Hi there, I'm making an app for TV so there's no touch interface but just the remote control with directional pad and some keys.
When I move focus to a recyclerview, the focused item is the one that is closest to the element the focus came from, and I would like for it to be the same element I left the recyclerview from.

I tried setting the "focusable" property of the recyclerview to true and, on the "FocusChanged" event call the corresponding view's "RequestFocus", but the event never fires and instead the focus goes straight to the nearest item.

Any idea on how to catch the focus with the recyclerview itself before it gets transferred to the items?
Thanks in advance..

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I'm working on Xamarin Android, not Forms.