From the course: Android App Development: Accessibility
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Analysis tools for accessibility - Android Tutorial
From the course: Android App Development: Accessibility
Analysis tools for accessibility
- [Instructor] Analysis tools are handy tools that you can use while developing or testing your application. They're usually used while coding or performing manual tasks. They are used to uncover or locate accessibility problems or prevent you from doing some common mistakes. Accessibility Scanner is a tool developed by Google and it's probably one of the most useful tools that you can use to find accessibility problems on any given screen while developing your app. You can install it from the Play Store. It's an accessibility service, so it stays on the background, just like TalkBack or Switch Access. When you turn it on, it will display a floating icon on your screen, which you can click, and request for a scan of the current screen. Once the scan is complete, it will show you accessibility problems it found. A few examples of problems that it detects are fields that are important for accessibility, but are missing speakable text, an item labeled with type or state, for example…
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