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iOS app with "dark mode" setting flashes white if system isn't dark mode
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

  • Set the iOS device to *not* have dark mode as a system preference
  • Set the Wikipedia iOS app to have dark mode enabled

What happens?:

The app loading screen flashes bright white before it transforms to the dark mode background.

What should have happened instead?:

The app loading screen should load on dark mode initially.

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):

Video of the loading screen when iOS is *not* in Dark Mode system wide, but the Wikipedia app is set to Dark mode (demonstrating the white flash)