Custom Blurs

Note: This feature has been removed as of version 2.1.8

Anemone supports overriding the styles of blurs, which allows theming many aspects of iOS 7 & 8. iOS uses a set of blur styles throughout the system.

Blur settings, just like images, stack up as themes are enabled so you can feel free to include multiple sub-themes that have different blur settings and they'll add up.

Blur Policy

Key: "policy"
Type: String
Default: blacklist

The blur policy specifies whether blur settings should be allowed on a whitelist or blacklist basis. Set to "whitelist" to whitelist individual apps.

Bundle Identifiers

Key: "BundleIdentifiers" Type: Array

An array of bundle id's to whitelist or blacklist based on the blur policy setting.

Override Blur Settings

Key: "BlurSettings" Type: Dictionary

A dictionary with the values as integers to specify the style to override a system blur. The key is the class or superclass of the desired UIView that contains the backdrop view (blur). Example classes are listed below.

Note: More specific class definitions override less-specific class definitions, regardless of theme ordering.

Class	Description
UIView	Everything. May be easily overridden though.
Global	An alias for UIView.
PUPhotosSectionHeaderView	The header views in the photos app.
_UIDimmingKnockoutBackdropView	Alert Views.
SBControlCenterContentContainerView	Control Center
SBBulletinWindow	Notification Center

Blur Styles

The blur styles are available on the iPhone Dev Wiki but we have mirrored it below for your convenience.

Blur Style	Description
-2	No Blur.
0, 1000, 1003, 2020, 10090, 10100	Light Blurs.
1, 1001, 1100, 2030, 11050, 11060	Dark Blurs (E.G. Notification Center).
2	Blur Only.
2010	Ultralight Blurs.
2050, 11070	Ultradark Blurs.
2060	Adaptive Light Blurs (E.g. Control Center).
2070	Semi-Light Blurs.
2071	Flat Semi-Light Blurs.
2080	Ultra Colored Blurs.
3900	Passcode Paddle Style Blurs (iOS 7.1+).
3901	Light Keyboard Blurs (iOS 7.1+).

Example

An example night mode theme for the photos app is available below. It uses Custom Blurs and Override Colors with Tint Colors to achieve the effect.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>ColorFilter</key>
	<dict>
		<key>BundleIdentifiers</key>
		<array>
			<string></string>
			<string>com.apple.mobileslideshow</string>
		</array>
		<key>policy</key>
		<string>whitelist</string>
	</dict>
	<key>OverrideColors</key>
	<dict>
		<key>BarBackgroundColor</key>
		<string>black</string>
		<key>BlackColor</key>
		<string>white</string>
		<key>DarkTextColor</key>
		<string>#FAFAFA</string>
		<key>SystemWhiteColor</key>
		<string>#212121</string>
		<key>TableBackground</key>
		<string>#212121</string>
		<key>TableCellBackground</key>
		<string>#424242</string>
		<key>TableCellSelectionBackground</key>
		<string>#757575</string>
		<key>WhiteColor</key>
		<string>#424242</string>
	</dict>
	<key>TintColors</key>
	<dict>
		<key>Global</key>
		<string>#00E5FF</string>
		<key>UIStatusBar</key>
		<string>#EEEEEE</string>
	</dict>
	<key>TintFilter</key>
	<dict>
		<key>BundleIdentifiers</key>
		<array>
			<string>com.apple.mobileslideshow</string>
		</array>
		<key>policy</key>
		<string>whitelist</string>
	</dict>
    <key>BlurFilter</key>
	<dict>
		<key>BundleIdentifiers</key>
		<array>
			<string>com.apple.mobileslideshow</string>
		</array>
		<key>policy</key>
		<string>whitelist</string>
	</dict>
	<key>BlurSettings</key>
	<dict>
		<key>PUPhotosSectionHeaderView</key>
		<string>2080</string>
	</dict>
</dict>
</plist>