Benefits of Making Your Apps Accessible

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Shows concrete wins: Foot Locker fixes make the app look and behave better, cost little developer time, and cut legal risk; cites 62 million Android users who benefit and rising ADA suits. Demos use actual tools and code — Accessibility Scanner, TalkBack, Espresso accessibility checks — and concrete fixes: add a contentDescription and 48dp touch targets, fix contrast ratios to 4.5:1, use AndroidX/Kotlin and ConstraintLayout to ship working changes.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:57I'm going to talk about... Types of disabilities Why do all the work Available guidelines and standards Examples How to test your app How to improve your app
3. 8:07What is WCAG? WCAG defines 3 levels of compliance: A, AA, and AAA Most guidelines are meant for websites and web apps
4. 12:42How to improve your app Content descriptions - 1.1.1 Non-text Content Level A Touch targets - 2.5.5 Target Size Level AAA(Added in 2.1) Color contrast - 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) Level AA

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