Use case

On the current documentation of Flutter for link property of SemanticsProperties class, the links were read as button not as links.

If non-null, indicates that this subtree represents a link.

iOS's VoiceOver provides users with a unique hint when a link is focused. Android's Talkback will announce a link hint the same way it does a button.

As documented in the Android Accessibility Help page, the design now allows links and hyperlinks to be read as links:

Design

When using TalkBack to speak text containing a hyperlink, a well implemented user interface produces an auditory icon as the hyperlinked text is spoken, and the linked text appears in the "Links" sub-menu of TalkBack's local context menu.

Previously, a GitHub ticket was filed regarding this issue but was close because it was WAI per this comment:

This was addressed in another issue also for customer: money (g3) : #36306
Link was specifically used as a button since android doesn't offer a link option in the a11y class name.
Further reference:

• https://github.com/flutter/engine/pull/12453/files
• https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Button

I think this is WAI since we intentionally did this because Android doesn't have an explicit 'link'.

Proposal

Support to announce links and hyperlinks as links not as buttons in A11Y.