UITextView with .attributedText set to an NSAttributedString (to link part of the text) overriding accessibility

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my view controller has a UITextView whose attributedText I’m setting with a function that returns an NSAttributedString because a range of that string needs to be a link. I then attempt to set my accessibilityLabel to something different from that text as well as the trait to .link.

let textView = UITextView()
textView.attributedText = generateCustomAttributedText() // Contains link formatting
textView.isEditable = false
textView.isSelectable = true
textView.isScrollEnabled = false
textView.backgroundColor = .clear
textView.textContainerInset = .zero
textView.textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0

textView.isAccessibilityElement = true
textView.accessibilityElements = nil

textView.accessibilityLabel = "Tap to learn more about accessibility features."
textView.accessibilityTraits = .link

With this I’m expecting voiceover to read “Tap to learn more about accessibility features., Link” but instead voiceover is reading, “Tap to learn more about accessibility features., , Group”

What do I need to do to get voiceover to read my expected response?

soundflix · Accepted Answer · 2025-06-11 07:31:22Z

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From accessibilitytraits:

Combine the traits you select with the superclass’s traits. Specifically, always combine your custom traits with [super accessibilityTraits] in the method you use to set a custom element’s traits.

This means that, instead of replacing the existing traits with .link, you should do something like this:

textView.accessibilityTraits = textView.superview.accessibilityTraits.append(.link)

answered Jun 11 at 7:31

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