If I want to enable dark theme directly in the app...
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Florian
08/28/2021, 7:45 AMIf I want to enable dark theme directly in the app settings (that overrides the system settings), I store a Boolean in DataStore or SharedPreferences and pass that to my Theme composable? Is this the correct approach?
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adjpd
08/28/2021, 10:11 AMThat's what I did.
But now I'm thinking I should react to when the app user selects dark mode, not in my app, but on their phone.
That is: give the user an option that says "mirror my phone's theme" and then change my theme accordingly.
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Florian
08/28/2021, 2:52 PMyes, I have 3 options now
Florian
08/28/2021, 2:52 PMlight, dark, system default
Florian
08/28/2021, 2:52 PMthat's the most common approach
Florian
08/28/2021, 3:00 PMthe downside of this approach is that I have to wait for the value from preferences before we can render the first screen, right?
Florian
08/28/2021, 3:00 PMbut there is no way around this
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adjpd
08/29/2021, 7:30 PMYou could use a default and render the first screen. I'd use the system set light or dark mode, then rerender if the preferences value is different.
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Florian
08/29/2021, 8:10 PMyes but this will show a visible color switch when the app starts
Florian
08/29/2021, 8:10 PMI don't know if that's better