overrideUserInterfaceStyle not effecting Toolbar in Catalyst?

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Created Jul ’20

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I'm giving my users a way to configure the dark mode style of an application. I achieve this by setting the overrideUserInterfaceStyle property of the windows on every WindowScene of the application.

This works on iPad and iPhone, but on Catalyst the toolbar area of the window does not change style. It's always the same as the system.

Is there a different technique required to change the interface style of a Catalyst application?

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joekw OP

Oct ’20

I've also ran into this problem, did you find a solution?

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andy_ OP

Oct ’20

There does not seem to be a public API for this right now. You should file a feedback to UIKit for this suggestion. (I filed one under FB8800520)

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J0hn OP

Oct ’20

I believe there could be a viable workaround where you embed an app kit plugin into your catalyst app. This would let you bypass the catalyst library restrictions and access to the raw appkit calls directly.

I decided against the additional complexity of all that and removed the feature from my pipeline for now.

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