

The simplest way with minimal code change would be adding this to your App theme in styles.xml true. To force dark mode in your app, you can enable ‘Override force-dark’ in Developer options to give you a glimpse of how the app would look like in a dark theme. If you change your system theme to Dark, you will notice that your app’s UI doesn't really change. This article talks about, how you can implement dark mode in your existing production application and introduce a switch to toggle between Light & Dark mode on older Android versions.

And if you haven't already updated your app to support Dark theme, your app could soon appear to be an outdated application. If the runtime permission for location services isn’t granted, then it uses the system time.Īdd the following code in the onCreate() method.With Android 10 rolling out in more and more devices every month, the need for an Android app to support dark mode is on the rise. MODE_NIGHT_AUTO – This tries to auto-detect the time from the device location APIs.

