Android : Theme.xml and Styles.xml?

Question

In the newer version of Android Studio, I cant see styles.xml, but in the values directory, there are two new XML, theme.xml and theme.xml(night).

Does it actually replace the work of styles.xml OR If different what is the difference between them??

Answer 1

Using XML attributes in res\values doesn't actually depend on the file name, you can define any of which like a <string> in another file like style.xml.

Even you can change the name of the style.xml to something that you'd like to.

In recent Android studio versions styles.xml is replaced by themes.xml, but the latter provides a night version for dark mode.