Is there an easy way to change the bottom bar colour on android phones. Currently on dark palletes its white and the controls are also very light so hard to see. [Screenshot_20250901_114230_Chrome]

Honestly, I don’t know why your buttons are so light. I don’t have this problem on my S Ultra 22. [Screenshot_20250901_161631_Chrome] In any case, I will open an internal discussion on this matter, since we are currently working on color schemes.

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[image] Damian_Boon: Just done a test and it indeed uses the palettes background colour to change the bottom bar. Out of curiosity: which variable did you change in the colour palette?

[image] dax: Honestly, I don’t know why your buttons are so light. I don’t have this problem on my S Ultra 22 Its only on Discoure they are like this. Any other site is fine.

Interesting enough, when installing the PWA on IOS, I don’t have a bottom bar at all… Think there is some customisation going on here?

The secondary colour. I can change the colour of the bar easily and the top bit

I am supposed be putting the site properly live today, sendingnout emails and getting people install the pwa :rofl::rofl::rofl:

I understand your frustration, but that’s not a very helpful answer. All I can say at the moment, is that it looks like that something is modifying the normal behaviour. Can you check which plugins, or theme components you have installed? Have you added any other customisation? Edit: nevermind me, missed some earlier info

Its not just my site. Its any discourse site???

[image] Damian_Boon: Its only on Discoure they are like this. Any other site is fine. I have already explained why this is the case on Discourse but not on other sites. [image] Damian_Boon: Can you try installing the pwa here Since you are a customer, we can already see which site you are associated with. The colors of the buttons are exactly the same as in the screenshot I shared earlier. They are not as light in color as yours.

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Damian_Boon (Damian Boon) September 1, 2025, 5:14pm 37

@dax @chapoi even more bizarre. If i install the pwa on my phone through firefox it works perfectly. At least i can see the bottom buttons now.

This is in light mode

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