UILabel with pattern image textColor can't be made accessible

Could you show the complete code for the label, so that we can test also ?

Does it occur only with gradient or with any color ?

This may help as well:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54187062/how-to-programmatically-set-accessibilitylabel-on-uilabel

I found this in API doc ; did not test but wondered (may be totally out of purpose) if setting the color as a pattern could make label behave as container ?

… a view that merely serves as a container for other items that you want to be accessible. Implement the UIAccessibilityContainer protocol and set this property to false.

isAccessibilityElement

The default value for this property is false unless the element is a standard UIKit control, in which case, the value is true.  Assistive apps can get information only about objects that accessibility elements represent. Therefore, if you implement a custom control or view that you want to be accessible to users with disabilities, set this property to true. The only exception to this practice is a view that merely serves as a container for other items that you want to be accessible. Implement the UIAccessibilityContainer protocol and set this property to false.

Hi, thanks for the answer!

Its just a standard UILabel where I did override the layoutSubviews function to generate the gradient for the views frame.

It does occur with any patternImage UIColor, not only with the gradient. So for testing, you can even use a SFSymbol as the image. Here is everything you need:

class BGStyledLabel : UILabel {
    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()
        self.textColor = UIColor(patternImage: UIImage.init(systemName: "folder.fill")!) // This will break VoiceOver for this label
        // self.textColor = UIColor.white // VoiceOver would work just fine if this is all you do
    }
}

Checked the accessibilityContainerType property, which always stays on none.

Can you reproduce that?

Best, Klemens

Here is what I used which doesn't require images directly:

class GradientLabel: UILabel {
   
  var gradientColors: [CGColor] = []
  var gradientLocations: [CGFloat] = []
   
  override func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {
     
    self.textColor = drawGradientColor(in: rect, colors: gradientColors, locations: gradientLocations)
     
    super.drawText(in: rect)
  }

  private func drawGradientColor(in rect: CGRect, colors: [CGColor], locations: [CGFloat]) -> UIColor? {
    let currentContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
    currentContext?.saveGState()
    defer { currentContext?.restoreGState() }

    let size = rect.size
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, 0)
    guard let gradient = CGGradient(colorsSpace: CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(),
                    colors: colors as CFArray,
                    locations: locations) else { return nil }
     
    let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
    context?.drawLinearGradient(gradient,
                  start: CGPoint(x: 0.0, y: 0.0),
                  end: CGPoint(x: size.width, y: 0.0),
                  options: [])
    let gradientImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    guard let image = gradientImage else { return nil }
    return UIColor(patternImage: image)
  }
}

After implementing you set the gradientColors and gradientLocations properties. You can change the gradient direction by setting "start:" and "end:" in context?.drawLinearGradient