Accessibility with firemonkey on mobile devices

[gubbe 0]

Delphi seems to support accessibility features on desktop with a special library:

 

https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Athens/en/FireMonkey_Accessibility_Package

 

Does anyone know if this is also supported on mobile devices with iOS or Android?

[Pawel Piotrowski 18]

Unfortunately not.

FMX applications are totally not accessible under android/iOS. At least when I last tested.

The screenreader support for windows is also not perfect. The control under the mouse is often not read aloud and  sometimes changing the focus to a new control also is not announced.

 

In VCL applications there is also a problem, that none of the graphic controls like TLabel or TSpeedbutton are "seen" by a screenreader. Which is no wonder, since they do not have a underlying window control with a proper handle.

[gubbe 0]

On 3/9/2024 at 9:52 AM, Pawel Piotrowski said:

Unfortunately not.

FMX applications are totally not accessible under android/iOS. At least when I last tested.

Thank you, that is to be expected when every control is painted by FMX. Maybe using platform controls would work to a certain degree, but without official support Delphi might just not be the right tool in this case.

On 3/9/2024 at 9:52 AM, Pawel Piotrowski said:

The screenreader support for windows is also not perfect. The control under the mouse is often not read aloud and  sometimes changing the focus to a new control also is not announced.

Do you mean for Windows-Applications created with Firemonkey using the Accessibility-Package?

On 3/9/2024 at 9:52 AM, Pawel Piotrowski said:

In VCL applications there is also a problem, that none of the graphic controls like TLabel or TSpeedbutton are "seen" by a screenreader. Which is no wonder, since they do not have a underlying window control with a proper handle.

Yes, but in this case we could use alternative controls like TStaticText.