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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, The LineageOS Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+-->
+<resources>
+    <!-- Control the default night mode to use when there is no other mode override set.
+         One of the following values (see UiModeManager.java):
+             0 - MODE_NIGHT_AUTO
+             1 - MODE_NIGHT_NO
+             2 - MODE_NIGHT_YES
+    -->
+    <integer name="config_defaultNightMode">2</integer>
+</resources>