In addition to being able to test some accessibility options in the simulator using Environment Overrides. You can even preview some of these options before even running the app in the simulator with this Accessibility panel in Interface Builder.

In addition to being able to test some accessibility options in the simulator using Environment Overrides. You can even preview some of these options before even running the app in the simulator with this Accessibility panel in Interface Builder.


The Accessibility Inspector let’s you run an audit of the current screen in your simulator or device. It can find some basic issues like color contrast issues, touch target sizes that are too small, etc. It can also provide with fix suggestions.

If you use Interface Builder to build your app’s layout, there are some basic accessibility attributes that can be configured from there. They can be found in the Identity Inspector in the right-side panel in Xcode.

When configuring a largeContentImage or adjustsImageSizeForAccessibilityContentSizeCategory, it is important to use a pdf asset and preserve the vector data so the icons are crisp at any size.
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