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Re: WCAG 2.4.2 (page title) and native mobile apps

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Apr 18, 2020 9:05PM

Neat, I need to set up dev environments to play with these and get a
full feel for how they are used, it's so easy to do for HTML, you just
write it and load it in a browser.
Thanks for the info, this looks very interesting.


On 4/18/20, <EMAIL REMOVED> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I would like to disagree with what has been said. Screen titles are very
> important for native mobile apps. The concept of a screen title is very
> clearly defined for both iOS and Android.
>
> The are the title of the current View (iOS) and Activity (Android). Screen
> title are also very useful for screen reader users when they are present.
> The are more helpful on Android than in iOS IMO.
>
> On Android, the screen title (if present) is announced when a new screen
> loads, can be updated dynamically if the content changes, and if the app id
> resumed (by choosing it from the recent apps, it is automatically announced
> once the app loads from its saved state.
>
> On iOS, the screen title is automatically marked as a heading. If the View
> is part of a flow and uses a NavigationController, when the user goes to a
> new screen, the Back button visually shows the title of the previous screen
> and this title is included in the back buttons accessible name.
>
> The screen title can be set on Android by using an android:label attribute
> in the AndroidManifest.xml file
> (https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element) or
> by
> using the .setTitle method in the Java file at runtime
> (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity#setTitle(java.
> lang.CharSequence)). The title can be set on iOS by using a
> UINavigationController or a UINavigationItem and setting the title property
> of the UINavigationItem
> (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uinavigationitem/1624965-ti
> tle). A UINavigationController automatically added a UINavigationItem. It
> can also be set in xCode. In iOS the entire header is called a Navigation
> Bar
> (https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/bars/navi
> gation-bars/)
>
> While the titles technically are for developer use, TalkBack and VoiceOver
> do take advantage of them.
>
> Thankx,
> Joe Humbert
> Accessibility Champion
> Native Mobile accessibility Novice
>
>