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Q&A What's the difference between colorMode and uiMode?

Although they sound similar, they serve different purposes. You are correct in thinking that putting uiMode into your android:configChanges allows your app to handle light/dark mode changes. It al...

posted 4mo ago by zmzaps‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar zmzaps‭ · 2024-06-29T05:40:15Z (4 months ago)
Although they sound similar, they serve different purposes.

You are correct in thinking that putting `uiMode` into your `android:configChanges` allows your app to handle light/dark mode changes. It also handles more than that, see the links below.

However, the `android:colorMode` attribute is not related to light/dark mode, and is instead related to color depth. Additionally, `colorMode` is not a valid value for `android:configChanges`.

See: [https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element)

Also see: [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/UiModeManager](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/UiModeManager)