Implementing dark/light theme switching
According to various studies, between 30% and 50% of end users prefer dark themes. Among us software developers, this percentage tends to be even higher. Whether you prefer dark or light themes, it’s widely accepted that giving users the option to choose their preferred mode is best practice.
.NET MAUI offers a mechanism to set properties based on the current application theme; however, it doesn’t include a built-in component to switch a theme in the UI, so let’s create it!
Getting ready
To follow the steps described in this recipe, we just need to create a blank .NET MAUI application.
The code for this recipe is available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/.NET-MAUI-Cookbook/tree/main/Chapter03/c3-DarkAndLightThemes.
How to do it…
Let’s create a theme selector using the Picker element. We will bind it to a class with static properties so that you can use the theme selector in any application...
