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SemanticsService

Allows access to the platform's accessibility services.

Methods​

announce_message(message, rtl, assertiveness)​

Sends a semantic announcement with the given message. This should preferably be used for announcement that are not seamlessly announced by the system as a result of a UI state change.

rtl is a boolean and indicates the text direction of the message.

The assertiveness level of the announcement is only supported by the web engine and has no effect on other platforms. Value is an Assertiveness enum and can either be Assertiveness.ASSERTIVE or Assertiveness.POLITE (default).

Defaults to False.

announce_tooltip(message)​

Sends a semantic announcement of a tooltip. Currently honored on Android only. The provided message will be read by TalkBack.