api design - API for mobile apps, should it have colors in it? -

api design - API for mobile apps, should it have colors in it? -

recently in our team had give-and-take whether have colors in api responses. example

{ "message": "hello", "color": "red" }

versus

{ "message": "hello", "type": "danger" }

for first alternative pros are

if need alter color of element, don't have re-compile , submit 1 time again app appstore

cons are

you cannot force colors api, of them still hardcoded. if alter 1 color, have alter other similar colors, otherwise @ risk of having christmas-tree app, bunch of different reddish colors.

for sec alternative pros are

you have purely info based api, decide how ui should looks like

cons are

if need alter color, need re-compile app , publish 1 time again appstore, may take while

dear friends, think 2 different approaches? please give arguments either prove sentiment or dodge it. how other big companies design apis? never seen api providing colors, haven't seen lot of apis.

thank much

an api designed provide way access pure data, without ui content, therefore, sec alternative more "correct", becouse specify type , not how should look. option, consume api , decide how every message type should look.

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