How to determine if an Android app is using light mode or dark mode

Two flowers that represent Kotlin and Android Studio side by side, beneath them sits the text "Dark Mode or Light Mode?"

To check if an Android app is using Dark Mode or Light Mode in Kotlin, use the function isSystemInDarkTheme().

A screenshot of Android Studio showing the Theme.kt file. Highlighted is the updated theme code.

A sample use of isSystemInDarkTheme() can be found in the Theme.kt file within our Open Source Repository.

isSystemInDarkTheme()

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How to determine if an Android app is using light mode or dark mode

To check if an Android app is using Dark Mode or Light Mode in Kotlin, use the function isSystemInDarkTheme().

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