Mobile
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Quick Win - Start UI Testing
Feb 3, 2021 | 2 minutesAny well written Espresso or XCUI test can be an accessibility test.
Quick Win - Support Landscape
Jan 28, 2021 | 3 minutesLandscape orientation is enabled by default when you start a new app, so don't take this accessibility feature away from your users.
Quick Win - Support Dark Mode
Jan 28, 2021 | 2 minutesYou might think its a cool extra, but Dark Mode, like all accessibility features, is about flexibility for your users.
Quick Win - Text Contrast
Jan 19, 2021 | 2 minutesIs the text in your app clear enough for everyone to read it?
Quick Win - Image Descriptions
Jan 19, 2021 | 2 minutesIf your images are missing descriptions those without vision won't be getting the full experience of your app.
iOS 14: Custom Accessibility Content
Jun 29, 2020 | 6 minutesA new accessibility feature for iOS 14 lets you provide all the information your customer could need while reducing noise.
Mobile A11y Talk: Accessibility in SwiftUI
Apr 12, 2020 | 1 minutesWatch the video and download the slides.
Android Live Regions
Feb 11, 2020 | 3 minutesA one line addition makes a massive difference to dynamic screens in Android.
A11yUITests: An XCUI Testing library for accessibility
Dec 17, 2019 | 2 minutesA open source library of accessibility tests for XCUI Testing.
SwiftUI Accessibility
Nov 6, 2019 | 3 minutesAccessibility is important, but why is it important to think about it now when SwiftUI is so new? And what are the innovations that make SwiftUI such a great improvement?
SwiftUI Accessibility: Semantic Views
Oct 29, 2019 | 4 minutesSemantic views are possibly the most powerful a11y tool a dev has, and SwiftUI makes them super simple.
SwiftUI Accessibility: User Settings
Oct 27, 2019 | 8 minutesSwiftUI allows us to read values that might affect how we want to present our UI. Including our customer's accessibility choices.
SwiftUI Accessibility: Traits
Oct 18, 2019 | 5 minutesAccessibility traits are incredibly powerful. They’re a group of attributes that tell assistive technology how to treat your UI. Get them wrong and you’ll make your interface frustrating
SwiftUI Accessibility: Attributes
Oct 18, 2019 | 5 minutesAccessibility traits are incredibly powerful. They’re a group of attributes that tell assistive technology how to treat your UI. Get them wrong and you’ll make your interface frustrating
SwiftUI Accessibility: Accessible User Interface
Oct 9, 2019 | 4 minutesThe AUI or accessibility tree is how assistive technologies control your app. SwiftUI has some great improvements to this experience. It’s all free if you adopt SwiftUI.
Podcast: iPhreaks - iOS Accessibility
Oct 9, 2019 | 1 minutesI discuss why accessibility is important and how we can improve it on iOS.
Mobile A11y Talk: Accessibility without the 'V' Word
Oct 8, 2019 | 1 minutesWatch the video and download the slides.
SwiftUI Accessibility: Sort Priority
Oct 2, 2019 | 2 minutesSometimes VoiceOver's natural order is not the one that makes the most sense for your app. SwiftUI lets you change that.
SwiftUI Accessibility - Named Controls
Sep 26, 2019 | 3 minutesAll controls in SwiftUI can take a Text element as part of their builder. This makes controlling your app with VoiceOver or VoiceControl way easier.
SwiftUI Accessibility: Dynamic Type
Sep 18, 2019 | 4 minutesSwiftUI makes some nice improvements on Dynamics Type- it’s supported by default. But we need to do a few things to support fully.
SwiftUI Accessibility: Images
Sep 11, 2019 | 3 minutesThere’s some important changes to image accessibility in SwiftUI, if you’re not expecting them you could be making a bad experience for your VoiceOver customers.
Baking Digital Inclusion Into Your Mobile Apps
Jul 25, 2019 | 1 minutesWhat The European Accessibility Act (Might) Mean for Mobile Development
Jun 24, 2019 | 7 minutesEuropean Accessibility Act is the first accessibility legislation that I’m aware of, anywhere, that explicitly covers mobile apps.