Running AppleTV apps without a external server

Question

We have a simple apple tv app that is basically a static ad. Our apple tv is the latest (4th gen, tvOS 10.0.1). The problem is we do not have an external server!!! so how can we by pass the lines below or make it point to a local application.js file:

static let tvBaseURL = "http://localhost:9001"
static let tvBootURL = "\(AppDelegate.tvBaseURL)/application.js"

Are we required to have a server for developing apple tv apps? We have seen other examples on stack on how to do this but they are outdated and/or for older devices. Any help would be appreciated. It's either we get this working or go back to AndroidTV

Answer 1

It is not necessary to use external server in tvOS apps (even for the latest tvOS 10). You can use UIKit like in iOS applications to build application without JavaScript. Also, you can create hybrid application (Swift+JavaScript) where external server is also not required.