Top "Talkback" questions

TalkBack is an Android Accessibility Service that helps blind and vision-impaired users interact with their devices more easily.

Android - Set TalkBack accessibility focus to a specific view

When TalkBack is enabled, is there any way to set the accessibility focus manual to a specific view? For instance, …

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How to change Android talkback instructions for double tap and long press

I have a view that has a long press action handler. I use the content description to set the message …

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Android - prevent TalkBack from announcing TextView title aloud

I am developing an accessible android application where people would be using Explore by Touch and TalkBack accessibility services to …

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How to know if Android TalkBack is active?

I'm developing an application that uses TalkBack to guide people through it. However, in those situations I want to have …

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Testing Accessibility on Emulated Device (Marshmallow)

I want to test the accessibility of my app in emulator (particularly Talkback) but it seems that the option is …

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Android accessibility IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_NO is not respected

In my app I have ad on bottom, in accessibility (talkback) mode I don't want ads to be included. for …

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Android TalkBack: Hint overwrites contentDescription

I have an EditText like below <EditText android:id="@+id/extUsername" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="…

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How to stop Accessibility from announcing android button as "button"?

I have a button in Android which has text "Next" written on it. when, I have the accsessibility cursor focus …

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Android Recyclerview Talkback issue

I have an Android Recyclerview which has some more rows of item. In the sense Recyclerview comprises of Row 1 -&…

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Droid Accessibility - Disable TalkBack for specific TextView

I can not find an answer to what should be a very simple task. Can someone explain to me the …

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