Getting Started

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Quickly identify accessibility issues in your Android application.

The axe DevTools Android library lets your team find accessibility issues before they ship in production. Build the library into your application for manual testing or against your UI or unit tests. View the results from your scans in the axe DevTools Mobile dashboard.

axe DevTools supports XML layouts within manual and automated testing. Compose support is available only within Espresso UI tests.

Once you've imported the library laid out below, refer to the XML layout and Compose layout setup pages for implementation guidance.

Requires:

Android API 22 or higher

Username and Password for the axe DevTools Mobile Dashboard

Import The Library

Using Maven Central

Inside the project's build.gradle file add mavenCentral to the repositories list. This may be within the buildscript block, or the allprojects block.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

Using Artifactory

View the instructions for using artifactory.

Implementation

In the application build.gradle file, add:

implementation 'com.deque.android:axe-devtools-android:2.2.0'

and

android {
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
        
        //For Espresso Tests:
        exclude 'META-INF/AL2.0' 
        exclude 'META-INF/LGPL2.1'
    }
}

also, make sure there is Internet permission in the AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

Working Example

Below is a complete sample application build.gradle file.

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    buildToolsVersion "29.0.2"

    dataBinding {
        enabled = true
    }

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example.myapplication"
        minSdkVersion 22
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
        
        //For Espresso Tests:
        exclude 'META-INF/AL2.0' 
        exclude 'META-INF/LGPL2.1'
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])

    implementation 'com.deque.android:axe-devtools-android:2.2.0'

    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
}

Sample Application

Download our sample application on GitHub. Add your Deque credentials and follow the README to get started running scans right away. This application is inaccessible to showcase the axe DevTools Mobile implementation steps and its issue detection.