Theme.getMode() returns 'ns-light' while device is in dark mode (ios and android)

[nickolanack]

before setting the theme, ( using .setMode(...) or .toggleMode())
I would expect .getMode() to return 'ns-dark' if the device (system appearance) was in dark mode however .getMode() initially always returns 'ns-light'

Im not totally sure if this is a bug - I'm now just using application.systemAppearance() instead but thought that I would post this issue just in case.
"nativescript-theme-core": "^2.0.24",

✔ Component nativescript has 6.2.1 version and is up to date.
✔ Component tns-core-modules has 6.2.1 version and is up to date.
✔ Component tns-android has 6.2.0 version and is up to date.
✔ Component tns-ios has 6.2.0 version and is up to date.

[bundyo]

More like an enhancement, as this functionality wasn't updated after {N} 6.2 got released.

[DevPlus31]

Same issue getting ns-light instead of ns-dark

[rushairer]

Same issue
but always getting ns-dark

[bundyo]

With the @next version (2.3.0+) getMode should now return Theme.Auto ("auto"), after which you can call application.systemAppearance() to get the system mode. Can you try it out?

Also @next introduces hard mode setting - setting a mode will override the system mode until you call Theme.setMode(Theme.Auto).

[erjdriver]

I'm using 2.3.3 and this feature is not working!

getMode() returns ns-light.

not sure why these issues are being closed without being fixed.

[bundyo]

The hard mode change is not yet merged, there were some objections against it from the team. I'll re-discuss it with them tomorrow.

[erjdriver]

Also, when the app is open and then you go to phone settings to change the system theme (the NS app goes to background) - and then re-open the NS app - the new change is not reflected.

I do receive the callback in the app that a new theme has been selected - but the page is not refreshed with the new theme.

Is this something I have to do - and if so how can I call it from the callback - w/ no reference to the current displayed page.

Thanks.

[bundyo]

Can you provide a Playground demo what exactly are you doing? Thanks in advance.

[erjdriver]

The phone is in dark mode.

I open the nativescript app - and it's in dark mode.

I do a theme.getMode() and it returns ns-light.

That's the bug!

[bundyo]

Can you check if this works with the latest @next version?

[dev-buildableworks]

This is issue is still current on the latest version of native script (tns version 6.7.8)

[iamabs2001]

everything is fine just disable force dark mode in App Resource and disable always night mode from developer options.