Drawer menu icon is not clickable when Android TalkBack screen reader is active

[dmathisen]

Current behavior

When Android "TalkBack" mode is enabled (screen reader accessibility feature), the Drawer menu icon is not clickable.

Expected behavior

Users should be able to navigate the app with the screen reader enabled.

Reproduction

https://snack.expo.dev/@winkleapp/drawer-navigation-|-react-navigation

See "Minimal example of drawer-based navigation" here, and run the snack link on Android.

To reproduce:

1. Open the snack on Android (I'm on Pixel 6a, Android v14)
2. In Settings -> Accessibility -> Screen Reader -> Enable TalkBack (screen reader). Note: click once to select UI elements and hear the description, then double click to "click" the element.
3. Everything on the screen is clickable EXCEPT for the hamburger menu icon. Nothing happens, making the app impossible to navigate.

Note: Ideally, the the screen reader would say something like "Menu icon to open drawer naviagation" when the user clicks the menu (using the accessibilityLabel prop).

Platform

• [X] Android
• [ ] iOS
• [ ] Web
• [ ] Windows
• [ ] MacOS

Packages

• [ ] @react-navigation/bottom-tabs
• [X] @react-navigation/drawer
• [ ] @react-navigation/material-top-tabs
• [ ] @react-navigation/stack
• [ ] @react-navigation/native-stack
• [ ] react-native-tab-view

Environment

• [x] I've removed the packages that I don't use

package	version
@react-navigation/native	6.1.18
@react-navigation/drawer	6.7.2
@react-navigation/native-stack	6.11.0
react-native-safe-area-context	4.10.5
react-native-screens	3.31.1
react-native-gesture-handler	2.16.1
react-native-reanimated	3.10.1
react-native	0.74.5
expo	51.0.34
node	20.12.0
npm	10.8.3

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Couldn't find version numbers for the following packages in the issue:

• @react-navigation/bottom-tabs
• @react-navigation/material-top-tabs
• @react-navigation/stack
• react-native-tab-view

Can you update the issue to include version numbers for those packages? The version numbers must match the format 1.2.3.