[TextInputLayout] Issues with Talkback interaction

[kenzieFlick]

Description: I have been running into issues surrounding Talkback accessibility and the error message with the TextInputLayout. When Talkback-testing the accessibility of TextInputLayout, which surrounds a TextInputEditText, the TextInputLayout is interacting unusually with Talkback announcements. It announces the validation error message set on the text field whenever a character is being typed or deleted regardless of if the error is active or not.

Expected behavior: Using TextInputLayout in coordination with TextInputEditText should be announcing the character being typed and deleted in Talkback instead of announcing the error message of the text field. It should only announce the error message once on the text field when it is valid, not in multiple successions on any character addition or deletion.

Screenshots: Here it would read "invalid aisle" multiple times as I type or delete a character

Source code: The code snippet which is causing this issue. Please consider attaching a minimal sample app that reproduces the issue. Layout being used: `<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:id="@+id/single_text_input_layout" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="match_parent" app:helperTextEnabled="true" app:errorIconDrawable="@null" style="@style/textFieldLayout">

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/single_text_input_edit_text"
        style="@style/singleTextFieldEditText"/>

</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>`

Android API version: Marshmallow

Material Library version: 1.1.0-alpha10

Device: Device on which the bug was encountered here: Zebra TC51

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[kenzieFlick]

Actually avoided the the error icon by adding app:errorIconDrawable="@null" to the TextInputLayout

[ldjcmu]

Thanks for this report. We'll look into reducing the error verbalization in the case you originally described.

[kenzieFlick]

@ldjcmu Thank you so much!

[drchen]

Is this still an issue?

[drchen]

I'll close this due to no further update. Feel free to reopen it if this is still an issue. : )

[harshfast]

@drchen @kenzieFlick Yes, this is still an issue, how to fix it. Error text is announced on every input.