​Making App Accessibility Straightforward for Mobile Developers

​A collaborative meetup by Flutter Berlin, Kotlin User Group Berlin and CocoaHeads Berlin.

​Meet the speakers:

• ​Manuele Sakura Rommel and Matthias Geisler  (Host & Moderators)

• ​Paul van Workum - Accessibility expert and founder of Appt

• ​Mike Slinkman - Accessibility Engineer

​Paul — Strategy & Culture

​Accessibility Foundations: From Strategy to Real Impact

​Accessibility isn't compliance only, it's a competitive advantage waiting to happen. Paul pulls back the curtain on why iOS, Android, and web require completely different approaches, and why most teams treat them the same. You will discover the maturity model that shows exactly where your team stands and how to level up. But here's the real insight: automated testing catches 30% of issues, but real users with screen readers reveal the gaps that matter most.

​Key Insights

• ​Platform differences that cost you hours of rework

• ​Maturity level and test approach.

• ​Scalable quick wins

​Mike — Technical Implementation

​Building bridges in the world of accessibility: The Developer's Playbook

​Paul showed you the why. Now Mike shows you the how — with code.

​Understanding how the accessibility bridge works is essential for building apps that are genuinely accessible. In this session, Mike breaks down what actually happens under the hood across native apps, and cross-platform frameworks — and why the same code can behave differently on Android and iOS.

​You’ll learn:

• ​How accessibility bridges work across native, and cross-platform apps

• ​Why Android and iOS handle the same code differently — and what to do about it

• ​The most common pitfalls where bridging silently fails or produces unexpected behaviour

​Accessibility doesn't require reinventing your UI; it requires being explicit about what you built. Mike will live-scan a real app, catching bugs in seconds that would cost days to find manually, and show you exactly how to integrate accessibility testing into your CI/CD pipeline — so issues die in code review, not production.

​Key Insights

• ​Live scan real app, find real issues

• ​Abra SDK: catch 30% of issues before shipping

​We thank Abra for their support!

​Abra will generously a free Accessibility handbook for every participant. They themself are leaders in app accessibility knowledge and test automation.

The Event is Hosted by the Hedwig-Dohm-Haus I.G. and HU-I