS

A variable controlling whether controllers used with the Apple TV generate UI events.

Header File

Defined in SDL_hints.h

Syntax

#define SDL_HINT_APPLE_TV_CONTROLLER_UI_EVENTS "SDL_APPLE_TV_CONTROLLER_UI_EVENTS"

Remarks

When UI events are generated by controller input, the app will be backgrounded when the Apple TV remote's menu button is pressed, and when the pause or B buttons on gamepads are pressed.

More information about properly making use of controllers for the Apple TV can be found here: https://developer.apple.com/tvos/human-interface-guidelines/remote-and-controllers/

This variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": Controller input does not generate UI events (the default).
• "1": Controller input generates UI events.

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