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tvOS 9.0 Code Hints at iOS-Like Folder Support for New Apple TV [Updated]

Developer Steve Troughton-Smith (https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/with_replies) has explored the code and found that HeadBoard, tvOS' UI, includes support for folders (https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/662076782615633921). Yesterday, Apple seeded (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/11/03/apple-releases-first-beta-of-tvos-9-1/) the first beta of tvOS 9.1 to developers, the first software update to tvOS 9.0.





<img src="(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2015/11/AppleTVfolders.png)" alt="AppleTVfolders" width="800" height="453" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-472023" /><center>Image via (https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/662081887402385408) Steve Troughton-Smith</center>


Folders on tvOS currently work in a similar way to iOS, notes (https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/662077522650247168) Troughton-Smith. A user would just have to drag one app over the other to create a folder. Users would also have the ability to rename folders. Troughton-Smith was able to activate the folders using the LLDB software debugger (https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/662084411144478720). The folders appear to use a 3 x 3 layout and sit alongside apps on the Apple TV's home screen, just like folders do in iOS.





<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh hey. Nailed it. 😎 pic.twitter.com/Be1Oc7SbaU (https://t.co/Be1Oc7SbaU)</p>&mdash; Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) November 5, 2015 (https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/662081887402385408) <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>


In recent days, Apple has been updating the Apple TV's new App Store with Top Charts (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/11/02/apple-tv-top-charts-paid-free-grossing-apps/) and Categories (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/11/04/apple-tv-gains-new-categories-section/) for better discoverability. However, those updates were server-side updates that didn't require users to update their software. Folder support would require a software update, but it's unclear which software update Apple would enable it in. Last year, iOS 8 code pointed (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/09/ios-8-code-ipad-multitasking/) to split-screen multitasking, but the feature didn't become official until iOS 9 almost a year alter.





Correction: An earlier version of this story wrongly indicated that Steve Troughton-Smith had found the code for tvOS folders in tvOS 9.1. He found the code in the public, released tvOS 9.0.

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Source: tvOS 9.0 Code Hints at iOS-Like Folder Support for New Apple TV [Updated] (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/11/04/tvos-9-1-appletv-folders/)