Hey Android Community, Can we update Android Theme at runtime. My requirement is to update the prima...

# android

[Rooparsh]

Hey Android Community,
Can we update Android Theme at runtime. My requirement is to update the primary colour throughout the app . The colour hex would be fetched from server.

My solutions :
1. Create wrapper classes around Widgets ( TextViews, RadioButtons etc) and pass Shared Pref to it. Then update the primary colours.
2. Use any 3rd Party dependency, if any . Was looking at Airbnb/Paris for the same.

[Zac Sweers]

This is not kotlin related

[Rooparsh]

Right, this is not kotlin related. But I was hoping if I could hear directly from experts about their opinion.

[stantronic]

I dont think this is possible with traditional Android development, but I believe it is within Jetpack Compose.

[stantronic]

It may be possible to switch between existing hard-coded themes using setTheme: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#setTheme(int)

[Zac Sweers]

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