How to use dark mode in simulator iOS 13?

You can toggle the interface mode (i.e. Light / Dark) as well as adjust dynamic type setting on the fly (when the simulator is running) like this:

Dark mode with Xcode


You can use the "Toggle Appearance" (ShiftCommandA) setting from the Simulator menu:

Simulator > Features > Toggle Appearance ⇧⌘A

Toggle Appearance


In Settings, scroll down to Developer and then Dark Appearance…

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Update

In addition to the above, there are now many other ways to enable dark appearance in the simulator, as shown in the many great answers below.

• Change Environment Overrides from Xcode (@AshCameron)

• Toggle Appearance ⇧⌘A from the Simulator menu (@Shredder2794)

• Update from the command line using xcrun simctl ui booted appearance … (@blackjacx, @tadija)

• Programmatically using overrideUserInterfaceStyle = .dark (@thisIsTheFoxe)

• Specify UIUserInterfaceStyle in your info.plist (@DhavalGevariya)

• Use SimGenie from Curtis Herbert…  https://simgenie.app

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