--- title: Beyond Font Scaling: Large Content Viewer with Compose description: When bottom navigation bars with multiple items can't scale text properly for accessibility, an iOS-inspired large content viewer offers an alternative. This... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/beyond-font-scaling-large-content-viewer-with-compose-wxiiics8o twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Beyond Font Scaling: Large Content Viewer with Compose | daily.dev og:description: When bottom navigation bars with multiple items can't scale text properly for accessibility, an iOS-inspired large content viewer offers an alternative. This... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/beyond-font-scaling-large-content-viewer-with-compose-wxiiics8o og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Wxiiics8o.png og:image:alt: Beyond Font Scaling: Large Content Viewer with Compose og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Beyond Font Scaling: Large Content Viewer with Compose **[ProAndroidDev](https://daily.dev/sources/pand)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary When bottom navigation bars with multiple items can't scale text properly for accessibility, an iOS-inspired large content viewer offers an alternative. This implementation uses Jetpack Compose's InteractionSource to detect long presses on navigation items, displaying a centered preview with scalable text when font sizes exceed 100%. The solution addresses WCAG 1.1.4 compliance by allowing text resize up to 200% without assistive technology, though it's limited to pointer-based interaction and may have discoverability challenges. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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