There's also now a dark
UI system theme «for easier glanceability.»
Another feature to look out for will be the Dark
UI System theme.
But first, it's worth noting that Wear OS now switches to a default Dark
UI system theme, a stark contrast to Android Wear 1.0, which sported mostly white backgrounds and black text.
Dark
UI system theme: To enhance glanceability, Wear OS has switched to a UI theme with a darker / black background for the notifications stream and system launcher since the start of the year.
Android P for smartwatches introduces features announced for phones and tablets, a dark
UI system theme, and smart battery saving features.
First up, there's a dark
UI system theme.
Not exact matches
It offers Dark
UI as a native
system theme, and a suite of battery - saving options.
Last month it was discovered that with the release of Android 8.0 Oreo, users would be able to
theme the operating
system's
UI without the need to root their handsets.
There is no Dark Mode /
Theme, and
System UI tuner is almost as limited as always.
The reason you have to do this is that many of the Substratum - supposed custom
themes were built to
theme the
system UI from Android Nougat, however, the
system UI in Android 8.0 is very different and thus requires themers to update their
themes.
With the Pixel phones being Google - branded, we are actually seeing Google customize the
system UI of their devices with an «exclusive»
theme, but given that the Pixel is also running Android 7.1 we also see some
UI changes that will eventually arrive to all Android devices.
It looks like if it were to be added
system - wide, themes would be enabled within the System UI
system - wide,
themes would be enabled within the
System UI
System UI tuner.
Of course, it might be locked away in
System UI tuner for quite some time (as broken themes can break apps) but allowing the user to even take advantage of native theme support in the first place is a huge addition to the mobile operating s
System UI tuner for quite some time (as broken
themes can break apps) but allowing the user to even take advantage of native
theme support in the first place is a huge addition to the mobile operating
systemsystem.
Depending on your wallpaper, the
system UI can now adopt a light or dark
theme.
You can also personalize the phone with
themes, including color layouts and fonts, but colors don't stretch onto some
system UI elements like the notification panel.
This particular
theme currently only
themes the Android
System / Framework as well as
System UI, but we can combine this
theme pack with another one from the same developer to
theme a few additional applications.
For instance, one of the
themes in the Razer
theme store turns the aforementioned apps and
System UI elements into a brown color to commemorate Razer's April Fools joke last year — Project Breadwinner.
Rumors of a Star Wars -
themed edition have been swirling around the internet for a month or so, after a poster at the XDA Developers site noticed some unusual strings were found in the APKs for Launcher, Settings and
System UI.
The
Theme Center has options to change
themes, wallpapers, sounds and lock screen layout as the main ones apart from boot animation,
system UI, Notification
UI and call page layout.