Dynamic App Themes in Xamarin.Forms - Light, Dark, & Custom Modes

Now that we have started to style our application is it time to have themes for our users as well. Devices now adays at a minimum support a light and dark mode, but it is also great to offer custom theme for your users. Today, I will walk through how to set it all up with Xamarin.Forms built in support for theming with AppThemeBinding and DynamicResources.

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Time Codes:
00:00 - Intro & types of themes
01:35 - DynamicResources for themes
05:40 - AppThemeBinding for system theming
09:15 - Theming styles on controls
12:40 - Creating a theme settings page for users to pick a theme
23:45 - Wrap-up of theming your apps

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