How to enable dark mode in the Wikipedia application for iPhone

Many developers add a dark mode to their applications. The dark interface not only looks better but also helps to save charging on the iPhone with an OLED display. Earlier we already wrote about how to turn on dark mode in the applications Bear, YouTube, etc. Today we will tell how to turn on the dark mode in Wikipedia for iPhone and iPad.

How to enable dark mode in Wikipedia

1) Open the Wikipedia application on your iPhone or iPad.

2) Click the Ribbon tab at the bottom of the screen.

3) Click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the screen.

4) Select Reader Settings.

5)  Select a topic from the available.

The following topics are available in the Topics section :

• Default: Standard light theme.
• Sepia: Yellowish shade, as in old photographs.
• Dark : Dark interface.
• Black : Black interface.

The application also has an option that reduces the opacity of images in dark and black themes. Thus, reading articles is more pleasant.

For full comfort in Wikipedia, there is a convenient icon, with which help to change the themes even easier. Open an article and click on the " TT " button at the bottom of the screen to select a different theme, change the font size and increase or decrease the brightness.

If you often read articles in Wikipedia in the evening or at night, we recommend turning on dark or black mode to reduce the burden on the eyes.

What you need to know about the dark mode

Dark mode is a concept that is widely used in the industry to describe themes with dark and black elements, on which the content is very prominent.

Dark themes are popular among those who work with video and photography, designers, etc. Judging by Final Cut and other Apple program, the company thoroughly decided to switch to dark mode.

Professionals prefer to use dark mode, because it reduces the burden on the eyes, especially at night.

In macOS Mojave 10.14, Apple added a full dark mode not only for the main interface, but also for most standard programs: Photos, Notes, Mail, Messages, Calendar, etc. Moreover, the company provided an API for the dark mode so that developers could add it support in their programs.

In iOS, there is no full dark mode yet.

IOS 11 has a new Universal Access feature - Smart inversion, which simulates a dark mode, but its work leaves much to be desired. In iOS 12 function did not improve and did not add a dark mode.

Dark mode + OLED display

We have no doubt that someday dark mode will be added to iOS, as it will be very useful on models with OLED-display, like the iPhone X and the future lineup of 2018.

Most likely, this will happen with iOS 13 or iOS 14 in the next or 2020. By this time, all new models of the iPhone will certainly be with OLED-displays. Such displays do not require backlighting, which consumes a lot of energy, like on LCD displays.

On OLED panels, each pixel is highlighted individually. If the pixel is black, it does not consume energy. In this regard, OLED-displays very save battery power when the screen is black.

The App Store even has a list with third-party iOS applications that have a dark mode. It can be viewed through a web browser.