Android - Preventing TalkBack to read the application Name and current Orientation

Question

Problem is I am using TTS to read a long string message when my activity is launched, but TalkBack automatically reads the application name in the middle of it and cuts the long string and is very annoying.

I would like to disable the TalkBack read the Application name every time an activity is launched. Removing its android:label attribute is not a viable solution as the application is controlled by someone else and I have no control over it.

So, Is there any API that I could call to prevent the TalkBack feature from reading the application name when an application is launched?

Any Help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Regards, Ashok

Answer 1

You should add this to AndroidManifest.xml

<activity
            android:name="com.mobile.myapp.test"
            android:label="About"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" />

Leave android:label empty if you don't want TalkBack to read activity name.

Answer 2

A solution would be to override dispatchPopulateAccessibilityEvent() in Activity to return true. This will prevent Talkback from announcing activity label.