Some things to check out in today’s release include a new app launch experience, new video and camera capabilities to help you get more out of underlying hardware support, and a new permission for exact alarms to help users save battery. We’re also working to give you new tools for building great experiences for users on phones, laptops, tablets, TVs, or cars. In Android 12 we’re continuing to focus on making the OS smarter, easier to use, and better performing, with privacy and security at the core. I also just found out that in API 29 there's this tForceDark() method could it be the thing I'm looking for? I hope to find a solution that works with lower API level though.īy the way, my current workaround is to inject a JavaScript interface like this: webView.Google I/O 2021 is just a few weeks away and we’re looking forward to sharing all of the latest news in Android with you soon! To take us one step closer, today we’re sharing Developer Preview 3, the next milestone release of Android 12, for your testing and feedback. According to this page, webviews should support this feature, but I just can't get it to work. But still, the webpage loaded with my webview doesn't turn dark. Even the auto-complete options for the elements become dark. when I turn on dark mode for the entire OS on my device. I also have my AppTheme inheriting, and my app shows dark loading dialog etc.

I have the correct CSS written on my page, and if I open it in Chrome with the dark mode of Chrome turning on, it works.

I have an Android App that uses webview, and lately I'm trying to figure out how to add a dark theme by using the new (prefers-color-scheme: dark) CSS syntax.

Android studio preview dark mode