Dark mode on HTML input[type=date] – on Android

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Hi,

I’m trying to get dark mode to work consistently on <input type="date"> across platforms.

iOS – works great by setting UIUserInterfaceStyle to Dark in Info.plist:

<key>UIUserInterfaceStyle</key>
<string>Dark</string>

The native date picker respects this and renders in dark mode.

Android – the same approach obviously doesn’t apply, and the native date picker dialog still renders in light mode regardless of my app’s theme settings.

Has anyone found a reliable way to force dark mode on the native date picker dialog on Android in a Volt/Capacitor app? Or is the recommended workaround to replace input[type=date] with a custom JS date picker?

Thanks