How to force dark mode in any iPhone app

With this tutorial, you will be able to enable dark or light mode in specific apps on your iPhone without affecting the overall theme.

Dark Mode officially arrived in iOS 13 on all supported devices. One of the last apps to integrate it was Google Maps, which now allows us to enable dark mode when reviewing maps in the app. Additionally, Google Chrome for iOS has built in the feature as well, and we teach you how to activate Chrome Dark Mode on any iPhone or iPad. However, we do know that even though some apps have a dark mode, they don’t always work the way we want them to, and that is why today we come to teach you how to activate dark mode in any app from your iPhone or iPad.

In this article we will offer you two solutions, one easier than the other. While the first concerns a few parameters to take into account, the second is a little more extensive, and we will use the Shortcuts tool installed on our iPhone and iPad from iOS 15, and which has now also reached Mac, so we leave you the 5 macOS Monterey shortcuts that will make your life easier. With the Shortcuts app we can configure the individual behavior of each app and automate the dark mode of our iPhone or iPad in the apps we want.

Solution 1: force dark mode in any iPhone app from settings

Some apps available in the App Store allow us to individually control the behavior of dark or light theme on iPhone and iPad. This means that whatever the general theme of our system at the moment, the application will always run with the one that was specified by the user.

Not all apps have this function, but here we will leave you a small list of the most popular from the App Store that will allow us to individually control the dark mode on iPhone and iPad:

• Facebook: Click on the three horizontal lines in the lower right corner -> Settings and privacy -> Settings -> Dark mode.
• Google maps: On the home screen, tap your profile picture -> Settings -> Dark mode.
• Messenger: Touch your profile picture -> Dark mode.
• Snapchat: Tap your profile picture -> Settings -> App appearance.
• TIC Tac: Go to your profile -> Tap the three horizontal lines in the upper right corner -> Dark mode.
• Youtube: Tap your profile picture -> Settings -> General -> Dark theme.
• To feed: Open the menu by swiping from the left -> Choose Theme -> Theme of the night.
• Microsoft teams: Touch your profile picture -> Settings -> Appearance.
• Notion: Abre el menú lateral -> Notifications and settings -> Appearance -> Dark.
• Reddit: Touch the profile picture -> Touch the moon in the lower right corner.
• Telegram: Settings -> Appearance -> Night mode.
• Trello: Account -> Select the theme -> Dark.
• Twitter: Tap your profile picture -> Tap the bulb in the lower left corner -> Dark mode and uncheck “Use device settings”.

Done, once you’ve done that you can force dark mode in the app of your choice without having the general theme of the device changing it every time you turn dark theme on or off on your iPhone or iPad. If the app doesn’t have such a setting, you can always try something else.

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Solution 2: force dark theme in any app with shortcuts

With this second solution, you can do dark mode apps on your iPhone or iPad are turned on or off regardless of the general theme of the system. We will only need to generate an automated shortcut that activates the dark theme every time we access the selected apps.

However, this solution has a disadvantage:

• The theme will not be canceled when exiting the application. That is, if we have the iPhone in light mode, when we exit from an application in which we have forced the dark mode, it will be the one that will reign in the general system of the device.

If you don’t mind too much, you can continue with the instructions we will leave you below.. If you want some apps to always stay in light mode, you can select an automation that keeps them that way so that the dark mode of those selected above doesn’t interfere with their theme and they can all coexist in harmony.

1. Open the app Shortcuts.
2. Tap the tab Automating.
3. Press on Create personal automation.
4. In the list, find and select the application.
5. In the new window, select the apps using the button that says’To select‘.
6. Choose applications you want to force dark mode on your iPhone or iPad.
7. Touch Done.
8. Select the option ‘Open‘which appears in the lower icons.
9. To touch ‘Following‘.

The first section is finished, now we will have to select the action we want to perform when the applications open. In this case, it is a question of imposing the dark mode on them.

1. To touch Add action.
2. In the search engine, type and then select ‘Define the appearance‘.
3. Select the mode you want to run when the app opens. You can choose between Dark or light mode. It is your decision.
4. To touch Following after selecting it.
5. Disable the ‘Ask when running‘.
6. To touch Ready.

As you can see, when you run the apps The dark theme of iPhone or iPad will be automatically activated and remain active in the rest of the system. If you want certain apps to keep the light mode, you can create an automation that activates the light theme in those apps on your iPhone. It’s pretty simple when you’ve already done it the first time.

Ready, you can now force dark mode in your iPhone or iPad applications. If you ever want to undo this, you can always remove the automation from the Shortcuts app. If you’ve been excited about this feature, we’ve put together a list of 15 must-have shortcuts for your iPhone or iPad.

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