How to change talkback instructions for double tap to activate for RemoteView used in widgets?

Question

I am using a custom layout for RemoteView in widget. In talkback, it is currently speaking "double tap to activate" on imageview. But i want to replace the text with "double tap to open app". How can i get the above behavior in widgets?

Answer 1

I don't think this is possible with the current APIs. RemoteViews don't have methods to set AccessibilityNodeInfo .

Workaround would be to add this information to content description via RemoteViews#setContentDescription . Then the user would still receive the information as "Open app, double tap to activate"