Making React Native apps accessible
Nov 23, 2015Georgiy Kassabli, Chace Liang

Summary
Introduced the React Accessibility API for React Native, allowing developers to make applications accessible to assistive technologies. Demonstrated its use with examples for grouping related UI elements and handling nested interactive components like switches. Showcased how to query and listen for system accessibility status changes to dynamically adjust touch actions and provide context-aware information to screen reader users. Highlighted the Ads Manager app as a practical implementation of these accessibility features.
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