Dark Mode

[vertsix]

I certainly hope so, but only those in the specific Apple Dev team know for sure.



Until someone hacks your phone, Grabs all your personal info including your location and takes control of your mic & camera effectively bugging you in the process.

- Screenshot looks great though

Yeah, this never happens if you're even remotely smart enough on what you install.

 

[Floris]

Just read 5s ago that Twitter introduced darkmode in their app. Guess they couldn't wait either (I use Tweetbot though and it has a 2 finger swipe theme switcher for light/dark, loving it!)

 

[clunkmess]

Perhaps Dark Mode will be an exclusive for the iPhone 7?

 

[Floris]

Perhaps Dark Mode will be an exclusive for the iPhone 7?

That would really be a silly decision. I know they show a white apple on dark phones and black on the other. But to force an OS theme while we're using our phones day and night .. after introducing that color shifter and night shift blue/yellow stuff.. Exclusive to the 8 sure .. iOS11's redesign on the gui, with an optional gesture or control center swipe, on a redesigned phone.. sure. But just one color 7? .. I'd consider that a mistake, not a feature.

 

[Matt T]

This is just my personal opinion coming from a dev. I would like a Dark Mode API, but I reallly don't know how Applee would make it work. My specific app that I have would not look good with Apples current use of Dark Mode (Alarm Clock). I honestly think they would have to let devs choose from a color pallet or another forum of choosing colors. My Dark mode would look better with darker blues then blacks and oranges.

I suspect this is the big sticking point. A number for devs have already implemented their own dark modes - all of which use slightly different shades, hues, tints, colours, etc. I think Apple are hesitant to implement a system-wide dark mode because the user would expect consistency, and third-party app dark modes are not currently consistent. The solution to this could be some kind of forced dark mode, where iOS changes it's default resources (which I imagine most apps use) to their darker counterparts, which could of course upset developers and/or have adverse visual affects, which again would explain Apple's hesitation.

I hope if a dark mode API is introduced it acts more like a switch. When launching an app tell it to enable it's own dark mode - if no dark mode is present, nothing changes.

 

[Statusnone88]

I really hope so! Twitter's Dark Mode is something else I tell you.

Would be so cool for that to be throughout the OS

Reddit, twitter, Wunderground... all apps I use regularly and the dark mode is wonderful.

 

[xaqt93]

I suspect this is the big sticking point. A number for devs have already implemented their own dark modes - all of which use slightly different shades, hues, tints, colours, etc. I think Apple are hesitant to implement a system-wide dark mode because the user would expect consistency, and third-party app dark modes are not currently consistent. The solution to this could be some kind of forced dark mode, where iOS changes it's default resources (which I imagine most apps use) to their darker counterparts, which could of course upset developers and/or have adverse visual affects, which again would explain Apple's hesitation.

I hope if a dark mode API is introduced it acts more like a switch. When launching an app tell it to enable it's own dark mode - if no dark mode is present, nothing changes.

This would be something that I would enjoy. Devs could make there own dark mode and Apple could just implement of a switch. My only issue, its taken me almost 3 months of dedicated work to have a dark mode for my app and I'm still a little bit away from sending my update in. Haha.