Xcode accessibility guidelines

Thank you for your prompt reply, and added info. about what you are looking for, for your students.

Hopefully, now your discussion is underway, we may attract replies from those with more expertise.

All I came up with was: Configuring your first Xcode Cloud workflow | Apple Developer Documentation although seems it is written for all x-coders.

and

an article about accessibility to Xcode using Voice Over

http://maccessibility.net/2014/10/24/xcode-accessibility

Re: What I'm after are the Apple recommended instructions for how someone with a disability is to use Xcode.

If what you are after does not appear here : You may want to reach out to Apple:

Eg: Apple provides an Accessibility Support website with a "Get support - start now" contact link for online chat / phone / email etc. Accessibility Support - Official Apple Support

I am not aware of anything specific to Xcode, and nothing shows for the usual searches.

AFAIK, it’s all integrated with and part of the same platform accessibility: Accessibility - Apple

But…

This ASC forum isn’t the best spot for Xcode questions.

The Xcode questions are mostly over in: Apple Developer Forums

And here, I’d likely go directly to the Apple folks that support Xcode: Support - Apple Developer

Let us know what they tell you.

Hi Thomas Dean1,

Re: Xcode accessibility guidelines

Am no expert in this area : Wondering if you have seen this Xcode resource (link below)

Accessibility Resources - Apple Developer :

Also: https://dev.to/mauro_codes/accessibility-on-ios-28fn has interesting accessibility tips

All the best :-)

Thomas Dean1 wrote:

I'm allowing students to use XCode in my class.

The best students have been using Xcode in your class the whole time.

This is a second year course on data structures (e.g. linked lists) and the students are not writing apps, just simple little programs that insert 5 values into a linked list and print them.

That's not what Xcode is for. It's for writing apps. Furthermore, it's a professional and extremely complicated tool. There are actually few "app developers" who use it. Most of them use some cross-platform tool like Electron, Flutter, QT, etc. That stuff is junk, but they don't care. They view their users as junk so they choose their tools to match.

It would be better to use Terminal and command line tools.

My university syllabus template requires me to list the urls for accessibility guidelines for using each tool. So far all my searches find accessibility guidelines for writing apps, but I have not been able to find a url for the accessibility for Xcode itself. I was hoping for somthing under Xcode | Apple Developer Documentation, but not able to find it at this point in time.

There's nothing like that for Xcode.

Apple makes products for the consumer market, not the education or government markets. It's just a different world. It's not a good fit for university at all. If you actually did have students that needed these features then they would probably already know about them.

It's actually pretty funny when real-world students with accessibility issues encounter university bureaucracy. They are light years ahead. But yes. I know what you mean. There are forms to be filled out and documentation required. These are the kinds of institutional barriers that make learning more difficult for these students. Ignore the university dictates. If you have any students that really need accessibility features, then you should consider them the experts in these matters. For other students, don't allow Xcode. They can't handle Xcode. The few that can will use Xcode regardless of whether you allow it, and will excel because of it.

Thank you for joining the discussion, and for your thoughtful input, MrHoffman

Thank you kindly for replying, and for letting us know. Cheers :-)