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fix: Re-apply screen reader disabled button announcement with crash fix#87670

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Explanation of Change

Re-applies the screen reader fix from the reverted PR (#86888) that makes screen readers properly announce disabled button state, plus fixes the regression that caused the revert.

Screen reader fix (re-applied from #86888):

  • BaseGenericPressable.tsx: Changed disabled={fullDisabled}disabled={fullDisabled || undefined} so React Native's Pressable doesn't overwrite accessibilityState.disabled when the button is not fully disabled
  • index.tsx (web): Added a useLayoutEffect to imperatively set aria-disabled on the DOM element, since react-native-web's Pressable always derives aria-disabled from its own disabled prop

Crash fix (prevents deploy blocker #87629):

  • TimezoneInitialPage.tsx: Changed disabled={timezone.automatic}disabled={!!timezone.automatic} — the backend may return timezone.automatic as a string (e.g. "true"), which crashes native when passed to accessibilityState.disabled (expects boolean)
  • TimezoneSelectPage.tsx: Same coercion for isDisabled prop
  • SamlLoginSectionContent.tsx: Same coercion for domainSettings?.twoFactorAuthRequired

Fixed Issues

$ #76908
PROPOSAL: #76908 (comment)

Tests

  1. Using a screen reader (JAWS/VoiceOver), navigate to a disabled button (e.g. the "Next" button in Workspace > Workflows > Add Approval Workflow before selecting an expense source)
  2. Verify the screen reader announces the button as disabled (e.g. "Next, disabled, button" on Windows or "Next, dimmed, button" on macOS/iOS)
  3. Navigate to Profile > Timezone while offline
  4. Verify the app does NOT crash (this was the regression from the previous attempt)
  5. Verify the timezone selection menu item is correctly disabled when automatic timezone is on
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

  1. Enable airplane mode / disconnect from network
  2. Navigate to Profile > Timezone
  3. Verify the page loads without crashing
  4. Verify the timezone menu item is disabled when automatic timezone is toggled on

QA Steps

  1. Using a screen reader (JAWS on Windows, VoiceOver on macOS/iOS, TalkBack on Android), navigate to Workspace > Workflows > Add Approval Workflow
  2. TAB to the disabled "Next" button and verify it announces as disabled
  3. Navigate to Profile > Timezone while offline — verify no crash
  4. Toggle automatic timezone on, verify the timezone selection item is announced as disabled
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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    • I turned off my network connection and tested it while offline to ensure it matches the expected behavior (i.e. verify the default avatar icon is displayed if app is offline)
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    • Android: Native
    • Android: mWeb Chrome
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Android: Native
Android: mWeb Chrome
iOS: Native
iOS: mWeb Safari
MacOS: Chrome / Safari

Re-applies the changes from the reverted PR that fixed screen readers not
announcing disabled state of buttons. Additionally coerces non-boolean
disabled values to booleans in TimezoneInitialPage, TimezoneSelectPage,
and SamlLoginSectionContent to prevent the native crash that caused the
previous revert.

Co-authored-by: Rory Abraham <roryabraham@users.noreply.github.com>
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codecov bot commented Apr 10, 2026

Codecov Report

✅ Changes either increased or maintained existing code coverage, great job!

Files with missing lines Coverage Δ
...cPressable/implementation/BaseGenericPressable.tsx 79.27% <100.00%> (+0.18%) ⬆️
src/pages/domain/Saml/SamlLoginSectionContent.tsx 0.00% <ø> (ø)
src/pages/settings/Profile/TimezoneInitialPage.tsx 0.00% <ø> (ø)
src/pages/settings/Profile/TimezoneSelectPage.tsx 0.00% <ø> (ø)
...ressable/GenericPressable/implementation/index.tsx 0.00% <0.00%> (ø)
... and 36 files with indirect coverage changes

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