N-ARIA: Native Mobile Accessibility, part 4 of 9

Sensible Mobile Guidelines Against WCAG 2.2

MobA11y · October 24, 2026

A large circle, Sensible Mobile Accessibility Guidelines, partly overlapping a small circle, WCAG 2.2

WCAG 2.2 was written for the web. Much of it carries over to mobile, but not all of it, and it doesn't cover everything a phone needs.

Where they overlap: text alternatives, contrast, names and roles, reaching everything without touch.
WCAG outside mobile: some criteria assume a browser, a mouse pointer or pages with URLs, and fit an app awkwardly.
Mobile outside WCAG: system text sizes far past 200%, VoiceOver and TalkBack gestures, custom actions, Switch Control and accessibility focus.

So meeting WCAG 2.2 is a floor, not the goal. The goal is an app that works with the accessibility settings people actually turn on.

Next in the series

Part 5
Large Text Breaks Layouts
Turn the system text size all the way up and most apps fall apart in one of three ways.
Part 6
Five Fixes for Large Text
When a list breaks at large text, pick the fix that keeps the most meaning in the least space.