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How to Build Support For Dark Themes In Android with Material Design Components

How to Build Support For Dark Themes In Android with Material Design Components

How to Build Support For Dark Themes In Android with Material Design Components

by Admin on September 18, 2020

Themes play a critical role in creating an engaging app experience. Every mobile app user design preference is unique. And themes allow you to creatively address that uniqueness. Dark themes have lately become a popular choice among app users of most age groups. Android added user-selectable dark themes in version 10. However, dark themes are not new to android. Them default theme for the Android OS was dark until lollipop (Android 5.0).

In this blog post, We will discuss how you can build support for dark themes in android apps. The compatibility with dark themes is likely to make your Android app development project more fascinating.

Why Dark Theme Support Is Important
Your apps need to support dark themes for a variety of reasons. The benefits range from design elements to user engagements. Dark themes reduce the luminance emitted by the devices screen. Dark themes also improve the functional design by reducing eye strain and adjusting brightness to current lighting conditions. They save battery by facilitating screen use in dark environments.

In addition to all the above noted benefits dark themes have another key advantage app users love dark themes. In fact, Android added the system wide dark theme design after it became one of the most user requested features.

Adding Dark Theme To Your App
Adding a dark theme to your app using material design components(MDC) involves various steps.

Change your theme
First, you need to change your theme to extend from one of the ‘theme’. Material Components. DayNight’ themes. Here the code:

<style name=“theme.Myapp” parent=“theme.materialcomponents.DayNight”> </style>

Choose the App Mode
Choosing the mode of the theme is optional. But it enables you to support devices running on versions before android 10. Most smartphones do not have a system level dark theme setting.So, app can provide their in-app setting to allow users to choose specific themes according to the app.

Test the dark theme
Once you have created the basis of a dark theme you need to test it by checking each part of the app in both light and dark themes modes. While testing,look for any dark test on dark backgrounds. Also, be on the lookout for hardcoded colors that do not have enough contrast against dark backgrounds.

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Q.How much does it cost to build an Android app?
The development cost for an Android mobile app depends on what kind of app you need. Cost are lower for an app with basic design and simpler features. If you need a high performance app with more advanced features the cost will comparatively higher. We offer competitive pricing for every kind of app.

Q.How long does it take to develop an Android app?
The development time of an android mobile app depends on your requirements. If your requirements are limited and predefined it takes comparatively less time. We build design rich mobile apps in truly short turnaround time.

Q. What technology is used to develop mobile app?
Android app developers mainly use Jave and kotlin for creating mobile apps. Other technologies used on mobile app development include Swift, flutter, PhoneGap and React Native.