Some animations can be a lot for some people. They may opt to reduce motion in Settings. You can know by checking isReduceMotionEnabled. You’ll immediately see that the system’s animations are much more subtle. The weather app is a great example.
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There is an option for the user to request an experience with Reduce Motion and we should honor it. If your app has animations, make sure to check if the user has this setting on. Here are three examples where Apple does a great job.
Touch target sizes are recommended to be at least 44 x 44 points. Buttons in the navigation bar ( especially when not using nav bar button items), dismiss buttons, and custom toolbars, are use cases that tend to have smaller sizes.
Today I want to share something I use a lot. You can convert any article into a “podcast” by enabling Speak Screen in Accessibility Settings, switching to Safari’s Reader Mode and swiping down with two fingers from the top of the screen. I think it is a good example of how if we all knew more about how to use the assistive tech available in iOS, we would find ourselves using more of them, more often, exemplifying quite well that accessibility benefits everyone.
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