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From: glen walker
Date: Apr 17, 2020 7:21PM

"Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to
Mobile <https://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-accessibility-mapping/>" is a decent
reference for applying WCAG to native apps.

Testing websites for 1.4.4 on a desktop is pretty easy. Just use the
browser's zoom (Ctrl++ or Cmd++). Does anyone do something similar when
testing native apps? And I mean the app as a whole, not specifically a
UIWebView type object.

1.4.4 talks about *not* using assistive technology to zoom. On iOS, the
"Larger Text" option is in the Accessibility settings. On Android, the
"Font size and style" setting is under "Visibility enhancements" which is
under "Accessibility". Those both sound like "assistive technology".

Does that mean if an a native app does not reflow nicely when you change
the font size, then it's not an issue with regards to WCAG? (It's an issue
for the user but sometimes companies need more incentive to fix problems
other than "it's a problem for the user". Go figure.)