{"id":7163,"date":"2022-03-24T12:46:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T07:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2022-03-24T13:51:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T08:21:37","slug":"dark-mode-in-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/dark-mode-in-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Mode in iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Dark Mode was revealed at WWDC 2019 and debuted with iOS 13. It gives iOS a darker look.<\/li>\n<li>The appearance of Dark Mode is determined by trait collections. When a user modifies the system&#8217;s look, the system requests that all windows and views redraw their contents. Without any additional logic, UIKit controls support it out of the box.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Disable Dark Mode<\/u><\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can disable the Dark mode in your app by adding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">UIUserInterfaceStyle to your Info.plist and set it to Light.<\/pre>\n<p><strong><u>Override Dark Mode on View Controller<\/u><\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We can override Dark or Light mode on our View Controller by the below-mentioned code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b01-300x69.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b01-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b01.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Override Dark Mode on View<\/u><\/strong><u>&#8211;<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We can do the same for the single UIView.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b02-300x38.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b02-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b02.png 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Override Dark Mode on Window<\/u><\/strong><u>&#8211;<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We can override Dark or Light mode on the window by the below-mentioned code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b03-300x48.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b03-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b03.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Change Images and Assets for Dark Mode<\/u><\/strong><u>&#8211;<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To do changes in our image for the Dark mode we need to add an extra image as per appearance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b04-300x87.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b04-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b04.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Switching Dark Mode from the debug menu<\/u><\/strong><u>&#8211;<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can adjust the interface style at the bottom next to the device settings pane if you use storyboards for layout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b05-300x165.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b05-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b05.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don\u2019t see this option you might be running on an <strong>iOS 12 or lower device<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Supporting iOS 12 and lower<\/u><\/strong><u>&#8211;<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As we use semantic colors you will get to know that semantic colors only support <strong>ios13 <\/strong>or above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To overcome this issue we can create our own custom UIColor wrapper by using<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">UIColor.init(dynamicProvider: @escaping<\/pre>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">(UITraitCollection) -&gt; UIColor)<\/pre>\n<p>this method.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b06-300x231.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b06-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b06.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Mode was revealed at WWDC 2019 and debuted with iOS 13. 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