Chapter 2: Working with Dark Mode
We all love it…well most of us do anyway, and those who do have been asking for it for a while now too. Apple first took the plunge into Dark Mode with macOS Mojave back in 2018, not only changing the way users interacted with the OS but also paving the way for developers to build native dark-themed apps for the first time.
Dark mode for iPhone wasn't announced until WWDC 2019, but we all knew it was coming, and with everything that AppKit had offered, we knew we were in for a treat with what UIKit would have to offer.
In this chapter, we'll cover everything you need to know to get up and running with dark mode in iOS and iPadOS; everything from taking an existing app and making the necessary adjustments to support dark mode, to all the little hidden extras that we can add in when building our app to ensure we give the user the best possible experience. We'll also touch on best practices too – taking note of the little things we can do that allow Dark Mode in UIKit to make our lives so much easier from the start.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- What is Dark Mode?
- Working with views in Dark Mode
- Working with assets
- Further exploring Dark Mode
