[FIXED] Android: Add themes to existing project

Issue

I have a really old app that I am updating and want to use modern theming methods, probably Material Design 3.

If I create a new Android project, it creates some special folder to res/values folder, which has two files - one for light and one for dark.

I am unable to figure out how to add this special folder to my existing project as it looks like this at the moment.

I couldn't find a tutorial online, and when I try to add a folder and call it themes, it doesn't have the same icon.

Can someone help me with this?

Solution

I managed to fix this myself. I compared, and made similar, files in the root project directory between the files in my project and a new Android project.

I had also edited .idea\name file.

Then I just did Build->Clean Project, and closed and re-opened the project in Android Studio, and the issue was fixed with the smart folder organisations automatically done by the IDE.

Answered By - Shahid Thaika