Android - prevent TalkBack from announcing TextView title aloud

Question

I am developing an accessible android application where people would be using Explore by Touch and TalkBack accessibility services to use my application.

This is my

Answer 1

I had a similar problem. I eventually solved it by using the setAccessibilityDelegate method and overriding View.AccessibilityDelegate's performAccessibilityAction method.

try this:

View forename = findViewById(R.id.forename);

forename.setAccessibilityDelegate(new AccessibilityDelegate() {
  public boolean performAccessibilityAction (View host, int action, Bundle args){
    return true;
  }
});