Add UITapGestureRecognizer subclass which only listens to presses which aren't synthetic -> only hardware button presses.

E.g. arrow taps on the Siri remote touchpad are therefore ignored.

VLC for Apple TV/Playback/VLCFullscreenMovieTVViewController.m

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #import "VLCFullscreenMovieTVViewController.h"
 #import "VLCPlaybackInfoTVViewController.h"
 #import "VLCPlaybackInfoTVAnimators.h"
+#import "VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.h"
 
 @interface VLCFullscreenMovieTVViewController (UIViewControllerTransitioningDelegate) <UIViewControllerTransitioningDelegate, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>
 @end
@@ -76,9 +77,10 @@
     menuTapGestureRecognizer.delegate = self;
     [self.view addGestureRecognizer:menuTapGestureRecognizer];
 
-    UITapGestureRecognizer *upArrowRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(showInfoVCIfNotScrubbing)];
-    upArrowRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = @[@(UIPressTypeUpArrow)];
-    [self.view addGestureRecognizer:upArrowRecognizer];
+    // IR only recognizer
+    UITapGestureRecognizer *downArrowRecognizer = [[VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(showInfoVCIfNotScrubbing)];
+    downArrowRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = @[@(UIPressTypeDownArrow)];
+    [self.view addGestureRecognizer:downArrowRecognizer];
 
 }
 

VLC for Apple TV/Playback/VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.h

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * VLC for iOS
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 VideoLAN. All rights reserved.
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Authors: Tobias Conradi <videolan # tobias-conradi.de>
+ *
+ * Refer to the COPYING file of the official project for license.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+
+/*
+ * Tap gesture recognizer only reacting to IR remote presses
+ */
+@interface VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer : UITapGestureRecognizer
+
+@end

VLC for Apple TV/Playback/VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.m

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * VLC for iOS
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 VideoLAN. All rights reserved.
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Authors: Tobias Conradi <videolan # tobias-conradi.de>
+ *
+ * Refer to the COPYING file of the official project for license.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#import "VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.h"
+#import <UIKit/UIGestureRecognizerSubclass.h>
+
+@interface UIPress (VLCSynthetic)
+// A press is synthetic if it is a tap on the Siri remote touchpad
+// which is synthesized to an arrow press.
+- (BOOL)vlc_isSynthetic;
+@end
+
+@implementation UIPress (VLCSynthetic)
+
+- (BOOL)vlc_isSynthetic
+{
+    /*Attention we are using private API here
+     * For internal name changes the press might wrongly detected as non-synthetic.
+     * Since we us it to filter for only non-synthetic presses arrow taps
+     * on the Siri remote might be additionally be detected.
+     */
+    NSString *key = [@"isSyn" stringByAppendingString:@"thetic"];
+    NSNumber *value = [self valueForKey:key];
+    if ([value isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]]) {
+        return [value boolValue];
+    }
+    return NO;
+}
+@end
+
+@implementation VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer
+- (void)pressesBegan:(NSSet<UIPress *> *)presses withEvent:(UIPressesEvent *)event
+{
+    [presses enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(UIPress * _Nonnull obj, BOOL * _Nonnull stop) {
+        if ([obj vlc_isSynthetic]) {
+            [self ignorePress:obj forEvent:event];
+        }
+    }];
+
+    [super pressesBegan:presses withEvent:event];
+}
+
+@end

VLC for iOS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@
 		DD3EFF5B1BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCNetworkServerBrowserUPnP.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DD3EFF271BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCNetworkServerBrowserUPnP.m */; };
 		DD3EFF5D1BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCLocalServerDiscoveryController.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DD3EFF2B1BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCLocalServerDiscoveryController.m */; };
 		DD3EFF5E1BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCLocalServerDiscoveryController.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DD3EFF2B1BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCLocalServerDiscoveryController.m */; };
+		DD490B171BE6BA580010F335 /* VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DD490B161BE6BA580010F335 /* VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.m */; };
 		DD510B701B14E564003BA71C /* VLCPlayerDisplayController.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DD510B6F1B14E564003BA71C /* VLCPlayerDisplayController.m */; };
 		DD7110F01AF38B2B00854776 /* MLMediaLibrary+playlist.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DD7110EF1AF38B2B00854776 /* MLMediaLibrary+playlist.m */; };
 		DD7BA2631B680C8E002D9F54 /* MediaLibraryKit.framework in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DD7BA2601B680C1B002D9F54 /* MediaLibraryKit.framework */; };
@@ -981,6 +982,8 @@
 		DD3EFF2A1BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCLocalServerDiscoveryController.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = VLCLocalServerDiscoveryController.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		DD3EFF2B1BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCLocalServerDiscoveryController.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = VLCLocalServerDiscoveryController.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		DD3EFF2C1BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCNetworkServerBrowser-Protocol.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = "VLCNetworkServerBrowser-Protocol.h"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		DD490B151BE6BA580010F335 /* VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		DD490B161BE6BA580010F335 /* VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		DD510B6E1B14E564003BA71C /* VLCPlayerDisplayController.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = VLCPlayerDisplayController.h; path = Sources/VLCPlayerDisplayController.h; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		DD510B6F1B14E564003BA71C /* VLCPlayerDisplayController.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; name = VLCPlayerDisplayController.m; path = Sources/VLCPlayerDisplayController.m; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		DD7110EE1AF38B2B00854776 /* MLMediaLibrary+playlist.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = "MLMediaLibrary+playlist.h"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -1899,6 +1902,8 @@
 				DD8095D51BE3C3BA0065D8E1 /* VLCTransportBar.m */,
 				7DEC8BDB1BD67899006E1093 /* VLCFullscreenMovieTVViewController.h */,
 				7DEC8BDC1BD67899006E1093 /* VLCFullscreenMovieTVViewController.m */,
+				DD490B151BE6BA580010F335 /* VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.h */,
+				DD490B161BE6BA580010F335 /* VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.m */,
 				DD8095FA1BE628800065D8E1 /* Playback Info */,
 			);
 			path = Playback;
@@ -2764,6 +2769,7 @@
 				DD3EFF341BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCLocalNetworkServiceBrowserMediaDiscoverer.m in Sources */,
 				DD3EFF421BDEBCE500B68579 /* VLCNetworkServerBrowserSharedLibrary.m in Sources */,
 				7D5278E41BD7E37300D0CA0E /* VLCCloudStorageController.m in Sources */,
+				DD490B171BE6BA580010F335 /* VLCIRTVTapGestureRecognizer.m in Sources */,
 				7D3E528B1BD7B5E100309D15 /* VLCCloudServicesTVViewController.m in Sources */,
 				7DEC8C1D1BD6913A006E1093 /* VLCSettingsAboutTableViewController.m in Sources */,
 			);