Custom theme not working any more in Xcode 8

Question

I had a theme I really liked but it's not working any more in Xcode 8. Any tips?

I tried restarting Xcode and reinstalling the theme in Xcode/UserData/FontAndColorThemes but no luck.

Answer 1

You need to change an extension of the file to .xccolortheme (probably in a shell with mv, as changing it in Finder doesnt always work)

Answer 2

They added a new field to each color in Xcode 8 themes - alpha. Now all colors are 4 numbers separated by a space. Use this as a starting point for ObsidianCode theme:

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    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleDebuggerInputTextFont</key>
    <string>SFMono-Bold - 11.0</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleDebuggerOutputTextColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleDebuggerOutputTextFont</key>
    <string>Menlo-Regular - 18.0</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleDebuggerPromptTextColor</key>
    <string>0.255 0.714 0.27 1</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleDebuggerPromptTextFont</key>
    <string>SFMono-Bold - 11.0</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleExectuableInputTextColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleExectuableInputTextFont</key>
    <string>Menlo-Regular - 18.0</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleExectuableOutputTextColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleExectuableOutputTextFont</key>
    <string>SFMono-Bold - 11.0</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleTextBackgroundColor</key>
    <string>0.118 0.125 0.157 1</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleTextInsertionPointColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTConsoleTextSelectionColor</key>
    <string>0.397 0.397 0.302 1</string>
    <key>DVTDebuggerInstructionPointerColor</key>
    <string>0.12 0.31 0.34 1</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextBackgroundColor</key>
    <string>0.18856 0.195 0.22444 1</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextBorderColor</key>
    <string>0.253475 0.2594 0.286485 1</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextCodeFont</key>
    <string>SFMono-Regular - 10.0</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextEmphasisColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextEmphasisFont</key>
    <string>.AppleSystemUIFontItalic - 10.0</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextInlineCodeColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 0.7</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextLinkColor</key>
    <string>0.33 0.247124 0.894195 1</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextLinkFont</key>
    <string>.AppleSystemUIFont - 10.0</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextNormalColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextNormalFont</key>
    <string>.AppleSystemUIFont - 10.0</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextOtherHeadingColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 0.5</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextOtherHeadingFont</key>
    <string>.AppleSystemUIFont - 14.0</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextPrimaryHeadingColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextPrimaryHeadingFont</key>
    <string>.AppleSystemUIFont - 24.0</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextSecondaryHeadingColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextSecondaryHeadingFont</key>
    <string>.AppleSystemUIFont - 18.0</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextStrongColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTMarkupTextStrongFont</key>
    <string>.AppleSystemUIFontBold - 10.0</string>
    <key>DVTSourceTextBackground</key>
    <string>0.118 0.125 0.157 1</string>
    <key>DVTSourceTextBlockDimBackgroundColor</key>
    <string>0.5 0.5 0.5 1</string>
    <key>DVTSourceTextCurrentLineHighlightColor</key>
    <string>0.298039 0.298039 0.298039 1</string>
    <key>DVTSourceTextInsertionPointColor</key>
    <string>1 1 1 1</string>
    <key>DVTSourceTextInvisiblesColor</key>
    <string>0.5 0.5 0.5 1</string>
    <key>DVTSourceTextSelectionColor</key>
    <string>0.498039 0.498039 0.498039 1</string>
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        <key>xcode.syntax.comment</key>
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        <key>xcode.syntax.comment.doc</key>
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        <key>xcode.syntax.comment.doc.keyword</key>
        <string>0.471 0.506 0.427 1</string>
        <key>xcode.syntax.identifier.class</key>
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        <key>xcode.syntax.identifier.class.system</key>
        <string>0.365 0.486 0.616 1</string>
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        <key>xcode.syntax.identifier.type</key>
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        <key>xcode.syntax.identifier.type.system</key>
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        <key>xcode.syntax.character</key>
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