Decorative image - Android app accessibility testing checklist

How to test a decorative image

Gherkin Condensed

Given that I am on a screen with a decorative image

1 Keyboard

WHEN I use the arrow key to browse to a decorative image I SEE it ignores/skips the image completely
Then when I use the ctrl + tab key I SEE nothing happens because decorative images must NOT be focusable

2 Android screenreader

WHEN I use a screenreader AND I swipe to browse to an image
- I HEAR it ignores/skips the image completely

1 Keyboard actions

When I use	I see/hear
Arrow keys	Ignores/skips the image completely

2 Mobile screenreader gestures

When I use	I hear
Swipe	Ignores/skips the image completely

3 Screenreader output

Reads	I hear
Name	It ignores/skips the image completely

Usage

Decorative images are ignored by the screenreader.

Is this image decorative or informative?

If the image is included for purely stylistic purposes and doesn’t impart meaning to the rest of the content on the page, then the image is likely decorative.

Stock images of people are not decorative.

If the image conveys important meaning and no other text on the page explains the content within it, then use informative image.

Android Decorative image