ComposeAccessibilityBugs & Workarounds

Playground to create examples of Accessibility bugs and implementing some workarounds

Compose version used: 1.4.2

Sample project for the Google Issues:

• https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/265804603 (FIXED)
• https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/230039401

Composables under Test

• HorizontalPager used here is the one from: androidx.compose.foundation.pager.HorizontalPager
• ModalBottomSheetLayout

Code

For the full list of examples look at the file ListOfExamples.kt

Highlighted Examples

EXAMPLE 3 - HorizontalPager

Complex Scenario: Built on top of Google Example HorizontalPagerWithScrollableContent with variable Page heights.

Box {
    Colum { 
      Text() // Banner
      TabRow() 
    }
    HorizontalPager {
        Colum (scrollable) { ... }
    }
}

Issues

• Not usable in Landscape mode
• Talkback navigation doesn't scroll the Banner and Tabs out of the screen through the nestedScrollConnnection. Will be a problem for Landscape.
• Talkback navigation focus is trapped inside the Pages until the user reaches the First or Last page.
• Keyboard navigation doesn't finish the Pager transition from one to another one.
• Keyboard + Talkback navigation is very unstable, when using the Tab key focus separates at end of the first visible elements before scrolling

Touch	Talkback
example3_touch_behavior.mp4	example3_talkback_navigation.mp4

Keyboard	Talkback + Keyboard
example3_keyboard_navigation.mp4	example3_keyboardtalkback_navigation.mp4

Talkback in Landscape

example3_talkback_navigation-landscape.mp4

EXAMPLE 5 - ModalBottomSheetLayout

Issue:

Focus is not restored after closing the Bottom Sheet. It should go back to the button 'Open Bottom Sheet'

example5.mp4