Office Hours — Today, December 19

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Dec 19
8:25 AM
Mark M.
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8:35 AM
Mario
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Mark M.
hello, Mario!
how can I help you today?
Mario
Hello Mark
My problem is quite serios
I'm struggling with it from some time
8:40 AM
Mario
I have the same problem, I can't send the click to list items
Mark M.
I have never worked with the accessibility APIs this way, so I cannot really help you directly
I will warn you that Google has been "cracking down" on apps that use the accessibility APIs for functionality that is not related to accessibility, so be careful
beyond that, you might look at posts related to UI Automator -- while that is a testing library and cannot itself be used here, UI Automator is based on the accessibility APIs, and it may give you some ideas
Mario
I'm trying to make an accessibility app
I've made a running app
Mark M.
cool!
Mario
the problem is that I'm stuck on that issue
8:45 AM
Mario
can;t send the click events to list items
Mark M.
like I said, I have not worked with those APIs (other than indirectly through UI Automator), so I have no practical experience with them
Mario
after a very unfortunate incident, my brother in law remained paralyzed
Mark M.
I am sorry to hear that
Mario
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yhe problem is when he tries to touch the smartphone's screen, he touches it in more than one point. I'm trying to make an application which will filter all the touches.
i'm not interested to publish the app on playstore, just to solve my brother in law problem
8:50 AM
Mark M.
understood -- unfortunately, other than what I have told you here, I do not have much advice
I do wish you luck with your project, though!
Mario
k, ty
i was trying to understand Talkback source code https://github.com/google/talkback
but without any luck
Mark M.
this is a fairly specialized area, so I am not surprised that there is little written about it
Mario
i don;t have much experience with other people code
can you give me some advice about reading open source code??
Mark M.
um, can you be more specific?
Mario
or link ??
other than trying things from other ppl code, idk how to use it
Mark M.
mostly, a project like that is just as a source of ideas or examples of how they used particular APIs
8:55 AM
Mario
good point
Mark M.
so if there was some method that you did not understand, you can search the project repo to see if they used it
Mario
sorry for disturbing you
Mark M.
I'm sorry for not being of greater use!
Mario
congrats for the commonsware project
Mark M.
thanks!
Mario
your material is wonderful and much better than the official one
have a nice day!
Mark M.
you too!
9:00 AM
Mario
do you have any idea who can I ask about my problem or how to get it solved?
by myself it doesn't seems that I'll be able to
Mark M.
if Google holds any developer events in your area, you could try attending one and see if you can develop some contacts
you could try asking a fresh Stack Overflow question, since the one that you linked to is a couple of years old and already has an accepted answer
you could try some of the other sites that I list at: https://commonsware.com/andglobe
you could request an invite at http://android-united.community/ if you like Slack (I'm not a member, so I do not have experience with this Slack community)
Mario
thx
i'm not a slack user either, but I'll try
9:10 AM
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