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At WWDC 2024, Apple introduced several updates and features related to accessibility in SwiftUI. The session titled "Catch up on accessibility in SwiftUI" covered various aspects of making apps more accessible. Here are some highlights:
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Built-in Accessibility: SwiftUI provides built-in accessibility support for its views, making it easier to create accessible apps across Apple platforms. Developers can refine and craft their apps to improve accessibility by providing additional information to accessibility technologies.
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Accessibility Elements: Accessibility elements are the building blocks that technologies like VoiceOver use to interact with app content. SwiftUI allows developers to combine multiple views into a single accessibility element, improving navigation and interaction.
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Custom Actions: Developers can now add custom actions to their widgets using app intents. This allows for more interactive and accessible experiences, such as marking a favorite beach or taking a photo with a double tap.
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Enhanced Interactions: The session also explored how to build accessible rich interactions, from simple taps to complex gestures, ensuring that all users can interact with app content effectively.
For more detailed information, you can check out the session Catch up on accessibility in SwiftUI starting from the introduction.
What’s new in SwiftUI
Learn how you can use SwiftUI to build great apps for any Apple platform. Explore a fresh new look and feel for tabs and documents on iPadOS. Improve your window management with new windowing APIs, and gain more control over immersive spaces and volumes in your visionOS apps. We’ll also take you through other exciting refinements that help you make expressive charts, customize and layout text, and so much more.
Catch up on accessibility in SwiftUI
SwiftUI makes it easy to build amazing experiences that are accessible to everyone. We’ll discover how assistive technologies understand and navigate your app through the rich accessibility elements provided by SwiftUI. We’ll also discuss how you can further customize these experiences by providing more information about your app’s content and interactions by using accessibility modifiers.