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From: Sudheer Babu
Date: Thu, Jun 11 2020 11:27AM
Subject: Mobile native app accessibility and GIF animation compliance
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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

From: glen walker
Date: Thu, Jun 11 2020 11:46AM
Subject: Re: Mobile native app accessibility and GIF animation compliance
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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 ADDRESS 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
> > > > >

From: Sudheer Babu
Date: Mon, Jun 15 2020 10:05PM
Subject: Re: Mobile native app accessibility and GIF animation compliance
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Thanks Glen!

But is 2.2.2 applicable to mobile apps as I don't find this guideline in
https://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-accessibility-mapping/

Thanks once again!
Sudhir.


On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 11:17 PM glen walker < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> 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 ADDRESS 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
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >

From: Murphy, Sean
Date: Tue, Jun 16 2020 12:26AM
Subject: Re: Mobile native app accessibility and GIF animation compliance
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Mobile isn't going to be spelled out specifically in any techniques or failures due to the historic nature of the requirements. The concepts apply to the SC.

Regards
Sean Murphy



Sean Murphy | Senior Digital System specialist (Accessibility)
Telstra Digital Channels | Digital Systems
Mobile: 0405 129 739 | Desk: (02) 9866-7917
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From: Steve Green
Date: Tue, Jun 16 2020 1:05AM
Subject: Re: Mobile native app accessibility and GIF animation compliance
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https://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-accessibility-mapping/ is a draft and is non-normative. Also, Appendix A (WCAG Techniques that apply to mobile) links to https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/mobile-a11y-tf/MobileTechniques/, which does include SC 2.2.2

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd


From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Tue, Jun 16 2020 3:38AM
Subject: Re: Mobile native app accessibility and GIF animation compliance
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On 16/06/2020 05:05, Sudheer Babu wrote:
> Thanks Glen!
>
> But is 2.2.2 applicable to mobile apps as I don't find this guideline in
> https://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-accessibility-mapping/


That draft note is not comprehensive. It doesn't cover all SCs. It only
tries to clarify how some of the SCs can be/might be reinterpreted in
the context of native applications.

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