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Re: Hint for buttons on android

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: May 4, 2020 5:39AM

How do you use viewCompat to change the spoken hint (after "double tap
to"), I am curious, could you post a code snippet?

On 5/3/20, Murphy, Sean < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> The below might be possible, but this is something Google should address in
> the API. Providing a Hint property via their accessibility API and linking
> it to TalkBack. Then the user can control if they want to hear hints or not.
> As a screen reader user, I would get rather annoyed hearing "double tap to
> like" each time I came across a control on the screen. Especially if it
> occurs multiple times on the same screen. I suspect you have thought of
> this, but will raise it anyway. Make sure it doesn't break the standard hint
> "Double Tap" anywhere else in the app.
>
> The other thing to think of is if your label is descriptive enough. This is
> the way I would tackle it, rather than changing standard API properties.
>
> Sean
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> Thanks Joe and Mallory for your thoughts!
>
> Just found out that with viewCompat it is possible to modify default
> "Double tap to activate" hint.
>
> Although it is not possible to change the "Double tap to" string but it
> could be made more contextual by changing the action e.g. "Double tap to
> like".
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