TVEventHandler does not capture any events

[acollazomayer]

Environment

React Native Environment Info:
System:
OS: macOS 10.14
CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz
Memory: 2.49 GB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 10.5.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.5.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.7.0 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.5.0/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 12.0, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.0, watchOS 5.0
Android SDK:
Build Tools: 23.0.1, 25.0.0, 25.0.1, 26.0.1, 26.0.2, 27.0.0, 27.0.3, 28.0.1
API Levels: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
IDEs:
Android Studio: 3.1 AI-173.4819257
Xcode: 10.0/10A255 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
react: 16.6.0-alpha.8af6728 => 16.6.0-alpha.8af6728
react-native: 0.57.3 => 0.57.3
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native-cli: 2.0.1
react-native-create-library: 3.1.2
react-native-drm-video: 3.1.0
react-native-git-upgrade: 0.2.7
react-native-rename: 2.2.2

Description

I implement the code from the documentation about TVEventHandlers and i do not receive any events when i press the buttons controls. The adb logcat throws that the events are reaching however the TVHandler does not capture them.

Reproducible Demo

I dont use expo however just add this code to the react-native init. And you will see my point.

    super();

    this._tvEventHandler = null;
  }

  _enableTVEventHandler() {
    this._tvEventHandler = new TVEventHandler();
    console.log(this._tvEventHandler)
    this._tvEventHandler.enable(this, function(cmp, evt) {
      console.log(evt)
   });
  }

  _disableTVEventHandler() {
    if (this._tvEventHandler) {
      this._tvEventHandler.disable();
      delete this._tvEventHandler;
    }
  }

  componentDidMount() {
    this._enableTVEventHandler();
  }

  componentWillUnmount() {
    this._disableTVEventHandler();
  }```

[havlasme]

I've encountered the same problem, but the handler will work if I put any touchable component on the screen.

Also I've just found out that it also works if I put hasTVPreferredFocus={true} on wrapping View.

[stale]

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[stale]

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