Classic Invert reverses the colors of the display. But there's also Smart Invert. To support it, for avoiding images and media from being inverted, you just have to set accessibilityIgnoresInvertColors to true, for these elements. A quick win!
Day 149
Keep media readable with Smart Invert
15 Oct 2022
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Two more examples on better accessibility labels for abbreviations. "4 days ago" is better than "4 D", with a RelativeDateTimeFormatter and a spellOut units style. "Monday" is better than "Mon", accessing the weekdaySymbols from a Calendar. Some useful links: Relative Date Time Formatter: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/relativedatetimeformatter Units Style: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/relativedatetimeformatter/unitsstyle-swift.enum/spellout Weekday symbols: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/calendar/weekdaysymbols
The Accessibility Inspector has a Notifications log that you can find in Window, in its top menu, and then Show Notifications. It shows accessibility-related notifications like layout changed, screen changed, or announcements... I learned about this feature from the Accessibility Inspector in this article by @basthomas. A very recommended read to learn all about the Verifying VoiceOver with the Accessibility Inspector. https://www.basbroek.nl/verifying-voiceover
There are a ton of customisation options in the accessibility settings in iOS. When doing things the Apple way, this options should, in most cases, just work for you. If not, you can find flags to check for all these options in UIAccessibility.
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