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iOS 8 Dark Mode?

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Polaroid

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Seeing as Mac has it, did Apple add to iOS8? Sorry if it's been mentioned or posted here before.

Thanks :)
 
Tyler23 said:
Nope. Not in iOS 8. Not even in the first Developer Preview for Yosemite, either.
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Yeah just realised its gone in first Beta, wanted to try it lol - and shame its not on iOS8 - wonder if they will add? Something A LOT of have wanted, so seems odd they chose Yosemite over iOS lol
 
Polaroid said:
Yeah just realised its gone in first Beta, wanted to try it lol - and shame its not on iOS8 - wonder if they will add? Something A LOT of have wanted, so seems odd they chose Yosemite over iOS lol
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I would love to see a darker theme in iOS 8 too.
 
There's no dark mode but there's a Greyscale option to turn the whole UI to a greyscale.

Yeah, lame... I also wanted f.lux.
 
Polaroid said:
Yeah just realised its gone in first Beta, wanted to try it lol - and shame its not on iOS8 - wonder if they will add? Something A LOT of have wanted, so seems odd they chose Yosemite over iOS lol
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During WWDC Craig explained that the reason behind Dark mode on OSX was to eliminate distraction (by making items darker so they get out of the way) so that you could focus on your work.

The only type of "work" that is done on an iPhone is e-mails. You don't really need a dark mode for e-mails.

It would be more beneficial to add a fl.ux type feature over turning your iPhone UI dark for no apparent reason other than a personal preference.
 
I wouldn't count on it.. It's not even in apples test settings.. So they are likely not even considering it for IOS8.

Toggle and shortcut customization are in the test setting... That is one I hope they do implement. :)
 
I agree with all of you: it would be a blessing. However, I don't see Apple really doing it, at least not in the foreseeable future. iOS, as it stands, "becomes" the app you launch, so there would be little incentive to adopt the dark mode. Compare it with OS X, where if you don't adopt it, you would make your application stick out like a sore thumb.
 
innominato5090 said:
I agree with all of you: it would be a blessing. However, I don't see Apple really doing it, at least not in the foreseeable future. iOS, as it stands, "becomes" the app you launch, so there would be little incentive to adopt the dark mode. Compare it with OS X, where if you don't adopt it, you would make your application stick out like a sore thumb.
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This is correct. It is extremely unlikely for Apple to introduce a dark mode for iOS due to the fact that apps are coded based on two main styles. A Dark navigation and a Light navigation already exist in apps. Introducing a 'Dark' mode for iOS wouldn't change third party apps.

So the question then becomes is it worth it for the default apps. Considering the effort that has gone into a whole OS like this its unlikely that they will then introduce a way to break the consistency with a dark mode.

However - if you notice... we almost already do have a dark mode...inverted colours in Accessibility which is effectively a dark mode of sorts.
 
HarryT said:
This is correct. It is extremely unlikely for Apple to introduce a dark mode for iOS due to the fact that apps are coded based on two main styles. A Dark navigation and a Light navigation already exist in apps. Introducing a 'Dark' mode for iOS wouldn't change third party apps.

So the question then becomes is it worth it for the default apps. Considering the effort that has gone into a whole OS like this its unlikely that they will then introduce a way to break the consistency with a dark mode.

However - if you notice... we almost already do have a dark mode...inverted colours in Accessibility which is effectively a dark mode of sorts.
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yeah, but it also screws up all the gradients and produces not pleasing color palettes. It is no more than a hack.
 
Weren't there already several threads about this? Anyways like I said in a previous post it would make sense to have a dark mode if certain 3rd party keyboards like Swype have black themes. We wouldn't want a black keyboard to clash with a white iMessage, Safari, etc. interface/background. It wouldn't look very unified.

If you're on iOS 7 and jailbroken you should check out the tweak "Bloard" which essentially is a black/dark themed keyboard replacement that looks great. ;)
 
Well back in iOS 7.1 beta, Apple DID test a darker Keyboard option, however it was removed, this could be due to the fact that they knew in iOS 8 that they would enable even better 3rd party keyboards.
 
I use the dark themes for Reeder and Editorial. I would really like one systemwide, but I know that won't happen.

I don't think the dark mode in 10.10 is a good solution either. It makes your wallpaper pop out more. It's still just better to go fullscreen.
 
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