Home-Assistant app for Apple TV

[mscottco]

Would it be hard to publish the Home-Assistant iOS app for the Apple TV...?

By hard, I should clarify that I'm barely a programmer and haven't touched swift but in my limited understanding, swift is designed such that the code is reasonably portable across all the platforms.... Is it a tick a box and re-compile or does TVOS require an entirely different code base?

Why?
It may be a left of field idea but I have a couple of spare Apple TV's (4th Gen HD) that would be ideal for repurposing as a dashboard display. I think its a decent use case because:

• They integrate well to HA already so controlling the power/front most app is pretty easy
• Low power, cost effective, easy to connect to an old HDMI monitor
• The dashboards I have in mind already work well on the MacOS app on the screen size I'd like to use
• I'm aware they wouldn't have touch input, that's not really a problem in this situation (think static displays like weather, camera feeds etc.)

[zacwest]

Apple does not allow third party applications (except for Amazon, whom they allow) access to webviews on tvOS, so this would require a fully native UI. Perhaps there's a future where complications are more built out in the app and that can be offered there.

[mscottco]

Ahh right, seems like a pretty decent road block... Thanks for the info!

[ssbarnea]

Wow... i wonder why. Does the EU regulations regarding alternative app store could open new doors for a HA app on apple tv?