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iOS Accessibility

Create inclusive iOS experiences with VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Human Interface Guidelines best practices

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iOS Accessibility Features

Leverage iOS's powerful accessibility framework and built-in features

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VoiceOver

Apple's industry-leading screen reader with gesture-based navigation and rich feedback

• Accessibility traits
• Custom actions
• Rotor navigation

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Dynamic Type

System-wide text size scaling that adapts to user preferences automatically

• Text styles
• Font scaling
• Layout adaptation

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Accessibility Inspector

Xcode's built-in tool for testing and debugging accessibility implementations

• Element inspection
• Audit capabilities
• Accessibility hierarchy

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Reduce Motion

Respect user preferences for reduced motion and animations

• Animation alternatives
• Crossfade transitions
• Static alternatives

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Switch Control

Support for external switches and alternative input methods

• Focus management
• Custom actions
• Scanning patterns

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Display Accommodations

Support for color filters, invert colors, and other visual accommodations

• Smart Invert
• Color filters
• Button shapes

iOS Accessibility Solutions

Swift and UIKit implementations for accessible iOS applications

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VoiceOver Accessibility Traits

voiceover

intermediate

Configuring VoiceOver traits and labels for better iOS accessibility

VoiceOverAccessibility TraitsiOSUIKit

💻 1 code examples

Quick Steps:

1. Identify the type of each UI element
2. Set appropriate accessibility traits
3. Configure accessibility labels and hints
+ 2 more steps

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Human Interface Guidelines

Apple's accessibility guidelines and best practices for iOS development

Touch Targets

Minimum 44pt touch targets for all interactive elements

button.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 44, height: 44)

Color Contrast

Maintain 4.5:1 contrast ratio for text and interactive elements

textColor = UIColor.label
backgroundColor = UIColor.systemBackground

Dynamic Type

Use system text styles that scale with user preferences

font = UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: .body)

iOS Accessibility Resources

Essential tools, documentation, and resources for iOS accessibility development

📚 Apple Documentation

iOS Accessibility

Complete guide to iOS accessibility development

Human Interface Guidelines

Apple's accessibility design principles

UIKit Accessibility

UIKit accessibility framework documentation

🛠️ Development Tools

Accessibility Inspector

Built-in Xcode accessibility testing tool

Xcode

VoiceOver

iOS screen reader for accessibility testing

Built-in

Simulator Accessibility

Test accessibility features in iOS Simulator

Xcode