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Re: Mobile native app accessibility and GIF animation compliance

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From: glen walker
Date: Jun 11, 2020 11:46AM

Take a look at:

- "Mobile Accessibility at W3C" -
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/mobile/
- "Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply
to Mobile" - https://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-accessibility-mapping/

An animated GIF would violate 2.2.2,
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#pause-stop-hide


On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:27 AM Sudheer Babu < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Can someone shed some light on accessibility guidelines that one should for
> Mobile native apps iOS and Android.
> I understand that WCAG is only for the web and there can be some mapping
> that can be done from WCAG guidelines to mobile apps but want to
> understand if there are any set of guidelines for mobile apps just like for
> web with A, AA and AAA conformances.
>
> Also, if there is a GIF on one of the mobile native app screen which keeps
> animating (no way to stop) but isn't that harmful or obstructs the user
> from reading the content, does it fail under AA?
>
> something similar:
> https://tenor.com/view/check-mark-verified-correct-gif-15903843
>
>
> Thanks
> Sudhir
> > > > >