Accessible way to click both ListView row and Button in row?

Question

It's easy to make a row in a ListView do something when it is clicked. But add something else in the row--such as a Button or other control--that has an OnClickListener, and suddenly nothing happens when the row is clicked.

Before you close this question as a duplicate, I am perfectly aware that there are a number of StackOverflow questions about that. They generally either recommend setting the Button android:focusable="false" or setting android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants" on the ViewGroup containing the row Views.

These work, but one problem: if you're navigating with the keyboard (tabbing or arrow keys), it skips right over the Button.

Is there a way to solve the issue and allow people to "click" either row or Button without having to actually tap the touchscreen?

implement button clickListener for every row and created in Adapter. — AmmY, Sep 23 '16 at 04:10
For this you need to implement click listener for both button and main parent view of each row, it will help you — Vickyexpert, Sep 23 '16 at 05:09

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

Setting an OnClickListener on each row (instead of setting an item click listener for the ListView) did not help.

I did find some more info, such as using ListView.setItemsCanFocus(true) Using Android, how can I select rows from a ListView which contains Button controls and using beforeDescendants Focusable EditText inside ListView but can't get both the row and the button to be usable with a keyboard.

BUT it occurred to me to try and test out Gmail with a keyboard. I can't find a way to mark a row as a favorite (select the star). So apparently even they aren't making it fully accessible! Oh well. A lose cause I suppose.

Accessible way to click both ListView row and Button in row?

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