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I Moved My Dark Mode Checks Into DevTools, and Only Four Places Still Need a Real Device

Expo SDK 57 added light and dark emulation to React Native DevTools, which ended my trips to the Settings app. What it swaps is the value JavaScript reports, so a few places still need a real toggle. Here is how to find that boundary in your own project.