feat: Announce offline status

packages/editor/src/components/offline-status/index.native.js

@@ -1,27 +1,71 @@
 /**
  * External dependencies
  */
-import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import { AccessibilityInfo, Text, View } from 'react-native';
 
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
 import {
 	usePreferredColorSchemeStyle,
 	useNetworkConnectivity,
+	usePrevious,
 } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import { Icon } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { offline as offlineIcon } from '@wordpress/icons';
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
+import { useEffect } from '@wordpress/element';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import styles from './style.native.scss';
 
+/**
+ * Conditionally announces messages for screen reader users. This Hook provides
+ * two benefits over React Native's `accessibilityLiveRegion`:
+ *
+ * 1. It works on both iOS and Android.
+ * 2. It allows announcing a secondary message when the component is inactive.
+ *
+ * @param {string}  message                   The message to announce.
+ * @param {Object}  options                   Options for the Hook.
+ * @param {boolean} [options.isActive]        Whether the message should be announced.
+ * @param {string}  [options.inactiveMessage] The message to announce when inactive.
+ */
+function useAccessibilityLiveRegion( message, { isActive, inactiveMessage } ) {
+	const { announceForAccessibility } = AccessibilityInfo;
+	const prevIsActive = usePrevious( isActive );
+
+	useEffect( () => {
+		const unconditionalMessage = typeof isActive === 'undefined';
+		const initialRender = typeof prevIsActive === 'undefined';
+
+		if (
+			unconditionalMessage ||
+			( isActive && ! prevIsActive && ! initialRender )
+		) {
+			announceForAccessibility( message );
+		} else if ( ! isActive && prevIsActive && inactiveMessage ) {
+			announceForAccessibility( inactiveMessage );
+		}
+	}, [
+		message,
+		isActive,
+		prevIsActive,
+		inactiveMessage,
+		announceForAccessibility,
+	] );
+}
+
 const OfflineStatus = () => {
 	const { isConnected } = useNetworkConnectivity();
 
+	useAccessibilityLiveRegion( __( 'Network connection re-established' ), {
+		isActive: isConnected,
+		inactiveMessage: __( 'Network connection lost, working offline' ),
+	} );
+
 	const containerStyle = usePreferredColorSchemeStyle(
 		styles.offline,
 		styles.offline__dark
@@ -38,9 +82,18 @@ const OfflineStatus = () => {
 	);
 
 	return ! isConnected ? (
-		<View style={ containerStyle }>
-			<Icon fill={ iconStyle.fill } icon={ offlineIcon } />
-			<Text style={ textStyle }>{ __( 'Working Offline' ) }</Text>
+		<View
+			accessible
+			accessibilityRole="alert"
+			accessibilityLabel={ __(
+				'Network connection lost, working offline'
+			) }
+			style={ containerStyle }
+		>
+			<View style={ containerStyle }>
+				<Icon fill={ iconStyle.fill } icon={ offlineIcon } />
+				<Text style={ textStyle }>{ __( 'Working Offline' ) }</Text>
+			</View>
 		</View>
 	) : null;
 };

packages/editor/src/components/offline-status/test/index.native.js

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import { act, render, screen } from 'test/helpers';
+
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+import {
+	requestConnectionStatus,
+	subscribeConnectionStatus,
+} from '@wordpress/react-native-bridge';
+
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import OfflineStatus from '../index';
+import { AccessibilityInfo } from 'react-native';
+
+jest.mock( '../style.native.scss', () => ( {
+	'offline--icon': {
+		fill: '',
+	},
+} ) );
+
+describe( 'when network connectivity is unavailable', () => {
+	beforeAll( () => {
+		requestConnectionStatus.mockImplementation( ( callback ) => {
+			callback( false );
+			return { remove: jest.fn() };
+		} );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should display a helpful message', () => {
+		render( <OfflineStatus /> );
+
+		expect( screen.getByText( 'Working Offline' ) ).toBeVisible();
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should display an accessible message', () => {
+		render( <OfflineStatus /> );
+
+		expect(
+			screen.getByLabelText( 'Network connection lost, working offline' )
+		).toBeVisible();
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should announce network status', () => {
+		render( <OfflineStatus /> );
+
+		expect(
+			AccessibilityInfo.announceForAccessibility
+		).toHaveBeenCalledWith( 'Network connection lost, working offline' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should announce changes to network status', () => {
+		let subscriptionCallback;
+		subscribeConnectionStatus.mockImplementation( ( callback ) => {
+			subscriptionCallback = callback;
+			return { remove: jest.fn() };
+		} );
+		render( <OfflineStatus /> );
+
+		act( () => subscriptionCallback( { isConnected: false } ) );
+
+		expect(
+			AccessibilityInfo.announceForAccessibility
+		).toHaveBeenCalledWith( 'Network connection lost, working offline' );
+	} );
+} );
+
+describe( 'when network connectivity is available', () => {
+	beforeAll( () => {
+		requestConnectionStatus.mockImplementation( ( callback ) => {
+			callback( true );
+			return { remove: jest.fn() };
+		} );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should not display a helpful message', () => {
+		render( <OfflineStatus /> );
+
+		expect( screen.queryByText( 'Working Offline' ) ).toBeNull();
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should not announce network status', () => {
+		render( <OfflineStatus /> );
+
+		expect(
+			AccessibilityInfo.announceForAccessibility
+		).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should announce changes to network status', () => {
+		let subscriptionCallback;
+		subscribeConnectionStatus.mockImplementation( ( callback ) => {
+			subscriptionCallback = callback;
+			return { remove: jest.fn() };
+		} );
+		render( <OfflineStatus /> );
+
+		act( () => subscriptionCallback( { isConnected: false } ) );
+
+		expect(
+			AccessibilityInfo.announceForAccessibility
+		).toHaveBeenCalledWith( 'Network connection lost, working offline' );
+	} );
+} );