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November 2023
Glafira Zhur
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People With Disabilities
15% of population
1,211,238,211
Earth population
8,074,921,408
15%
Temporary disabilities and external conditions are
NOT INCLUDED
Legislation
- USA: Section 508, ADA (now)
- EU: European Accessibility Act (2025)
- Canada: AODA (2021)
Statistics (US)
Accessibility Settings
59%
22%
have at least one setting turned on
have at least two settings turned on
Screen Reader
0.01%
use Talkback on Android
Turn on TalkBack
TalkBack → Settings →
Advanced Settings → Developer Settings
Turn on speech output
Current language: English
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@Composable
private fun ShareButton(onClick: () -> Unit) {
IconButton(onClick = onClick) {
Icon(
imageVector = Icons.Filled.Share,
contentDescription =
stringResource(R.string.label_share)
)
}
}Don't use contentDescription
for the items which have a visible text
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Display size and text
Font Size
37%
adjust text size
Font Size
Elements are going out of the container
Font Size
Elements can not be used because of the overflow
Display Size
16%
use a bigger display size
Display Size
Text Size
Display Size
In most cases it does not break anything
Display Size
Sometimes it feels like an essential functionality 😅
Magnification
How to support Font size and Display size
✅ Font size 200%
✅ Zoom 200% - 400%
✅ Do not fix the height of the elements
✅ Use relative units (like dp, sp)
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