How does exactly work themes switching in application? What if I override the default styles? Can I also define different styles for light and dark themes separately? Why the icons colos get changed - i.e. the black background of icons changes into white if the theme is set to Dark. Will it also be changed to white if I override the background style of application bar to white explicitly? How can I make sure nothing gets changed and my app looks the same in Light and Dark themes?
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Have you seen these?
Theme Overview for Windows Phone
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff402557(v=vs.105).aspx
Theme Resources for Windows Phone
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff769552(v=vs.105).aspx
How to: Apply Theme Resources for Windows Phone
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff769545(v=vs.105).aspx
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Of course, it is better to have the same UX across all the Windows Phone application when it comes to light/dark theme support, but I agree that sometimes it is really needed to override the theme.
You can probably find more information in this thread: How to override WindowsPhone dark theme by light
and also previously I was using this tutorial to customize light and dark themes: http://blog.richardszalay.com/2011/06/11/practical-support-for-light-dark-themes-on-windows-phone-7/
