iphone - Ignoring the dynamic type in iOS: Accessibility

Question

Is there a way to completely ignore dynamic type/font size settings in iOS apps? I mean is there a way like a plist entry so that I can disable it completely. I understand there is a notification we can observe and re-configure the font whenever there is change in the settings. I am looking for a simpler solution. I am using iOS8. Thanks.

Answer 1

There's no need to swizzle UIApplication. Just subclass UIApplication and provide your own implementation of preferredContentSizeCategory:

Swift:

class MyApplication: UIApplication {

    override var preferredContentSizeCategory: UIContentSizeCategory {
        get { return UIContentSizeCategory.large }
    }
}

UIApplicationMain(
    CommandLine.argc,
    CommandLine.unsafeArgv,
    NSStringFromClass(MyApplication.self),
    NSStringFromClass(AppDelegate.self)
)

Objective-C:

@interface MyApplication : UIApplication
@end

@implementation MyApplication

- (UIContentSizeCategory) preferredContentSizeCategory
{
    return UIContentSizeCategoryLarge;
}

@end

int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
    @autoreleasepool {
        return UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, NSStringFromClass([MyApplication class]), NSStringFromClass([AppDelegate class]));
    }
}