Developing Inclusive Mobile Apps: Building Accessible Apps for iOS and Android

© Rob Whitaker 2020

R. WhitakerDeveloping Inclusive Mobile Appshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5814-9_9

9. iOS Accessibility Features – Physical and Motor

Rob Whitaker¹ 

(1)

Derby, UK

 

Physical and motor considerations assist people who struggle with multi-touch gestures; if, for example, someone had three fingers, they may need assistance to perform a four-finger gesture. Through to people who may have virtually no motor control at all, where switch control or voice control may help make the best use of what movement your user has available to them.

Assistive Touch

Assistive touch renders a small movable on-screen home button-like tap target (Figure 9-1), which expands to further options on tap (Figure 9-2 and Figure 9-3). This feature is excellent ...