DarQ Reborn v2.4 - Xposed Force Dark, Navigation Scroll & Monet Dialog Update

[Arora-Sir]

Summary:
This release implements out-of-the-box Force Dark in Xposed mode, preserves settings list scroll and toolbar states on back navigation, introduces modern Monet-styled bottom sheet dialogs, adds a custom socials connections icon, and fixes background blur handling during bottom sheet interactions.

🛠️ Bug Fixes & Stability

• Xposed Force Dark Hook: Intercepts debug.hwui.force_dark SystemProperties queries locally inside whitelisted application processes, tricking the Android rendering framework into enabling force-dark natively without requiring global system property write permissions.
• Update Dialog UI Layout Fix: Fixed the "Update Available" bottom panel shifting/jumping to the top of the screen on launch, and prevented the bottom action buttons from being cut off during a partial swipe down.

🚀 UI & Performance Enhancements

• Scroll & State Preservation: Restores RecyclerView scroll state and toolbar expanded state on back navigation, preventing the settings list from jumping to the top.
• Monet-Styled Bottom Sheets: New dedicated donation and socials bottom sheet screens with Monet-colored card layouts matching your wallpaper's dynamic colors.
• Custom Socials Icon: Replaced the generic icon for the socials button with a custom vector profile-network connections icon.
• Transparent App Bar: Sets a transparent background on the main AppBarLayout to eliminate the solid band visible under window blur.
• Settings Chip Contrast: Explicit backgrounds applied to settings screen chips so they stand out from the page background.

📚 Documentation & Branding

• About Screen & FAQ Updates: Updated About screen developer credits and FAQ entries, and fixed a localized text spacing issue that caused words to render without spaces between them.

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This discussion was created from the release DarQ Reborn v2.4 - Xposed Force Dark, Navigation Scroll & Monet Dialog Update.

[SHRoot92]

Should we also add system framework/system ui to xposed scope or apps that need to have dark mode enabled ? Like amazon app selected in scope and darq setting for proper working.

[Arora-Sir]

Hey @SHRoot92,

Should we also add system framework/system ui to xposed scope

No, you should not add System Framework or System UI to the scope. Just add the apps that you want Force Dark to work on, such as Amazon. DarQ's LSPosed module works inside each selected app, so it does not need access to the system framework. Adding System Framework or System UI is unnecessary and may cause issues on some devices.

The setup is simple:

1. Add the apps you want to use Force Dark with to DarQ's scope in LSPosed.
2. In the DarQ app, select those same apps.

Alternatively, you can enable "Always use Force Dark" in Advanced Options, and DarQ will automatically apply Force Dark to all apps in its LSPosed scope.

This is also explained in the FAQ inside the app if you need a quick reference.

[SHRoot92]

That doesn't work.

[SHRoot92]

So basically themes do not get applied irrespective apps selected in lsposed scope of not

[Arora-Sir]

oh yes my bad! This is because Amazon's shopping pages use WebViews (embedded web pages) instead of native Android UI elements. The system force dark engine can only invert native elements, so it completely ignores the web based layouts inside Amazon no matter what we do.

I've also mentioned this in the FAQ section of the repo, breaking down exactly why certain apps won't work out of the box due to how they are built (like Amazon using WebViews or PicsArt using custom graphics canvases/explicit blocks).