I have a linear layout containing a purely decorative ImageView, and a text view.
as such I've labelled the image as importantForAccessibility="no"
However, when highlighting the linear layout, Automatic Descriptions is still trying to read out the image, e.g. "Detected: image, [vague description]"
I know that automatic descriptions can be disabled by the user on some devices, but for example Samsung devices don't seem to be able to disable this.
Even so, labelling a view as not important for accessibility should mean that it's ignored by a screen reader. It's not the same as if the view was accidentally unlabelled, when we're specifically asking it to ignore this view.
I'm trying to give a clear and helpful screenreader UX but I can't see a way to prevent these unhelpful descriptions (surely importantForAccessibility=no should be enough?!
trying to get talkback to ignore decorative images, but automatic descriptions is overriding this. Tried labelling as focusable=false, which made no difference
example code (with unneeded detail taken out):
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/savingsLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:importantForAccessibility="yes"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/savingsIcon"
android:layout_width="..."
android:layout_height="..."
android:importantForAccessibility="no"
android:src="@drawable/ic_logo" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/savingsAmount"
android:layout_width="..."
android:layout_height="..."
android:importantForAccessibility="no"
tools:text="You saved £7.15 this time" />
</LinearLayout>
I want Talkback to read the whole linear layout with just the value of the text view, because then a screenreader user has a larger touch target size if exploring by touch. However, i'm getting "You saved £7.15 this time detected image icon the logo of the website" or some other useless info... help!
