Questions about accessibility in Android.
Questions tagged [android-a11y]
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Content description for the individual items of a resource string array
I have a spinner which is filled with the following string array from resources.
- kg/hectare
- kg/acre
- lb/hectare
- lb/acre
Now if…

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Android Accessibility: Switch access view elements scan order
I am designing an accessibility application in android which will be accessed using a bluetooth switch. The bluetooth switch will have two buttons:
"Next" to navigate through the view elements &
"Enter" to click the view elements.
The problem that…

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Android KK Accessibility service app example
I have been searching around to integrate an accessibility service into my application to allow software simulated keypresses of back and recent.
I have followed the official android accessibility docs and have included an XML , accessibility class…

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Android accessibility feature for TextView
Hi I have a view with a TextView and linear layout. Linear layout is a kind of custom keyboard with number of buttons. So every button click I have to do some validations and append a character to the TextView.
Click of each button I append the…

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Android Accessibility Support?
I have gone through many questions, API demo regarding Accessibility feature in Android but it couldn't help.
I want to support Accessibility in my Android application. Inbuilt Accessibility is taking care of all the focusable items and reads out…

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accessibility service in android?
Has anyone implemented accessibility service? I have a requirement where in I need to
know when home key is pressed from a service. I am wondering if AccessbilityService is the solution .unfortunately there are not many tutorials on the same ? Any…

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Add suffix or prefix to custom view while using Android talkback
I've recently started to work on talkBack accessibility for my app. I've created a custom view and I want to add prefix or suffix to the talkBack based on a few attributes.
I looked into AccessibilityNodeInfo class but got a little confused and I…

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Android talk back list markup is not reading
Im using talk back screen reader in Andriod mobile,while im testing i found that list markup is not reading and i verified with all other screen reader which is fine in those.
Can anybody please help me on this?
Thanks in Advance

jk naidu
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How to find which element has focus in Jetpack Compose?
I'm trying to understand which element has obtained focus when I use the tab key from a external keyboard.
I'm only using composable elements in the app, mostly custom elements. I've tried to using the Layout Inspector, but that only helps if an…

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android i`importantForA11y=false` vs. `setConentDescription=@null` vs. `focusable=false`
I can see importantForA11y is for minSdk=6+
But why would one have to use it, if they can just use setConentDescription=@null?
What is the difference between importantForA11y=false vs. setConentDescription=@null vs. focusable=false

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a11y polymer button doesn´t provide auditive feedback of button state
I have the following polymer element, that inherits the "paper-behaviors/paper-button-behavior" but doesn´t provide any kind of auditive feedback when the user clicks the button. it just reads the text of the button, but no information about if it…

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React-Native: how to detect assistive technology and user preferences
We need to detect if a person is using VoiceOver, Switch Control, TalkBack, or Switch Access to display alternate buttons on our swipe-dependent application.
Normally we'd look for UIAccessibilityIsVoiceOverRunning, AccessibilityManager, and other…

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Android - Accessibility service VS Background service
What is the difference between accessibility service and background service? When should I use each other?

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