More Accessible Focus Indicators with Compose

Last summer, I wrote a blog post about focus management with Compose. Ever since, I’ve had drafts of this post, but I didn’t get to finalize it until now. The blog post is available in: It's All About (Accessibility) Focus And Compose. So, in this blog post, we’re talking about focus indicators and how to make them more accessible with Compose. But let’s first talk about focus indicators in general. Focus Indicators Focus indicators are, as the name suggests, indicators that show where keyboard focus currently is in the UI. They need to be visible so that keyboard and keyboard-emulating device users can navigate around the app effortlessly. An important thing to note is that the focus indicator I’m talking about here is not for the screen reader (e.g., TalkBack) focus. That is handled on the system level. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (the standard behind accessibility legislation and used with apps as well, despite the name) has some requirements for accessible focus…