# Liquid Glass, Material 3, And A Lot Of Plumbing

DevFeed: [Liquid Glass, Material 3, And A Lot Of Plumbing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/liquid-glass-material-3-and-a-lot-of-plumbing-19352.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/liquid-glass-material-3-modern-native-themes/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2026-05-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [liquid glass](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/liquid-glass.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [simulator](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/simulator.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/improvements.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [liquid-glass](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/liquid-glass.md>), [native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/native.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [simulator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/simulator.md>)

## AI overview

Codename One introduces new iOS Modern and Android Material 3 native themes. The article explains their default use in the Playground, simulator selection, device ports, compatibility with older themes, and related performance and interface improvements.

## Source excerpt

New iOS Modern (liquid glass) and Android Material 3 native themes, how they work in the Playground, in the simulator, and on devices, plus a week of performance and look-and-feel improvements including sticky headers. Cross-platform shortcut:nativeTheme=modern; finer control viaios.themeMode=modern andand.themeMode=modern.