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r.bhardwaj
r.bhardwaj

Reputation: 1613

Announce QuickAction window dismissal with TalkBack

I have a custom QuickAction menu in my app. I have added contentDescription "Open Menu" for the ImageView which opens the menu. So my TalkBack(form the Accessibility settings) announces the same.
The popup menu has setOutsideTouchable(true) to dismiss it when touched outside. When TalkBack is On user has to double tap to dismiss it but Android does not announce any such message. Ideally, it should announce "Double tap to dismiss ...".
How can I achieve this ?

Also, I would like to announce when the menu is dismissed. I have tried sending AccessibilityEvent inside:
QuickAction.setOnDismissListener(new myQuickAction.OnDismissListener() { @Override public void onDismiss() { // tried sending event here }

Added reference image to explain in detail. On clicking button blue popup is the QuickAction popup. Now I want to announce "Dismiss Menu" when user tap anywhere(black dot) on white region. White region is actually my LinearLayout containing header, footer etc.(that are not shown in the image). I have tried adding the contentDescription, importantForAccessibility for the layout but to no avail.

Reference Image

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1308

Answers (1)

MobA11y
MobA11y

Reputation: 18860

I would add either a little "X" box, or if you don't want to mess up your UI, make your layout container focusable, and add the content-description "Double Tap to Dismiss". (Note: The double tap is a talkback gesture, don't add this, just replicating from your question.)

EDIT: Essentially, what I'm recommending, is instead of adding an "X" button to the view, allow the layout view to act as an "X" button itself. By adding a contentDescription to the layout, you are making it focusable, even though typical users wouldn't interact with this view, nothing is keeping TalkBack users from doing so. Thus you do not change your layout visually, but still have the accessibility benefit of a separate close button, even though technically speaking this is not necessary, as users should understand how to close modals without it.

I don't believe announcing that it has been dismissed is necessary. Shifting focus back to the element that was focused before you opened the modal is the typical approach. Have this happen after your double tap, and TalkBack users will know the menu was dismissed, because they are back in the main view, on the element that opened the modal.

Sidenote: Ensure your QuickAction behaves as a modal!

Upvotes: 1

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