Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

Android Accessibility Service (AccessibilityService, Android a11y Service)

The Android Accessibility Service is a system-level API that lets an app observe and interact with the UI of other applications on the device, exposing the hierarchical view tree (class names, text, b…

• Accessibility API
• Mobile Accessibility
• Assistive Technology
• Android development

contentDescription (content description, android:contentDescription)

An Android accessibility attribute that provides a text description for UI elements, particularly those without visible text such as ImageButtons and ImageViews. When set, TalkBack and other Android s…

• mobile accessibility
• Android development
• screen readers