[Bug]: Stream is changing my app's accent color

[mbac19]

Actual behaviour

Importing Appearance object in SwiftChatUI is overriding my app's accent color.

• I have an accent color in my app set to purple
• Just by adding the following line of code, it changes to blue:

import SwiftChatUI

func setupApp() {
  _ = Appearance.default
}

Expected behaviour

Stream Chat does not mess with my app's accent color settings.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new app
2. Go to the "Assets" file
3. Change the asset color (to something like red)
4. Import the `SwiftChatUI` package
5. Add the following code snippet inside the scene setup: `_ = Appearance.default`
6. Display a tab bar with some system icons
7. Notice the system icon color is tinted using Stream's blue tint color (instead of the app's red)

Which packages are you using?

StreamChat and StreamChatUI

Which SDK version are you using?

4.78.0

Which iOS version is the issue reproducible?

iOS 18.4.1

Which iPhone Device is the issue reproducible?

iPhone 16

Which Xcode version are you using?

Xcode 16.3

[laevandus]

Hi @mbac19, we followed the steps above, but failed to reproduce this issue. Could you please share your sample app with us where you can reproduce it.

Thank you

[mbac19]

@laevandus - Sure! Here's a bare-bones project with the bug being reproduced.

Details are in the README

[laevandus]

Hi @mbac19,

Seems like an issue in Apple frameworks. If I create a sample app without importing Stream SDK and changed it to:

@main
struct TestMoreApp: App {
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
            ContentView()
        }
    }
    
    init() {
        print(UIImage(named: "1")) // <-- issue trigger by this
    }
}

Then the accent color in the asset catalog is ignored.

Therefore, the recommendation is to change the integration in a way where Stream SDK is configured after app's init runs.

[mbac19]

@laevandus - hmm ok, that's good to know. Thanks for investigating, seems like it's not a stream issue then. Closing this out.