Talkback / voiceover not reading textformfield's hintText and Switch button

[DK15]

My sample app has two textformfields with hintText and a Switch widget.

When I turn ON talkback on Android emulator and select first textformfield, it's not reading Username hintText, it just reads Editbox, double tap to enter text, but when selecting second textformfield, it reads Password hintText properly, ie Password editbox, double tap to enter text.

When I double tap first textformfield, it then reads Editing Username editbox.

On iOS device, voiceover does not read first textformfield hintText when I select it (TextField, double tap to edit), but reads second textformfield hintText properly (Password textfield, double tap to edit).

Code:

TextFormField(
          keyboardType: TextInputType.text,
          decoration: InputDecoration(hintText: 'Username',
              contentPadding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20.0, 10.0, 20.0, 10.0),
              border: OutlineInputBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(32.0))
          ),
        ),
        TextFormField(
            keyboardType: TextInputType.text,
            decoration: InputDecoration(hintText: 'Password',
              contentPadding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20.0, 10.0, 20.0, 10.0),
              border: OutlineInputBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(32.0))
            ),
            obscureText: true,
        ),

• Android emulator : Nexus 5X (Android 8.0)

• iOS device : iphone 6s (11.2.1)

As a workaround, I used labelText instead of hintText, then the talkback reads the Username properly, like Username edit box, double tap to enter text, but another issue with this approach is that, then Password textformfield is read as Password Password edit box, double tap to enter text.

Regarding Switch widget, on Android emulator, when I select it, talkback reads properly as Not checked switch, double tap to toggle, but on iOS device, when I select the Switch widget, voiceover doesn't read anything. Double tapping on it reads as Selected. If I double tap on it again, the Switch button gets unselected, but voiceover still reads it as Selected.

Code for switch widget:

Switch(
              onChanged: (value) {
                setState(() {
                  isSwitched = value;
                });
              },
              activeColor: Colors.green,
              activeTrackColor: Colors.greenAccent,
              value: isSwitched,
            ),

Flutter doctor:

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, v1.7.8+hotfix.3, on Mac OS X 10.13.6 17G65, locale en-US)
    • Flutter version 1.7.8+hotfix.3 at /Users/deeptibelsare/Documents/Flutter-sdk/flutter
    • Framework revision b712a172f9 (2 months ago), 2019-07-09 13:14:38 -0700
    • Engine revision 54ad777fd2
    • Dart version 2.4.0

[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 28.0.3)
    • Android SDK at /Users/deeptibelsare/Library/Android/sdk
    • Android NDK location not configured (optional; useful for native profiling support)
    • Platform android-28, build-tools 28.0.3
    • Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1248-b01)
    ✗ Android license status unknown.
      Try re-installing or updating your Android SDK Manager.
      See https://developer.android.com/studio/#downloads or visit https://flutter.dev/setup/#android-setup for detailed instructions.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 9.4.1)
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Xcode 9.4.1, Build version 9F2000
    • CocoaPods version 1.7.0.beta.3

[!] iOS tools - develop for iOS devices
    • ios-deploy 2.0.0
    ✗ ios-deploy out of date (1.9.4 is required). To upgrade with Brew:
        brew upgrade ios-deploy

[✓] Android Studio (version 3.3)
    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
    • Flutter plugin version 34.0.1
    • Dart plugin version 182.5215
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1248-b01)

[✓] Connected device (1 available)
    • Android SDK built for x86 • emulator-5554 • android-x86 • Android 8.0.0 (API 26) (emulator)

! Doctor found issues in 2 categories.

[goderbauer]

I recently fixed those issues for textfield, but those are not in stable yet. Can you change your channel to master and check that it's working for you?

TalkBack reading your field as "Password, Password edit box, double tap to enter text" is expected and correct. It is reading the label "password" followed by the information that this is a "Password edit box" which will hide the user input.

[goderbauer]

/cc @jonahwilliams who, I think, was looking at the switch at some point.

[DK15]

@goderbauer Thanks for your response. I switched to master but still observed same issue.

[✓] Flutter (Channel master, v1.6.1-pre.14, on Mac OS X 10.13.6 17G65, locale en-US)
    • Flutter version 1.6.1-pre.14 at /Users/deeptibelsare/Documents/Flutter-sdk/flutter
    • Framework revision 6861c2cca0 (4 months ago), 2019-05-15 20:47:39 -0400
    • Engine revision dd65a8884e
    • Dart version 2.3.1 (build 2.3.1-dev.0.0 57c970d87a)

Another issue I observed was, on iOS, the voiceover doesn't read toast message. Would you have any inputs on this ?

[DK15]

@goderbauer I will open a separate issue for toast message for easier tracking.

[TahaTesser]

Hi @DK15
Are you still experiencing this issue with latest master channel?
Thank you

[DK15]

@TahaTesser I'll retest and share my updates here. Thanks.

[VladyslavBondarenko]

@DK15
I don't have devices with OS mentioned by you.
But with Redmi Note 7 Android 9 (API 28) hintText is read.
With iPhone 7 iOS 13.5 state of Switch button is read correctly.

Tried with dev 1.19.0-1.0.pre.

[no-response]

Without additional information, we are unfortunately not sure how to resolve this issue. We are therefore reluctantly going to close this bug for now. Please don't hesitate to comment on the bug if you have any more information for us; we will reopen it right away!
Thanks for your contribution.

[darshankawar]

This is working as intended. Closing.

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