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VoiceOver: UIAccessibilityLayoutChangedNotification not working


Using VoiceOver, UIAccessibility.post(notification: .layoutChanged, argument: someView) just re-announces the currently focused element instead of moving focus and announcing the accessibilityLabel of someView. Even calling UIAccessibility.post(notification: .layoutChanged, argument: "what the heck") does nothing and just re-announces the currently focused element, when it should announce the string passed in as the argument according to the docs. I'm currently running Xcode 11.3.1 on the simulator. Tried on a physical device as well and same problem. Any help would be gladly appreciated :)


Solution

  • Figured out that this post function only actually focuses on the passed in view when running on a physical device, and seems to be broken on simulator.