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AccessibilityInfo

Sometimes it's useful to know whether or not the device has a screen reader that is currently active. The AccessibilityInfo API is designed for this purpose. You can use it to query the current state of the screen reader as well as to register to be notified when the state of the screen reader changes.

Here's a small example illustrating how to use AccessibilityInfo:

class ScreenReaderStatusExample extends React.Component {
  state = {
    screenReaderEnabled: false
  };

  componentDidMount() {
    AccessibilityInfo.addEventListener(
      'change',
      this._handleScreenReaderToggled
    );
    AccessibilityInfo.fetch().done((isEnabled) => {
      this.setState({
        screenReaderEnabled: isEnabled
      });
    });
  }

  componentWillUnmount() {
    AccessibilityInfo.removeEventListener(
      'change',
      this._handleScreenReaderToggled
    );
  }

  _handleScreenReaderToggled = (isEnabled) => {
    this.setState({
      screenReaderEnabled: isEnabled
    });
  };

  render() {
    return (
      <View>
        <Text>
          The screen reader is{' '}
          {this.state.screenReaderEnabled
            ? 'enabled'
            : 'disabled'}
          .
        </Text>
      </View>
    );
  }
}

Methods

• fetch
• addEventListener
• setAccessibilityFocus
• announceForAccessibility
• removeEventListener

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Reference

Methods

fetch()

AccessibilityInfo.fetch();

Query whether a screen reader is currently enabled. Returns a promise which resolves to a boolean. The result is true when a screen reader is enabled and false otherwise.

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addEventListener()

AccessibilityInfo.addEventListener(eventName, handler);

Add an event handler.

Name	Type	Required	Description
eventName	string	Yes	Name of the event
handler	function	Yes	Event handler

Supported events:

• change: Fires when the state of the screen reader changes. The argument to the event handler is a boolean. The boolean is true when a screen reader is enabled and false otherwise.
• announcementFinished: iOS-only event. Fires when the screen reader has finished making an announcement. The argument to the event handler is a dictionary with these keys:
  • announcement: The string announced by the screen reader.
  • success: A boolean indicating whether the announcement was successfully made.

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setAccessibilityFocus()

AccessibilityInfo.setAccessibilityFocus(reactTag);

Set accessibility focus to a React component.

Name	Type	Required	Description
reactTag	number	Yes	React component tag

Platform
iOS

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announceForAccessibility()

AccessibilityInfo.announceForAccessibility(announcement);

Post a string to be announced by the screen reader.

Name	Type	Required	Description
announcement	string	Yes	String to be announced

Platform
iOS

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removeEventListener()

AccessibilityInfo.removeEventListener(eventName, handler);

Remove an event handler.

Name	Type	Required	Description
eventName	string	Yes	Name of the event
handler	function	Yes	Event handler