Mobile accessibility: testing mobile sites and native apps for accessibility

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A practical mobile testing methodology lays out five steps, recommends testing on real devices (iPhone/Safari, iPad/Safari, Android/Chrome) and shows many real failures: counted traps like exit trap, scroll/zoom traps, text‑to‑speech and headset traps, and layer traps that block progress. Touch gestures must have alternate accessible actions; assistive features (VoiceOver, TalkBack, zoom, invert colors) are tested step‑by‑step. Full test cases and guidelines live on the AccessibilityOz site.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:46Color contrast
3. 3:29In-app settings
4. 4:42Introduction
5. 7:24Mobile accessibility features
6. 8:09System accessibility settings
7. 8:57WCAG2.1 page variations
8. 12:19Test with real devices
9. 14:15Testing methods - Mobile Sites There are four main testing methods in mobile testing
10. 14:58Testing methods – Native App There are two main testing methods in mobile testing
11. 15:29Mobile Site Testing Methodology Overview
12. 15:56Native App Testing Methodology Overview
13. 16:07Identify devices
14. 18:34Example of a desktop site
15. 19:07Steps to identify an m.dot site
16. 19:44Example desktop site
17. 20:13Example m.dot site
18. 21:41Example of a responsive web site – mobile
19. 23:03Variations of a page
20. 24:21Common elements to test • Real-time updates
21. 24:56New features means new traps
22. 25:39Exit trap
23. 26:37Swipe / Scroll trap
24. 27:42Text-to-speech trap
25. 28:24Headset trap
26. 29:04Layer trap
27. 30:25Examples of touch gestures
28. 30:39Alternative, accessible gestures must
29. 30:56Examples of alternative, accessible gestures
30. 31:06About this requirement
31. 32:05Pass Example
32. 33:36Alternatives
33. 36:05Spacing
34. 36:38Non-standard UI
35. 37:34Navigational aids
36. 38:47Field labels
37. 39:35Test mobile assistive technology and features

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