Why this is helpful

• Contains device agnostic guidelines for designing mobile content
• Provides sample code for iOS, Android, and HTML
• Lists accessibility testing procedures

The BBC Mobile Accessibility Standards and Guidelines provide users with a comprehensive list of usability and accessibility best practices for designing mobile content. Though intended for use by BBC employees and suppliers, this interactive web app is available to anyone involved in the mobile development process. The standards and practices are divided into 11 categories, each containing device agnostic guidance, along with accessibility testing procedures and sample code for HTML, iOS, and Android devices. These guidelines are part of the larger set of BBC Future Media Standards and Guidelines.

Additional details

The guidelines start with these principles:

• Use platform and web standards as intended
• Use standard user interface controls where possible
• Support platform accessibility

The guidelines include sections for

• Audio and video
• Design
• Editorial
• Focus
• Forms
• Images
• Links
• Notifications
• Scripts and dynamic content
• Structure
• Text Equivalents

There is also a section on How to Test

Links to the article

• BBC Future Media Standards Home
• BBC Mobile guidelines introduction
• BBC Mobile guidelines details (Web app)