If you are using SwiftUI to build your apps, there is a fairly basic but very useful Accessibility Inspector built right there in the Inspectors Panel, on the right side of Xcode.
Day 180
SwiftUI's Accessibility Inspector panel
14 Nov 2022
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Xcode has a built-in tool to help you develop more accessible apps, the Accessibility Inspector. You can find it in the Developer Tool set in the Xcode menu. It has three main functionalities: inspect, audit and settings.
There is an Environment Overrides panel in the toolbar on top of Xcode's Debug Area. It allows you to select some of the most common accessibility options and Dynamic Type sizes, like in the Accessibility Inspector, plus select dark/light mode.
There is a Color Contrast Calculator conveniently built into the Accessibility Inspector. Find it in Window, in the top menu. Select two colors for text and background and check if it passes for all text sizes or just some of the largest ones.
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