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From: joe@a11yeval.com
Date: Apr 18, 2020 6:16PM

Hi All,

I agree with Steve and Johnathan.

Thankx,
Joe Humbert
Accessibility Champion
Native Mobile accessibility Novice

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My interpretation is completely in line with Jonathan's comments.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd


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Jonathan Avila
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The text size features in iOS and Android are an appropriate place to start
for testing text resize in native mobile apps. The larger text features are
not considered assistive technology and thus should be used (in my book)--
but the three finger Zoom/magnification feature is considered assistive
technology and should not be used. Keep in mind that apps can also provide
in app settings for text size or other methods such as pinch zoom within the
app that could meet the resize criterion.

For info on how Apple text settings may correlate to 200% check out this
article on typography
(https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/visual-de
sign/typography/):

Jonathan

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"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.)
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