On Android 13+, when an IconButton does not have semantics, TalkBack tries to detect and announce the icon. This announcement is overly verbose. When the IconButton is within a semantics node, the app behaves as though there is another semantics node leading to an unwanted announcement.
In the example below, the scaffold body contains a first IconButton with the icon Icons.person without explicit semantics, and a second IconButton with the icon Icons.group wrapped in a Semantics widget that has a label and button role.
(Aside – this GitHub issue form/template is a bit odd in that it starts with "Steps to reproduce" rather than a description of the problem)
Expected results
The first IconButton should be announced as "detected, icon, person, button".
The second IconButton button should be announced per the semantics as "group, button". Then moving the accessibility focus to the next element should move to the next widget (the SegmentedButton widget in the example).
Actual results
The first IconButton is announced as "detected, icon, people, button, double tap to activate". The phrase "double tap to activate" should not be included in this announcement, which is inconsistent with other buttons.
The second IconButton is correctly announced when it receives the accessibility focus as "group, button". However, moving the accessibility focus to the next element keeps the focus rect on the button and announces "detected, icon, people, button, double tap to activate". This detected additional announcement for the second icon button should not occur as that icon button has explicit semantics.
Of course, the issue with the second button can be avoided by setting excludeSemantics: true but that seems like a workaround for what is incorrect behaviour.
Doctor output
```console
Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.19.5, on macOS 14.4.1 23E224 darwin-arm64, locale en-GB)
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 34.0.0)
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 15.3)
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
[✓] Android Studio (version 2023.2)
[✓] IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition (version 2024.1)
[✓] Connected device (4 available)
[✓] Network resources
• No issues found!
```
Thanks for the report. Seeing the same behavior as reported running on Android.
stable, master flutter doctor -v
```
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ios • iOS 14.4.1 18D61
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ios • iOS 14.4.1 18D61
• iPhone 12 Pro Max (mobile) • A5473606-0213-4FD8-BA16-553433949729 •
ios • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-14-3 (simulator)
• macOS (desktop) • macos •
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```
Steps to reproduce
On Android 13+, when an
IconButton
does not have semantics, TalkBack tries to detect and announce the icon. This announcement is overly verbose. When theIconButton
is within a semantics node, the app behaves as though there is another semantics node leading to an unwanted announcement.In the example below, the scaffold body contains a first
IconButton
with the iconIcons.person
without explicit semantics, and a secondIconButton
with the iconIcons.group
wrapped in aSemantics
widget that has a label and button role.(Aside – this GitHub issue form/template is a bit odd in that it starts with "Steps to reproduce" rather than a description of the problem)
Expected results
The first
IconButton
should be announced as "detected, icon, person, button".The second
IconButton
button should be announced per the semantics as "group, button". Then moving the accessibility focus to the next element should move to the next widget (theSegmentedButton
widget in the example).Actual results
The first
IconButton
is announced as "detected, icon, people, button, double tap to activate". The phrase "double tap to activate" should not be included in this announcement, which is inconsistent with other buttons.The second
IconButton
is correctly announced when it receives the accessibility focus as "group, button". However, moving the accessibility focus to the next element keeps the focus rect on the button and announces "detected, icon, people, button, double tap to activate". This detected additional announcement for the second icon button should not occur as that icon button has explicit semantics.Of course, the issue with the second button can be avoided by setting
excludeSemantics: true
but that seems like a workaround for what is incorrect behaviour.Code sample
Code sample
```dart import 'package:flutter/material.dart'; void main() { runApp(const MyApp()); } class MyApp extends StatelessWidget { const MyApp({super.key}); // This widget is the root of your application. @override Widget build(BuildContext context) { return const MaterialApp( title: 'Bug Demo', home: HomePage(title: 'Bug Demo'), ); } } class HomePage extends StatefulWidget { const HomePage({super.key, required this.title}); final String title; @override StateScreenshots or Video
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Flutter Doctor output
Doctor output
```console Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v): [✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.19.5, on macOS 14.4.1 23E224 darwin-arm64, locale en-GB) [✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 34.0.0) [✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 15.3) [✓] Chrome - develop for the web [✓] Android Studio (version 2023.2) [✓] IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition (version 2024.1) [✓] Connected device (4 available) [✓] Network resources • No issues found! ```