I have a UICollectionView which contains 12-13 UICollectionViewCells. I can easily focus on the UICollectionViewCells and everything works. There is a UIButton outside the U
Swift 3.0
Jess Bower's answer was huge help to me & saved a lot of time.
Here's what worked with Swift 3 & tvOS 10. One now has to use preferredFocusEnvironments. In ViewDidLoad()
self.view.addLayoutGuide(focusGuide)
self.focusGuide.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.buttonAbove.topAnchor).isActive = true
self.focusGuide.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.CollectionView.topAnchor).isActive = true
self.focusGuide.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.CollectionView.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
self.focusGuide.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.CollectionView.widthAnchor).isActive = true
self.focusGuide.preferredFocusEnvironments = [self.buttonAbove]