[web] move AccessibilityAnnouncements into SemanticsOwner

lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/platform_dispatcher.dart

@@ -688,9 +688,10 @@ class EnginePlatformDispatcher extends ui.PlatformDispatcher {
       case 'flutter/accessibility':
         // In widget tests we want to bypass processing of platform messages.
         const StandardMessageCodec codec = StandardMessageCodec();
-        // TODO(yjbanov): Dispatch the announcement to the correct view?
-        //                https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/137445
-        implicitView?.accessibilityAnnouncements.handleMessage(codec, data);
+        final EngineSemantics semantics = EngineSemantics.instance;
+        if (semantics.semanticsEnabled) {
+          semantics.accessibilityAnnouncements.handleMessage(codec, data);
+        }
         replyToPlatformMessage(callback, codec.encodeMessage(true));
         return;
 

lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/semantics/live_region.dart

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 
-import '../platform_dispatcher.dart';
 import 'accessibility.dart';
 import 'label_and_value.dart';
 import 'semantics.dart';
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ class LiveRegion extends RoleManager {
 
   AccessibilityAnnouncements get _accessibilityAnnouncements =>
       _accessibilityAnnouncementsOverride ??
-      EnginePlatformDispatcher.instance.implicitView!.accessibilityAnnouncements;
+      EngineSemantics.instance.accessibilityAnnouncements;
 
   @override
   void update() {

lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/semantics/semantics.dart

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import '../platform_dispatcher.dart';
 import '../util.dart';
 import '../vector_math.dart';
 import '../window.dart';
+import 'accessibility.dart';
 import 'checkable.dart';
 import 'dialog.dart';
 import 'focusable.dart';
@@ -1938,6 +1939,19 @@ class EngineSemantics {
 
   static EngineSemantics? _instance;
 
+  /// The tag name for the accessibility announcements host.
+  static const String announcementsHostTagName = 'flt-announcement-host';
+
+  /// Implements verbal accessibility announcements.
+  final AccessibilityAnnouncements accessibilityAnnouncements =
+      AccessibilityAnnouncements(hostElement: _initializeAccessibilityAnnouncementHost());
+
+  static DomElement _initializeAccessibilityAnnouncementHost() {
+    final DomElement host = createDomElement(announcementsHostTagName);
+    domDocument.body!.append(host);
+    return host;
+  }
+
   /// Disables semantics and uninitializes the singleton [instance].
   ///
   /// Instances of [EngineSemanticsOwner] are no longer valid after calling this

lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/view_embedder/dom_manager.dart

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import 'style_manager.dart';
 ///   |    |    |    |
 ///   |    |    |    +- <flt-scene>
 ///   |    |    |
-///   |    |    +- [announcementsHost] <flt-announcement-host>
-///   |    |    |
 ///   |    |    +- <style>
 ///   |    |
 ///   |    +- ...platform views
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ class DomManager {
     final DomElement sceneHost = domDocument.createElement(DomManager.sceneHostTagName);
     final DomElement textEditingHost = domDocument.createElement(DomManager.textEditingHostTagName);
     final DomElement semanticsHost = domDocument.createElement(DomManager.semanticsHostTagName);
-    final DomElement announcementsHost = createDomElement(DomManager.announcementsHostTagName);
 
     // Root element children.
     rootElement.appendChild(platformViewsHost);
@@ -71,7 +68,6 @@ class DomManager {
     // Rendering host (shadow root) children.
 
     renderingHost.append(sceneHost);
-    renderingHost.append(announcementsHost);
 
     // Styling.
 
@@ -106,7 +102,6 @@ class DomManager {
       sceneHost: sceneHost,
       textEditingHost: textEditingHost,
       semanticsHost: semanticsHost,
-      announcementsHost: announcementsHost,
     );
   }
 
@@ -117,7 +112,6 @@ class DomManager {
     required this.sceneHost,
     required this.textEditingHost,
     required this.semanticsHost,
-    required this.announcementsHost,
   });
 
   /// The tag name for the Flutter View root element.
@@ -135,9 +129,6 @@ class DomManager {
   /// The tag name for the semantics host.
   static const String semanticsHostTagName = 'flt-semantics-host';
 
-  /// The tag name for the accessibility announcements host.
-  static const String announcementsHostTagName = 'flt-announcement-host';
-
   /// The root DOM element for the entire Flutter View.
   ///
   /// This is where input events are captured, such as pointer events.
@@ -168,9 +159,6 @@ class DomManager {
   /// around the UI.
   final DomElement semanticsHost;
 
-  /// This is where accessibility announcements are inserted.
-  final DomElement announcementsHost;
-
   DomElement? _lastSceneElement;
 
   /// Inserts the [sceneElement] into the DOM and removes the existing scene (if

lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/window.dart

@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ base class EngineFlutterView implements ui.FlutterView {
     semantics.updateSemantics(update);
   }
 
-  // TODO(yjbanov): How should this look like for multi-view?
-  //                https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/137445
-  late final AccessibilityAnnouncements accessibilityAnnouncements =
-      AccessibilityAnnouncements(hostElement: dom.announcementsHost);
-
   late final GlobalHtmlAttributes _globalHtmlAttributes = GlobalHtmlAttributes(
     rootElement: dom.rootElement,
     hostElement: embeddingStrategy.hostElement,

lib/web_ui/test/engine/semantics/semantics_test.dart

@@ -229,6 +229,30 @@ void _testEngineSemanticsOwner() {
     expect(semantics().mode, AccessibilityMode.unknown);
   });
 
+  // Expecting the following DOM structure by default:
+  //
+  // <body>
+  //   <flt-announcement-host>
+  //     <flt-announcement-polite></flt-announcement-polite>
+  //     <flt-announcement-assertive></flt-announcement-assertive>
+  //   </flt-announcement-host>
+  // </body>
+  test('places accessibility announcements in the <body> tag', () {
+    final AccessibilityAnnouncements accessibilityAnnouncements = semantics().accessibilityAnnouncements;
+    final DomElement politeElement = accessibilityAnnouncements.ariaLiveElementFor(Assertiveness.polite);
+    final DomElement assertiveElement = accessibilityAnnouncements.ariaLiveElementFor(Assertiveness.assertive);
+    final DomElement announcementHost = politeElement.parent!;
+
+    // Polite and assertive elements share the same host.
+    expect(
+      assertiveElement.parent,
+      announcementHost,
+    );
+
+    // The host is a direct child of <body>
+    expect(announcementHost.parent, domDocument.body);
+  });
+
   test('accessibilityFeatures copyWith function works', () {
     const EngineAccessibilityFeatures original = EngineAccessibilityFeatures(0);
     EngineAccessibilityFeatures copy =

lib/web_ui/test/engine/view_embedder/dom_manager_test.dart

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ void doTests() {
       expect(domManager.platformViewsHost.tagName, equalsIgnoringCase(DomManager.glassPaneTagName));
       expect(domManager.textEditingHost.tagName, equalsIgnoringCase(DomManager.textEditingHostTagName));
       expect(domManager.semanticsHost.tagName, equalsIgnoringCase(DomManager.semanticsHostTagName));
-      expect(domManager.announcementsHost.tagName, equalsIgnoringCase(DomManager.announcementsHostTagName));
 
       // Check parent-child relationships.
 
@@ -39,10 +38,9 @@ void doTests() {
       expect(rootChildren[3].tagName, equalsIgnoringCase('style'));
 
       final List<DomElement> shadowChildren = domManager.renderingHost.childNodes.cast<DomElement>().toList();
-      expect(shadowChildren.length, 3);
+      expect(shadowChildren.length, 2);
       expect(shadowChildren[0], domManager.sceneHost);
-      expect(shadowChildren[1], domManager.announcementsHost);
-      expect(shadowChildren[2].tagName, equalsIgnoringCase('style'));
+      expect(shadowChildren[1].tagName, equalsIgnoringCase('style'));
     });
 
     test('hide placeholder text for textfield', () {