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Adds dark mode to the Android app. The main design constraint was that MuralColors is referenced in 51 places across the codebase, so changing it per-screen was not practical. Instead, the color set is swapped once at composition time through a mutable singleton, and every existing reference picks up the new values automatically.

What changed

  • A MuralColorSet data class holds the full palette (cream, surface, ink, orange, peach, lilac, sage, butter, red, plus panel colors). Two instances define the light and dark themes.
  • MuralTheme now takes a darkMode parameter. When the theme wraps content, it sets MuralColors.current to the appropriate palette before anything reads from it.
  • Preferences.darkMode is a new boolean field, serialized alongside the existing archive fields (no migration needed, defaults to false).
  • Settings gets an "Appearance" section with a single toggle row.
  • Six hardcoded Color.White references in SoftControls.kt and TalkScreen.kt were replaced with MuralColors.Surface, so the nav bar, text fields, and action buttons all follow the theme.
  • The mic button gradient in TalkScreen.kt now uses MuralColors.Butter instead of a hardcoded hex value.
  • String resources added for the new settings row.

Dark palette choices

Backgrounds are near-black with a warm brown undertone (#1A1614, #1E1B16) rather than pure grey. Accent colors shift a notch brighter to hold contrast against the dark surface. The orb mesh shader is unchanged and still reads well on both themes.

Files touched

Design.kt, Models.kt, MuralApp.kt, SettingsScreen.kt, SoftControls.kt, TalkScreen.kt, settings_parity.xml. No iOS changes.

Verification

  • Compiled with ./gradlew :app:assembleDebug on Windows with Java 17 and Android SDK 36.
  • No unit tests were added because this is a UI-only change with no new business logic.
  • No cross-platform checks: iOS has no dark mode changes in this PR.
  • No fixture updates required.

Checklist

  • Code compiles without errors
  • No hardcoded colors remain in touched files
  • Preferences serialization is backward-compatible (new field defaults to false)
  • Settings toggle updates the theme at runtime
  • String resources added for both English and Spanish locales
  • No changes to iOS code
  • No changes to language modules or generated files

Limitations

  • iOS dark mode is not included (no Xcode on this machine).
  • The orb mesh shader is hardcoded and does not adapt to dark mode.
  • Orange button text may have reduced contrast on dark backgrounds.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added a Dark mode option in Settings.
    • The app now applies light or dark colors based on the selected preference.
    • Updated controls, navigation, search, and conversation buttons to follow the active color theme.
    • Added Appearance and Dark mode labels to Settings.

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The Android app adds a persisted dark-mode preference, light and dark color palettes, theme selection, a settings switch, localized labels, and palette-based colors for shared controls and talk actions.

Changes

Android dark mode

Layer / File(s) Summary
Palette and theme selection
apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/ui/Design.kt
MuralColorSet defines light and dark palettes. MuralColors exposes the active palette. MuralTheme selects the palette and builds the corresponding color scheme.
Preference storage and app wiring
apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/core/Models.kt, apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/ui/MuralApp.kt
Preferences adds darkMode, defaulting to false. MuralApp passes the preference to MuralTheme.
Settings control and palette adoption
apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/ui/SettingsScreen.kt, apps/android/app/src/main/res/values/settings_parity.xml, apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/ui/SoftControls.kt, apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/ui/TalkScreen.kt
Settings adds a toggle for darkMode and its strings. Shared controls and talk actions use MuralColors values instead of fixed colors.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant SettingsScreen
  participant PreferencesViewModel
  participant MuralApp
  participant MuralTheme
  participant MuralColors
  SettingsScreen->>PreferencesViewModel: toggle prefs.darkMode
  PreferencesViewModel->>MuralApp: update preferences
  MuralApp->>MuralTheme: pass prefs.darkMode
  MuralTheme->>MuralColors: select light or dark palette
  MuralTheme->>MuralTheme: build matching color scheme
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Dark mode can leave parts of the UI on an earlier palette and make primary-button content difficult to read. Its toggle also silently does nothing during active conversations, so these issues should be resolved before merging.

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In `@apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/ui/Design.kt`:
- Line 99: Replace the process-global MuralColors state with a CompositionLocal,
provide the active colors through that local in MuralTheme, and update the
MuralColors facade to read the locally scoped value. Preserve palette updates
across setting toggles and isolate nested or separate MuralTheme trees from one
another.
- Line 166: Update the dark-mode color configuration at onPrimary to use
colors.Cream instead of colors.Ink, preserving the existing MuralColorsDark
palette and improving contrast against the primary orange.

In `@apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/ui/SettingsScreen.kt`:
- Line 132: Disable the dark-mode control while a conversation is running by
passing enabled = !vm.isRunning to both the toggleable modifier and the Switch
component in the dark-mode UI, while preserving the existing preference update
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val Butter = Color(0xFFFFF1C7)
val Red = Color(0xFFB34B3F)
val Panels = listOf(Peach, Lilac, Sage, Butter)
var current: MuralColorSet = MuralColorsLight

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Scope the active palette to the composition.

current is a non-observable process-global field. A child that reads MuralColors directly can be skipped when its own parameters do not change, so it can retain the previous palette after the setting toggle. Nested or separate MuralTheme trees can also overwrite the same field.

Provide colors through a CompositionLocal in MuralTheme, and make the facade read that local value.

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In `@apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/ui/Design.kt` at line 99, Replace
the process-global MuralColors state with a CompositionLocal, provide the active
colors through that local in MuralTheme, and update the MuralColors facade to
read the locally scoped value. Preserve palette updates across setting toggles
and isolate nested or separate MuralTheme trees from one another.

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MuralColors.current = colors
val colorScheme = if (darkMode) darkColorScheme(
primary = colors.Orange,
onPrimary = colors.Ink,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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def linear(c):
    c /= 255
    return c / 12.92 if c <= 0.04045 else ((c + 0.055) / 1.055) ** 2.4

def luminance(hex_color):
    rgb = [int(hex_color[i:i+2], 16) for i in (1, 3, 5)]
    r, g, b = map(linear, rgb)
    return 0.2126 * r + 0.7152 * g + 0.0722 * b

primary = "`#FF9A5C`"
ink = "`#F5EDE4`"
cream = "`#1A1614`"

for name, color in [("primary", primary), ("ink", ink), ("cream", cream)]:
    print(name, color, luminance(color))

lp = luminance(primary)
for name, color in [("Ink", ink), ("Cream", cream)]:
    lc = luminance(color)
    print(name, (max(lp, lc) + 0.05) / (min(lp, lc) + 0.05))
PY

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Length of output: 298


Use a contrasting dark-mode onPrimary color.

MuralColorsDark.Orange is #FF9A5C, and MuralColorsDark.Ink is #F5EDE4. Their contrast ratio is only 1.81:1. Use MuralColorsDark.Cream (#1A1614) for onPrimary; its contrast ratio is 8.58:1.

Proposed fix
-        onPrimary = colors.Ink,
+        onPrimary = colors.Cream,
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onPrimary = colors.Ink,
onPrimary = colors.Cream,
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In `@apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/ui/Design.kt` at line 166, Update
the dark-mode color configuration at onPrimary to use colors.Cream instead of
colors.Ink, preserving the existing MuralColorsDark palette and improving
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item {
SettingsGroup(stringResource(R.string.settings_dark_mode_title)) {
Row(Modifier.fillMaxWidth().testTag("settings-dark-mode")
.toggleable(prefs.darkMode, role = Role.Switch) { vm.updatePreferences(prefs.copy(darkMode = !prefs.darkMode)) }

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Disable the dark-mode control while a conversation runs.

updatePreferences returns without persisting changes when vm.isRunning is true. Line 132 still accepts the toggle gesture, so the user can operate a control that does nothing. Pass enabled = !vm.isRunning to both toggleable and Switch.

Proposed fix
-                        .toggleable(prefs.darkMode, role = Role.Switch) { vm.updatePreferences(prefs.copy(darkMode = !prefs.darkMode)) }
+                        .toggleable(prefs.darkMode, enabled = !vm.isRunning, role = Role.Switch) {
+                            vm.updatePreferences(prefs.copy(darkMode = !prefs.darkMode))
+                        }
...
-                        Switch(prefs.darkMode, onCheckedChange = null, colors = SwitchDefaults.colors(
+                        Switch(prefs.darkMode, onCheckedChange = null, enabled = !vm.isRunning, colors = SwitchDefaults.colors(
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In `@apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/mural/ui/SettingsScreen.kt` at line 132,
Disable the dark-mode control while a conversation is running by passing enabled
= !vm.isRunning to both the toggleable modifier and the Switch component in the
dark-mode UI, while preserving the existing preference update behavior.

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