Android restart/recreate when switching explicit theme with `Uniwind.setTheme` (RN 0.83)

[BenceMaraczi]

What happened?

Actual Behavior

The app appears to restart / activity is recreated on theme switch.

Expected Behavior

Theme switches should happen without app/activity restart.

Suspected Root Cause

In setTheme, Uniwind forces native appearance sync via Appearance.setColorScheme(...) for explicit themes.
On Android + newer RN, this seems to trigger configuration changes/activity recreation in some setups.

Workaround (validated)

Skipping Appearance.setColorScheme(...) on Android while keeping Uniwind internal theme updates and listener notifications resolves the restart behavior for us.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run an app on Android with Uniwind configured.
2. Add a runtime theme switcher that calls:
   • Uniwind.setTheme('light')
   • Uniwind.setTheme('dark')
3. Toggle between light and dark multiple times.

Snack or Repository Link

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Uniwind version

1.5.0

React Native Version

0.83.0

Platforms

Android

Expo

No

Additional information

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This issue has been automatically closed because it lacks a clear, minimal reproduction that we can use to verify the reported bug.

[Brentlok]

We need to call Appearance.setColorScheme(...) in order for native components to change the color scheme

[BenceMaraczi]

@Brentlok I just patched this out in our repo and this fixed the issue, but I understand if its needed