[Android] Improve Keyboard Accessibility: Support Spacebar for Android Gesture recognisers

src/Controls/src/Core/Platform/Android/Extensions/SemanticExtensions.cs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public static void UpdateSemanticNodeInfo(this View virtualView, AccessibilityNo
 			if (info == null)
 				return;
 
-			if (virtualView.TapGestureRecognizerNeedsDelegate())
+			if (virtualView.HasAccessibleTapGesture())
 				info.AddAction(AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat.AccessibilityActionCompat.ActionClick);
 		}
 
@@ -46,5 +46,9 @@ internal static void AddOrRemoveControlsAccessibilityDelegate(this View virtualV
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		internal static bool ControlsAccessibilityDelegateNeeded(this View virtualView)
+			=> virtualView.HasAccessibleTapGesture();
+
 	}
 }

src/Controls/src/Core/Platform/GestureManager/GesturePlatformManager.Android.cs

@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using Android.Content;
 using Android.Views;
+using AndroidX.AppCompat.Widget;
 using AndroidX.Core.View;
 using Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Internals;
 using Microsoft.Maui.Graphics;
+using static Android.Views.View;
 using AView = Android.Views.View;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Platform
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ class GesturePlatformManager : IDisposable
 		bool _disposed;
 		bool _inputTransparent;
 		bool _isEnabled;
+		bool? _focusableDefaultValue;
+		bool? _clickableDefaultValue;
 		protected virtual VisualElement? Element => _handler?.VirtualView as VisualElement;
 
 		View? View => Element as View;
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ ScaleGestureDetector InitializeScaleDetector()
 
 		bool ViewHasPinchGestures()
 		{
-			if (View == null)
+			if (View is null)
 				return false;
 
 			int count = View.GestureRecognizers.Count;
@@ -210,14 +214,63 @@ void SetupGestures()
 			}
 
 			// Always unsubscribe first to avoid duplicates
+
 			platformView.Touch -= OnPlatformViewTouched;
+			platformView.KeyPress -= OnKeyPress;
+
 
 			if (shouldAddTouchEvent)
 			{
 				platformView.Touch += OnPlatformViewTouched;
+
+				// If we have a TapGestureRecognizer, we need to handle key presses
+				if (View.HasAccessibleTapGesture())
+				{
+					platformView.KeyPress += OnKeyPress;
+					_focusableDefaultValue ??= platformView.Focusable;
+					_clickableDefaultValue ??= platformView.Clickable;
+					platformView.Focusable = true;
+					platformView.Clickable = true;
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				_focusableDefaultValue = null;
+				_clickableDefaultValue = null;
 			}
 		}
 
+		void OnKeyPress(object? sender, KeyEventArgs e)
+		{
+			if (e.Event?.Action != KeyEventActions.Up)
+			{
+				e.Handled = false;
+				return;
+			}
+
+			if (View is null || sender is not AView platformView)
+			{
+				e.Handled = false;
+				return;
+			}
+
+			if (e.KeyCode.IsConfirmKey() &&
+				View.HasAccessibleTapGesture(out var tapGestureRecognizer) &&
+				e.Event.HasNoModifiers)
+			{
+				if (!platformView.Enabled)
+				{
+					e.Handled = true;
+					return;
+				}
+
+				if (!e.Event.IsCanceled)
+					tapGestureRecognizer.SendTapped(View, (v) => Point.Zero);
+			}
+
+			e.Handled = false;
+		}
+
 		void OnPlatformViewTouched(object? sender, AView.TouchEventArgs e)
 		{
 			if (_disposed)
@@ -236,8 +289,15 @@ void OnPlatformViewTouched(object? sender, AView.TouchEventArgs e)
 		void SetupElement(VisualElement? oldElement, VisualElement? newElement)
 		{
 			var platformView = Control;
-			if (platformView != null)
+			if (platformView is not null)
+			{
+				platformView.Focusable = _focusableDefaultValue ?? platformView.Focusable;
+				platformView.Clickable = _clickableDefaultValue ?? platformView.Clickable;
+				_focusableDefaultValue = null;
+				_clickableDefaultValue = null;
 				platformView.Touch -= OnPlatformViewTouched;
+				platformView.KeyPress -= OnKeyPress;
+			}
 
 			_handler = null;
 			if (oldElement != null)

src/Controls/src/Core/Platform/GestureManager/GesturePlatformManager.iOS.cs

@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ void LoadRecognizers()
 
 			if (PlatformView != null &&
 				_handler.VirtualView is View v &&
-				v.TapGestureRecognizerNeedsDelegate() &&
+				v.HasAccessibleTapGesture() &&
 				(PlatformView.AccessibilityTraits & UIAccessibilityTrait.Button) != UIAccessibilityTrait.Button)
 			{
 				PlatformView.AccessibilityTraits |= UIAccessibilityTrait.Button;

src/Controls/src/Core/Platform/SemanticExtensions.cs

@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
-namespace Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Platform
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Platform
 {
 	public static partial class SemanticExtensions
 	{
-		internal static bool ControlsAccessibilityDelegateNeeded(this View virtualView)
-			=> virtualView.TapGestureRecognizerNeedsDelegate();
+		internal static bool HasAccessibleTapGesture(this View virtualView) =>
+			HasAccessibleTapGesture(virtualView, out _);
 
-		internal static bool TapGestureRecognizerNeedsDelegate(this View virtualView)
+		internal static bool HasAccessibleTapGesture(
+			this View virtualView,
+			[NotNullWhen(true)] out TapGestureRecognizer? tapGestureRecognizer)
 		{
 			foreach (var gesture in virtualView.GestureRecognizers)
 			{
 				//Accessibility can't handle Tap Recognizers with > 1 tap
 				if (gesture is TapGestureRecognizer tgr && tgr.NumberOfTapsRequired == 1)
 				{
+					tapGestureRecognizer = tgr;
 					return (tgr.Buttons & ButtonsMask.Primary) == ButtonsMask.Primary;
 				}
 			}
+			tapGestureRecognizer = null;
 			return false;
 		}
 	}

src/Core/src/Platform/Android/ViewExtensions.cs

@@ -806,5 +806,19 @@ void ShowSoftInput()
 
 			view.Post(ShowSoftInput);
 		}
+
+		internal static bool IsConfirmKey(this Keycode keyCode)
+		{
+			switch (keyCode)
+			{
+				case Keycode.DpadCenter:
+				case Keycode.Enter:
+				case Keycode.Space:
+				case Keycode.NumpadEnter:
+					return true;
+				default:
+					return false;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }