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andre
andre

Reputation: 159

Android AccessibilityNodeInfo performAction ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_FOCUS

I'm developing an accessibility service with similar features to touch to explore.

I can focus menu and home screen icons with

public void updateViewNodes(AccessibilityNodeInfo source) {
    source.performAction(AccessibilityNodeInfo.ACTION_FOCUS);

The problem is when i reach a listview (for example the settings menu), where the children don't have the tag focusable, they only have the

ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_FOCUS

If i use ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_FOCUS instead of ACTION_FOCUS it simply doesn't focus anything returning always false and i have no idea why.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4429

Answers (1)

alanv
alanv

Reputation: 24114

Accessibility focus is only supported when Explore by Touch is enabled. See the implementation details at View.java#6601. There is no workaround, but the net result is simply that you can't control the yellow focus highlight. You can still perform other accessibility actions including ACTION_CLICK.

Upvotes: 3

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