The equivalent of using a .semanticGroup accessibilityContainerType in UIKit, would be to use the .accessibilityElement(children: ) modifier with the .contain option in SwiftUI.
Here's a refresher with some use-cases:
Day 109
SwiftUI contain mirrors semanticGroup
4 Sep 2022
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If an image does not convey additional information, maybe it's just used to make the UI look more attractive, it makes sense for VoiceOver to skip it. UIKit: set isAccessibilityElement to false. SwiftUI: create a decorative image explicitly.
The .accessibilityElement(children: ) modifier with the .ignore argument does a similar thing to set the container view to be an accessibility element in UIKit. It is the default argument, so you can just say .accessibilityElement(). Because of this, you'll need to use other modifiers to make it accessible and manually configure an accessibility label and value, traits... when necessary. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/accessibilityelement(children:) https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/accessibilitychildbehavior/ignore
As with UIKit, in SwiftUI you can also add/remove a11y traits. But because of its declarative nature, you'll have to approach it in a slightly different way. A little nuance, but something that made me scratch my UIKit head when learning SwitUI.
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