neiam /waxx

waxx

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

719248a · Gabriel Morell · 2026-09-19 00:17

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

+24 −0

@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ data class AppTheme(

72	72	// `primary` so the theme's accent shows up there rather than
73	73	// a generic purple.
74	74	surfaceTint = primary,
	75	+ // The rest of Material's slots, which it otherwise fills from its
	76	+ // own baseline palette -- and that baseline is purple and dusty
	77	+ // pink, so they show up as exactly the colours the theme does not
	78	+ // contain. secondaryContainer is the one that bites: it paints the
	79	+ // selected NavigationBar pill and selected chips, so a themed app
	80	+ // with a bottom bar shows a purple pill on every theme.
	81	+ secondaryContainer = primary, onSecondaryContainer = bg,
	82	+ tertiary = accent, onTertiary = bg,
	83	+ tertiaryContainer = cardBg, onTertiaryContainer = content,
	84	+ inversePrimary = primary,
	85	+ inverseSurface = content, inverseOnSurface = bg,
	86	+ surfaceBright = cardBg, surfaceDim = bg,
75	87	outline = dim, outlineVariant = dim.copy(alpha = 0.35f),
76	88	)
77	89	} else {

@@ -88,6 +100,18 @@ data class AppTheme(

88	100	surfaceContainerHigh = cardBg,
89	101	surfaceContainerHighest = cardBg,
90	102	surfaceTint = primary,
	103	+ // The rest of Material's slots, which it otherwise fills from its
	104	+ // own baseline palette -- and that baseline is purple and dusty
	105	+ // pink, so they show up as exactly the colours the theme does not
	106	+ // contain. secondaryContainer is the one that bites: it paints the
	107	+ // selected NavigationBar pill and selected chips, so a themed app
	108	+ // with a bottom bar shows a purple pill on every theme.
	109	+ secondaryContainer = primary, onSecondaryContainer = bg,
	110	+ tertiary = accent, onTertiary = bg,
	111	+ tertiaryContainer = cardBg, onTertiaryContainer = content,
	112	+ inversePrimary = primary,
	113	+ inverseSurface = content, inverseOnSurface = bg,
	114	+ surfaceBright = cardBg, surfaceDim = bg,
91	115	outline = dim, outlineVariant = dim.copy(alpha = 0.35f),
92	116	)
93	117	}

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