Using Themes

Using the default theme

UIKit uses a default theme as part of out of the box design language.

UIKit uses the default theme as part of the design language.

Theme customisation

The UIKit looks great without any customisations, though you can also edit the colors and fronts in the themes to suit your preferences all the same.

Colours

However, if you wish to customise the theme, you can declare changes to both colours and typography.

UIKit uses a small set of declared colours to simplify the design task for developers. These colours are automatically rendered at appropriate shades to communicate states and interaction to the users.

Colours

Color	Description	Default
Primary	Used for buttons and primary call to actions	#1054DE
Secondary	Used in secondary UI elements	#292B32
Alert	Used when informing users of errors or information that requires an attention.	#FA4D30
Highlight	Used for hyperlink text	#1054DE
Base	Text presented on light background	#292B32
Base Inverse	Text presented on dark background	#FFFFFF
Message Bubble	Background colour of message bubble sent by the user	#1054DE
Message Bubble Inverse	Background colour of message bubble sent to the user	#EBECEF

UIKit uses a small set of declared colours to simplify the design task for developers. These colours are automatically rendered at appropriate shades to communicate states and interaction to the users.

Usage

Color	Description	Default
Primary	Used for buttons and primary call to actions	#1054DE
Secondary	Used in secondary UI elements	#292B32
Alert	Used when informing users of errors or information that requires an attention.	#FA4D30
Highlight	Used for hyperlink text	#1054DE
Base	Text presented on light background	#292B32
Base Inverse	Text presented on dark background	#FFFFFF
Message Bubble	Background colour of message bubble sent by the user	#1054DE
Message Bubble Inverse	Background colour of message bubble sent to the user	#EBECEF

Customise colour themes by declaring a colour code to the specific colour key.

Usage

colors.xml

<resources>
    <color name="upstraColorPrimary">#1054DE</color>
    <color name="upstraColorSecondary">#292B32</color>
    <color name="upstraColorAlert">#FA4D30</color>
    <color name="upstraColorHighlight">#1054DE</color>
    <color name="upstraColorBase">#292B32</color>
    <color name="upstraColorBaseInverse">#FFFFFF</color>
    <color name="upstraMessageBubble">#1054DE</color>
    <color name="upstraMessageBubbleInverse">#EBECEF</color>
</resources>

Customise colour theme by declare colour code to the specific colour key.

colors.xml

<resources>
    <color name="upstraColorPrimary">#1054DE</color>
    <color name="upstraColorSecondary">#292B32</color>
    <color name="upstraColorAlert">#FA4D30</color>
    <color name="upstraColorHighlight">#1054DE</color>
    <color name="upstraColorBase">#292B32</color>
    <color name="upstraColorBaseInverse">#FFFFFF</color>
    <color name="upstraMessageBubble">#1054DE</color>
    <color name="upstraMessageBubbleInverse">#EBECEF</color>
</resources>