Autofilling in the Blanks

If you have forms in your app that collect user information, autofill is one of the easiest accessibility wins you can add. Autofill is both an accessibility and a usability feature. And you can support it with just a few lines of code. What is Autofill? So, what is autofill, anyway? It's a technique that uses previously saved data to fill in text fields without having to type the full text. Typically, the data types are related to the user's name, address, email, or password, to mention a couple of examples. There are different autofill services for Android; some provide more data than others. Most of them are various password managers, but Google's service, for instance, also provides account-related data. You can find the autofill settings in your phone's settings. On Pixel, the setting group is called "Passwords, passkeys and accounts". You'll need to set a service as the preferred one to make autofill work properly. Autofill is also an accessibility feature. Let's look into that…