neiam /dms

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

c598503 · Gabriel Morell · 2026-09-19 00:17

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modified android/app/src/main/java/org/neiam/dms/app/ui/theme/AppTheme.kt

+24 −0

@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ data class AppTheme(

73	73	// it to `primary` so the theme's accent shows up at higher
74	74	// elevations rather than a generic purple.
75	75	surfaceTint = primary,
	76	+ // The rest of Material's slots, which it otherwise fills from its
	77	+ // own baseline palette -- and that baseline is purple and dusty
	78	+ // pink, so they show up as exactly the colours the theme does not
	79	+ // contain. secondaryContainer is the one that bites: it paints the
	80	+ // selected NavigationBar pill and selected chips, so a themed app
	81	+ // with a bottom bar shows a purple pill on every theme.
	82	+ secondaryContainer = primary, onSecondaryContainer = bg,
	83	+ tertiary = accent, onTertiary = bg,
	84	+ tertiaryContainer = cardBg, onTertiaryContainer = content,
	85	+ inversePrimary = primary,
	86	+ inverseSurface = content, inverseOnSurface = bg,
	87	+ surfaceBright = cardBg, surfaceDim = bg,
76	88	outline = dim, outlineVariant = dim.copy(alpha = 0.35f),
77	89	)
78	90	} else {

@@ -89,6 +101,18 @@ data class AppTheme(

89	101	surfaceContainerHigh = cardBg,
90	102	surfaceContainerHighest = cardBg,
91	103	surfaceTint = primary,
	104	+ // The rest of Material's slots, which it otherwise fills from its
	105	+ // own baseline palette -- and that baseline is purple and dusty
	106	+ // pink, so they show up as exactly the colours the theme does not
	107	+ // contain. secondaryContainer is the one that bites: it paints the
	108	+ // selected NavigationBar pill and selected chips, so a themed app
	109	+ // with a bottom bar shows a purple pill on every theme.
	110	+ secondaryContainer = primary, onSecondaryContainer = bg,
	111	+ tertiary = accent, onTertiary = bg,
	112	+ tertiaryContainer = cardBg, onTertiaryContainer = content,
	113	+ inversePrimary = primary,
	114	+ inverseSurface = content, inverseOnSurface = bg,
	115	+ surfaceBright = cardBg, surfaceDim = bg,
92	116	outline = dim, outlineVariant = dim.copy(alpha = 0.35f),
93	117	)
94	118	}

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