xcode tvos app exiting issue when overriding menu button

Question

I am currently writing a tvOS app. I've been detecting and overriding the menu button with tapRecognizer to switch between storyboards and other functions. My issue is when I am on my home screen and press menu it does not exit the app. Instead it remembers the last function I used when overriding the menu button and performs that function. Any thoughts on how to clear the tapRecognizer? Or a function that will exit the app?

I'm overriding the menu button with

in Storyboard1

tapRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget:self action:@selector(home)];
tapRecognizer.allowedPressTypes = @[[NSNumber numberWithInteger:UIPressTypeMenu]];
[self.view addGestureRecognizer:tapRecognizer];

in my home subroutine I send the user back to my home page storyboard. But from then on the menu button will not exit the app but send me back to storyboard1. thanks, SW

Answer 1

Instead of using your own gesture recognizer, override pressesBegan:

override func pressesBegan(presses: Set<UIPress>, withEvent event: UIPressesEvent?) {
  if(presses.first?.type == UIPressType.Menu) {
    // handle event
  } else {
    // perform default action (in your case, exit)
    super.pressesBegan(presses, withEvent: event)
  }
}