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motionless570

Reputation: 929

How to create simple switch toggle to switch between dark theme and light theme in react native

I am creating a simple switch component that is if turned on the theme of the app will be light otherwise it would be dark.

Here is what i tried but it is not working. How can i make the toggle switch the theme of the whole app?

import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';
import React, {useState} from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View, Switch, Appearance } from 'react-native';

export default function App() {
  const [isEnabled, setIsEnabled] = useState(false);

  const toggleSwitch = () => setIsEnabled(previousState => !previousState);
  const colorScheme = Appearance.getColorScheme();
  if (colorScheme === 'dark') {
    
  }
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <StatusBar style="auto" />
      <Switch
        style={{marginBottom:500, marginLeft:150}}
        trackColor={{ false: "light", true: "dark" }}
        thumbColor={isEnabled ? colorScheme == 'light' : colorScheme == 'dark'}
        ios_backgroundColor="#3e3e3e"
        onValueChange={toggleSwitch}
        value={isEnabled}
      />
    </View>
  );

}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5359

Answers (2)

cjpete
cjpete

Reputation: 601

Try using react-native-appearance-control. The Appearance API in react-native is read-only, but react-native-appearance-control provides methods for changing the underlying Color Scheme value for your app.

e.g.

import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react';
import { Text, View, Switch, Appearance } from 'react-native';
import { setAppearanceLight, setAppearanceDark } from 'react-native-appearance-control';
        
export default function App() {
  const [isEnabled, setIsEnabled] = useState(Appearance.getColorScheme() === 'dark');       
  const toggleSwitch = () => setIsEnabled(previousState => !previousState);
    
  useEffect(()=>{
    if (isEnabled) {
      setAppearanceDark();
    } else {
      setAppearanceLight();
    }
  }, [isEnabled])

  return (
    <View>
      ...
      <Switch
        ...
        onValueChange={toggleSwitch}
        value={isEnabled}
      />
    </View>
  );
}

Upvotes: 2

Brock
Brock

Reputation: 583

You can simply use useEffect here.

        import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';
        import React, {useState,useEffect} from 'react';
        import { StyleSheet, Text, View, Switch, Appearance } from 'react-native';
        
        export default function App() {
          const [isEnabled, setIsEnabled] = useState(false);
        
          const toggleSwitch = () => setIsEnabled(previousState => !previousState);
    
          // add this
          useEffect(()=>{
            const colorScheme = Appearance.getColorScheme();
              if (colorScheme === 'dark') {
                 setIsEnabled(true); // true means dark
              }else{
                 setIsEnabled(false); // false means light
              }
          },[])
    
          return (
            <View style={styles.container}>
              <StatusBar style="auto" />
              <Switch
                style={{marginBottom:500, marginLeft:150}}
                trackColor={{ false: "light", true: "dark" }}
                thumbColor={isEnabled ? colorScheme == 'light' : colorScheme == 'dark'}
                ios_backgroundColor="#3e3e3e"
                onValueChange={toggleSwitch}
                value={isEnabled}
              />
            </View>
          );
        }

Upvotes: 2

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