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The intent of default was always to do the platform / system default thing. 

Default on Android need not look like default on iOS 

> On Oct 25, 2022, at 8:01 AM, julio cesar sanchez <jcesarmob...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> The funny thing is default is not the default value, the default value is
> lightContent. It’s called default just to match the iOS name. So another
> reason to deprecate it.
> 
>> El El mar, 25 oct 2022 a las 16:37, Norman Breau <nor...@normanbreau.com>
>> escribió:
>> 
>> I think if we (Apache) used the term "default", it should be referencing
>> our default, and not necessarily the underlying platform's default.
>> 
>> Therefore, I think #2 might be the best path moving forward. Adding
>> a styleDarkContent will be symmetrical to the styleLightContent counterpart
>> (we have light & dark opposites). And if the user wants to match the system
>> theme, having styleSystem is think is a clear indication of that
>> behaviour, more
>> so than a styleDefault.
>> 
>> So +1 for Option #2.
>> 
>>> On 2022-10-25 6:08 a.m., julio cesar sanchez wrote:
>>> The statusbar plugin has this styles:
>>> 
>>>    - *StatusBar.styleDefault*: Use the default statusbar (dark text, for
>>>    light backgrounds)
>>>    - *StatusBar.styleLightContent:* Use the lightContent statusbar
>> (light
>>>    text, for dark backgrounds).
>>> 
>>> This was enough until iOS 13 came out, then Apple added DarkContent to be
>>> the dark text and changed default to change according to the user theme.
>>> 
>>> Since *StatusBar.**styleDefault* was setting the text to whie in some
>> cases
>>> now, I changed it to work as the docs say, always use dark text (asked on
>>> the issue and users wanted it like that). But after it was merged, some
>>> users started to say that we should provide a new
>>> *StatusBar.styleDarkContent* and make *StatusBar.**styleDefault *work as
>>> the native default value (change according to the configured user theme).
>>> 
>>> So, what should we do?
>>> 
>>> 1) Add a new *StatusBar.styleDarkContent *method that would work as the
>>> *StatusBar.**styleDefault* works now, dark text, and change *StatusBar.*
>>> *styleDefault* to use the native default value so it changes according to
>>> the user theme.
>>> 
>>> 2) Add a new *StatusBar.styleDarkContent *method that would work as the
>>> styleDefault works now, dark text, add another new
>> *StatusBar.styleSystem*
>>> (or similar name)  to use the native default value so it changes
>> according
>>> to the user theme, and deprecate *StatusBar.**styleDefault*.
>>> 
>>> 3) Keep the *StatusBar.**styleDefault* for dark text and add a new
>>> *StatusBar.styleSystem* (or similar name) to make the status bar change
>>> according to the user theme.
>>> 
>>> Next release is going to be a major release, so we shouldn't worry about
>>> breaking changes. But not sure which change would be the least confusing
>>> for users, matching the style names to the native iOS names and their
>>> bebavior, keep default as dark text as that's what is documented or use a
>>> more neutral name for style changing according to the theme.
>>> 
>>> Note, it's not clear if we can accomplish the status bar style change
>>> according to the user/phone theme on Android.
>>> 
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