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This was a follow-up to #165195 and part of issue #165510

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Developer warning message in SemanticService.announce is not clear when using internal flutter widgets.

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Developers see non-actionable warning messages when Accessibility Services are on and developers are using widgets like TimePicker, DatePicker, ExpansionTile, and Form.

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When opening the time picker, the corrected warning message should show.

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Updates the developer message to include the flutter topline tracking
bug to reduce confusion when using Flutter widgets that use announce.

Example output from logcat:
```
Using AnnounceSemanticsEvent for accessibility is deprecated on Android. Migrate to using semantic properties for a more robust and accessible user experience.
Flutter: If you are unsure why you are seeing this bug, it might be because you are using a widget that calls this method. See flutter#165510 for more details.
Android documentation: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View#announceForAccessibility(java.lang.CharSequence)
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This pull request was opened from and to a release candidate branch. This should only be done as part of the official Flutter release process. If you are attempting to make a regular contribution to the Flutter project, please close this PR and follow the instructions at Tree Hygiene for detailed instructions on contributing to Flutter.

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@github-actions github-actions Bot added platform-android Android applications specifically engine flutter/engine related. See also e: labels. labels Apr 21, 2025

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LGTM. Cherrypick approved.

@matanlurey matanlurey added the autosubmit Merge PR when tree becomes green via auto submit App label Apr 21, 2025
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