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user3191334
user3191334

Reputation: 1168

UITextField keyboard is not recognized by voice over accessibility but works without it

I am new in the topic of accessibility and have a problem with the voice over function of iOS.

I have a very simple UIViewController with an UITextField in it (see Screenshot). The problem is that when I start editing the textfield (the keyboard is opening after I double tap the textfield) and trying to tap on the keyboard, in order to hear/write the characters, the voice over function makes the sound, which is indicating that there is nothing. So I am not able to type in any characters, because the voice over function doesn't recognise the keyboard. When I am editing the textfield without voice over, it works fine and I'm able to use the keyboard.

I have installed a UITapGestureRecogniser, which is initialized in the textFieldDidBeginEditing function and removed in the textFieldDidEndEditing function:

- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
    UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(MyHideKeyboard)];
    tap.cancelsTouchesInView = NO;
    [self.view addGestureRecognizer: tap];
}

- (void)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
    UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(MyHideKeyboard)];
    tap.cancelsTouchesInView = NO;
    [self.view removeGestureRecognizer: tap];
}

But also with disabling it, it doesn't work. Moreover there is not different when I am switching the UIKeyboardType from URL (standard) to any other one. All in all I am not accessing the textfield property in another way than _textfield.text, so I can exclude programmatically changes.

Hope someone can help!

ViewController Screenshot

Upvotes: 1

Views: 946

Answers (1)

GoSti0
GoSti0

Reputation: 291

This issue might occur if you're using a custom keyboard without accessibility support.

Upvotes: 0

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