iOS Bug: Accessibility: With VoiceOver on, text fields gain focus when touching them

[krille-chan]

Description

On iOS, when VoiceOver is on, controls should not immediately gain focus or be activated when touching them. Instead, a frame is put around the item, and VoiceOver speaks it. Only when then double-tapping anywhere on the screen, should the item that has the frame be activated/a tap simulated.

To Reproduce

1. Install FluffyChat.
2. Start VoiceOver accessibility feature.
3. Touch the FluffyChat icon and double-tap to activate.
4. Touch the text field that contains the Home Server address. If this is not a fresh install, touch and double-tap a room, then touch the text field at the bottom.

• Expected: VoiceOver should speak that this is a text field, but the keyboard should not come up yet. The keyboard should only come up and the cursor appear in the field if a double-tap is executed.
• Actual: Just touching the text field causes the cursor to be put into the field and the keyboard to appear.

Background: I suspect this is due to something causing the UIAccessibilityTraitSupportsDirectInteraction trait to be set on this element. This is either due to something in the FluffyChat code, or a problem in the way the widget gets translated to the native iOS accessibility information from Flutter. The key is the SupportsDirectInteraction part. This is not appropriate to use as a trait in this control, since VoiceOver provides its own functionality for cursor movement and other editing features. This trait should only be used on very rare occasions, for example the piano keys in GarageBand.

Additional information:

• Device: iPhone 11 Pro max.
• OS and OS version: iOS 14.4
• Installed version of FluffyChat: 1.0 from App Store.
• (Android only) Which store are you using:
• (Android only) Are Google Services available:

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