neiam /apollos_crib

It's Apollo's Crib

Android: stop Material filling the unset colour slots with its own purple

30a84b2 · Gabriel Morell · 2026-09-19 00:17

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modified clients/android/app/src/main/java/io/neiam/apolloscrib/ui/theme/AppTheme.kt

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@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ data class AppTheme(

78	78	// it to `primary` so the theme's accent shows up at higher
79	79	// elevations rather than a generic purple.
80	80	surfaceTint = primary,
	81	+ // The rest of Material's slots, which it otherwise fills from its
	82	+ // own baseline palette -- and that baseline is purple and dusty
	83	+ // pink, so they show up as exactly the colours the theme does not
	84	+ // contain. secondaryContainer is the one that bites: it paints the
	85	+ // selected NavigationBar pill and selected chips, so a themed app
	86	+ // with a bottom bar shows a purple pill on every theme.
	87	+ secondaryContainer = primary, onSecondaryContainer = bg,
	88	+ tertiary = accent, onTertiary = bg,
	89	+ tertiaryContainer = cardBg, onTertiaryContainer = content,
	90	+ inversePrimary = primary,
	91	+ inverseSurface = content, inverseOnSurface = bg,
	92	+ surfaceBright = cardBg, surfaceDim = bg,
81	93	outline = dim, outlineVariant = dim.copy(alpha = 0.35f),
82	94	)
83	95	} else {

@@ -94,6 +106,18 @@ data class AppTheme(

94	106	surfaceContainerHigh = cardBg,
95	107	surfaceContainerHighest = cardBg,
96	108	surfaceTint = primary,
	109	+ // The rest of Material's slots, which it otherwise fills from its
	110	+ // own baseline palette -- and that baseline is purple and dusty
	111	+ // pink, so they show up as exactly the colours the theme does not
	112	+ // contain. secondaryContainer is the one that bites: it paints the
	113	+ // selected NavigationBar pill and selected chips, so a themed app
	114	+ // with a bottom bar shows a purple pill on every theme.
	115	+ secondaryContainer = primary, onSecondaryContainer = bg,
	116	+ tertiary = accent, onTertiary = bg,
	117	+ tertiaryContainer = cardBg, onTertiaryContainer = content,
	118	+ inversePrimary = primary,
	119	+ inverseSurface = content, inverseOnSurface = bg,
	120	+ surfaceBright = cardBg, surfaceDim = bg,
97	121	outline = dim, outlineVariant = dim.copy(alpha = 0.35f),
98	122	)
99	123	}

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