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iOS accessibility - How do you set the accessibility label for the title of a UINavigationBar?

Apple's voice over mispronounces the title of one of my views, which is inside a UINavigation Controller.

In other parts of the app I have added a custom accessibility label to help it pronounce the company name correctly. How can I set the accessibility label of a UINavigationBar?

Solution

  • I couldn't add an accessibility label, but I found a workaround:

    I replace the navigationItem's title View with a UILabel that has accessibility set up.

    UILabel *titleLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
titleLabel.text = @"myTitle";
[titleLabel setAccessibilityLabel:@"myCustomAccessiblityLabel"];
[titleLabel setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:20.0]];
[titleLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[titleLabel setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[titleLabel sizeToFit];
self.navigationItem.titleView = titleLabel;

    I'm not sure why setting the accessibility label doesn't work, but the above code works for my needs.