Background color in CarPlay is fixed to dark grey even when dark/light mode changes

[SamuelBrucksch]

Library Version

1.2.1

React Native Version

0.83

React Version

19.2

Expo Version

53

Minimal Reproduction

Hey,

i just tried the small supplemental activity in CarPlay. It looks like a default background color is applied:

I can overwrite it with a solid color:

But when I use a transparent color, the dark color shines through (#ff000020):

Also the background color is the same for both day/night mode:

It looks a bit nicer in dark mode, as it is similar to what is shown in the other tiles, but is still slightly wrong. Is there anything I can do, to actually set it to fully transparent, so it has the same background color as the others?

When i try to move the widget, the actual light background is visible:

So some default background color is probably applied.

Using a GlassContainer doesn't help.

Additional Information (Optional)

No response

[V3RON]

See #101
You can use activityBackgroundTint to make the background transparent. This was unintentionally omitted from the documentation 🙈

[SamuelBrucksch]

Hey,

thanks for checking this. I actually tried this before. It works on the lockscreen, but not on CarPlay:

So it looks like the small supplementalActivityFamilies doesn't use it.

[V3RON]

I just found this Reddit thread about the issue. It might not be a Voltra issue after all.

https://www.reddit.com/r/swift/comments/1oc5ojd/carplay_live_activity_colors_set_always_are_dark/