Make UILabel focusable and tappable (tvOS)

Question

I\'m trying to implement 6 lines high description label and I want it to be focusable. Ideally that would mean extending UILabel class to make a custom component. I tried th

Answer 1

As for making a UILabel focusable:

class MyLabel: UILabel {

    override var canBecomeFocused: Bool {
        return true
    }

    override func didUpdateFocus(in context: UIFocusUpdateContext, with coordinator: UIFocusAnimationCoordinator) {
        super.didUpdateFocus(in: context, with: coordinator)

        backgroundColor = context.nextFocusedView == self ? .blue:.red

    }
}

IMPORTANT!!! As stated on the apple developer portal:

The value of this property is true if the view can become focused; false otherwise.

By default, the value of this property is false. This property informs the focus engine if a view is capable of being focused. Sometimes even if a view returns true, a view may not be focusable for the following reasons:

• The view is hidden.

• The view has alpha set to 0.

• The view has userInteractionEnabled set to false.

• The view is not currently in the view hierarchy.