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Night Mode Helper - Helps use utilise the night and notnight resource qualifiers without being in car or dock mode.
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
/**
* Night Mode Helper
*
* <p>Helps use utilise the night and notnight resource qualifiers without
* being in car or dock mode.
*
* <p>Implementation is simple. Add the follow line at the top of your
* activity's onCreate just after the super.onCreate(); The idea here
* is to do it before we create any views. So the new views will use
* the correct Configuration.
*
* <pre>
* mNightModeHelper = new NightModeHelper(this, R.style.AppTheme);
* </pre>
*
* You can now use your instance of NightModeHelper to control which mode
* you are in. You can choose to persist the current setting and hand
* it back to this class as the defaultUiMode, otherwise this is done
* for you automatically.
*
* <p>I'd suggest you setup your Theme as follows:
*
* <ul>
* <li>
* <b>res\values\styles.xml</b>
* <pre>&lt;style name=&quot;AppTheme&quot; parent=&quot;AppBaseTheme&quot;&gt;&lt;/style&gt;</pre>
* </li>
* <li>
* <b>res\values-night\styles.xml</b>
* <pre>&lt;style name=&quot;AppBaseTheme&quot; parent=&quot;@android:style/Theme.Holo&quot;&gt;&lt;/style&gt;</pre>
* </li>
* <li>
* <b>res\values-notnight\styles.xml</b>
* <pre>&lt;style name=&quot;AppBaseTheme&quot; parent=&quot;@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light&quot;&gt;&lt;/style&gt;</pre>
* </li>
* </ul>
*
*
* @author Simon Lightfoot <simon@demondevelopers.com>
*
*/
public class NightModeHelper
{
private static final String PREF_KEY = "nightModeState";
private static int sUiNightMode = Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_UNDEFINED;
private WeakReference<Activity> mActivity;
private SharedPreferences mPrefs;
/**
* Default behaviour is to automatically save the setting and restore it.
*/
public NightModeHelper(Activity activity, int theme)
{
int currentMode = (activity.getResources().getConfiguration()
.uiMode & Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_MASK);
mPrefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(activity);
init(activity, theme, mPrefs.getInt(PREF_KEY, currentMode));
}
/**
* If you don't want the autoSave feature and instead want to provide
* your own persisted storage for the mode, use the defaultUiMode for it.
*/
public NightModeHelper(Activity activity, int theme, int defaultUiMode)
{
init(activity, theme, defaultUiMode);
}
private void init(Activity activity, int theme, int defaultUiMode)
{
mActivity = new WeakReference<Activity>(activity);
if(sUiNightMode == Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_UNDEFINED){
sUiNightMode = defaultUiMode;
}
updateConfig(sUiNightMode);
// This may seem pointless but it forces the Theme to be reloaded
// with new styles that would change due to new Configuration.
activity.setTheme(theme);
}
private void updateConfig(int uiNightMode)
{
Activity activity = mActivity.get();
if(activity == null){
throw new IllegalStateException("Activity went away?");
}
Configuration newConfig = new Configuration(activity.getResources().getConfiguration());
newConfig.uiMode &= ~Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_MASK;
newConfig.uiMode |= uiNightMode;
activity.getResources().updateConfiguration(newConfig, null);
sUiNightMode = uiNightMode;
if(mPrefs != null){
mPrefs.edit()
.putInt(PREF_KEY, sUiNightMode)
.apply();
}
}
public static int getUiNightMode()
{
return sUiNightMode;
}
public void toggle()
{
if(sUiNightMode == Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_YES){
notNight();
}
else{
night();
}
}
public void notNight()
{
updateConfig(Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_NO);
mActivity.get().recreate();
}
public void night()
{
updateConfig(Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_YES);
mActivity.get().recreate();
}
}
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And we now control when to trigger it, exactly, right?
Is it possible to also do it for the splash screen?

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