title: How do I notify users of new content available in tvOS apps from the home screen?
body: <p>Push notifications have been left out of tvOS (understandably so) but the docs seem to contradict themselves in alerting users to the fact that there is something new available in your tvOS app.  </p>
  
  <p>Here it seems to say that you can add an app badge: <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/tvos/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Chapters/WhatAreRemoteNotif.html" rel="nofollow">https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/tvos/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Chapters/WhatAreRemoteNotif.html</a></p>
  
  <p>Here it says they've been removed from UIKit: <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/tvos/releasenotes/General/tvOS90APIDiffs/Objective-C/UIKit.html" rel="nofollow">https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/tvos/releasenotes/General/tvOS90APIDiffs/Objective-C/UIKit.html</a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Removed UIApplication.applicationIconBadgeNumber</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Assuming the badge approach is not supported in this release, does anyone know the best practice for alerting a user that there is new content in your app without the user taking an explicit action? ie focusing on the app and showing them something in <code>TopShelf</code>? </p>