This is a very short recap of accessibility testing features for Android that were announced at Google IO. This also includes links to the official resources.

1. Google IO
Accessibility
Ted Drake, Intuit Accessibility

2. Testing
Major announcements were made about automated accessibility tests being incorporated into Espresso and Roblectric

3. Espresso 2.2+
• Standardized a11y unit tests available
@Before
public void setUp() {
AccessibilityChecks.enable();
}
Espresso: https://developer.android.com/tools/testing-support-library/index.html#Espresso
AccessibilityChecks: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/test/espresso/contrib/AccessibilityChecks.html
Enabling AccessibilityChecks will run through the app and check for accessibility errors.
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4. Robolectric
• Also include AccessibilityChecks
@Test
@AccessibilityChecks
public void testFooBar…
Sample Result:
View is missing speakable text needed for a screen reader
java.lang.RuntimeException: View has accessibility issues.
Robolectric: http://robolectric.org/
Robolectric + AccessibilityChecks: https://github.com/robolectric/robolectric/blob/master/robolectric-annotations/src/main/java/org/robolectric/annotation/
AccessibilityChecks.java

5. This is not yet available. It’s an app that you install on the device. It adds a floating button to the screen. You then open an app and press the button. This generates a full
report of accessibility issues and should include web view issues.

6. Pressing the test button triggers a full report.
This is not yet available. I don’t know if you can export the report. I believe it can detect errors within a web view.