iOS change accessibility focus.

Question

is there a way to set the accessibility focus programatically (App Store-safe)? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

extension UIAccessibility {
    static func setFocusTo(_ object: Any?) {
        if UIAccessibility.isVoiceOverRunning {
            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.8) {
                UIAccessibility.post(notification: .layoutChanged, argument: object)
            }
        }
    }
}

Add this extension and call it by passing in the view you would like to be focused. If you would like to change focus when navigating using a tabbar, you can call this from viewWillAppear. This code wont work in any init method without a the delay of 0.7 or more.