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Re: Appropriate role for tiles on android

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From: Ajay Sharma
Date: Sep 30, 2019 12:42PM

Thanks all for your kind thoughts.

So far it appears for this case listview could be the correct choice,
as number of these tiles could increase or decrease. This would also
let the users to know about the count of items in the list as well.

Thanks for helping me to reach here.

Best,
Ajay

On 9/30/19, <EMAIL REMOVED> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Since it is native app and not web-based content, they should have a role
> of
> button or be in a native component that can contain active elements (e.g.,
> Listview, menu, navigation drawer).
>
> Due to limitations in Android, some components that contain only active
> elements give no roles for each item, but do give help text
> (accessibilityHint, if turned on by the user) indicating they are active.
> For example, [element name {Pause}, Double-tap to activate].
>
> If you need further guidance, let me know.
>
> Joe Humbert
>
>