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Black Theme Android/Apps

Hello,
I tried to find Dark/Black themes for Z3 Compact which could theme settings, calendar, contacts and a lot of other apps but without success.
I also tried some Xposed module for theming but all of them were not working
I would like something really close to the one made by @Rajeev (dark and blue) like here
Or something like eXistenZ from @niaboc79 like here
Sadly his rom is not working on our Z3 Compact
I am currently using Slimm 3.1 Rom from @Wajk
If someone could help me, i will be really greatful :laugh:

I also tried Substratum theme engine, and Layers manager but the apps doesn't start then FC ?

slutman said:
I also tried Substratum theme engine, and Layers manager but the apps doesn't start then FC ��
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You should flash something about the Layers you can't directly use it AFAIK, also I don't know any other way than Layers on MM to edit the apps as you requested. Even with Layers, it is very risky, it might screw your system up, make sure to have a back-up! When it comes to eXistenZ, it is a highly customized ROM so don't compare it with stock

Substratum works for MM. I've mixed a few of the best free, cheap and quality themes I've tested. Theming quality varies and compatibility can be inconsistent. Takes some time to test. But I've done that so can share. I'll list in order of quality preference. That way you choose the priority theme's overlays when there are duplicates.
Material Glass is a free unique dark theme. Has transparency to wallpaper throughout and for pop ups. Can use all of them. Don't like it's XDA labs though. Also has two bugs if using it's Android System, volume slider hides foreground app and keyboard switcher reboots device.
Swift Black is a cheap quality pack still in active development and updating to substratum. Pretty much all of it's overlays are great except Chrome's window heading clashes. It's Systemui and Android System are standouts priority above Material Glass the latter only because of prior mentioned bugs.
InversionUI is a good free pack. Not as good as Swift Black but if preferring free can be a close replacement. For example it's play store ratings colour clashes white. Google calendar, catlog and news & weather are unique to it. Calendar status bar icons clash black, but using white icons and clock changing in gravitybox is a workaround.
Dark Material free from play store for it's unique facebook and instagram. Substratum itself only seems to black with this one.
These have YouTube which is just it's setting menu aparrently and eBay just it's notification. I think Android System overlays clash black text in Sony's messaging, I just swapped to using Google's Messenger instead.
They're actually the best combo. I tried some others but had no results or crashes. Haven't tested all as these fill everything already. Can't complain with the results!
edit: for posterity's sake using xposed mod Qs X tiles per row can help theme notifications colours. Also xposed mod LPThemer works on MM: under it's Status bar tab, enabling notification text colour can change notification button text colours.

Infy_AsiX said:
Substratum works for MM. I've mixed a few of the best free, cheap and quality themes I've tested. Theming quality varies and compatibility can be inconsistent. Takes some time to test. But I've done that so can share. I'll list in order of quality preference. That way you choose the priority theme's overlays when there are duplicates.
Material Glass is a free unique dark theme. Has transparency to wallpaper throughout and for pop ups. Can use all of them. Don't like it's XDA labs though. Also has two bugs if using it's Android System, volume slider hides foreground app and keyboard switcher reboots device.
Swift Black is a cheap quality pack still in active development and updating to substratum. Pretty much all of it's overlays are great except Chrome's window heading clashes. It's Systemui and Android System are standouts priority above Material Glass the latter only because of prior mentioned bugs.
InversionUI is a good free pack. Not as good as Swift Black but if preferring free can be a close replacement. For example it's play store ratings colour clashes white. Google calendar, catlog and news & weather are unique to it. Calendar status bar icons clash black, but using white icons and clock changing in gravitybox is a workaround.
Dark Material free from play store for it's unique facebook and instagram. Substratum itself only seems to black with this one.
These have YouTube which is just it's setting menu aparrently and eBay just it's notification. I think Android System overlays clash black text in Sony's messaging, I just swapped to using Google's Messenger instead.
They're actually the best combo. I tried some others but had no results or crashes. Haven't tested all as these fill everything already. Can't complain with the results!
edit: for posterity's sake using xposed mod Qs X tiles per row can help theme notifications colours. Also xposed mod LPThemer works on MM: under it's Status bar tab, enabling notification text colour can change notification button text colours.
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge! That is really helpful. I'd like to ask for more info, e.g. you meant those themes↓?
• Swift Black (Play Store says Z3C is not compatible )
• InversionUI
• Dark Material (Play Store says Z3C is not compatible )
Have you tried AospUI Black od AospUI Dark?

-Vinne2- said:
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! That is really helpful. I'd like to ask for more info, e.g. you meant those themes↓?
• Swift Black (Play Store says Z3C is not compatible )
• InversionUI
• Dark Material (Play Store says Z3C is not compatible )
Have you tried AospUI Black od AospUI Dark?
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This information is a little old so some things don't function anymore. Development for Substratum has moved onto OMS and older legacy support is discontinued. Some app updates have broken overlays too. I'm using two Z3C's, one on LineageOMS 14.1 which uses a new different mixed combination of packs including the old legacy Material Glass. The old MM stock I've just stopped using an overlay when it breaks.
Yes that's Swift Black, they stopped updating legacy awhile ago. Maybe if you can purchase I can provide the original last updated v8.7 APK to use. Yes, that's InversionUI, but I don't use any of it anymore. Dark Material has the package name com.chummy.darkmaterial_layers, I don't use it anymore. I haven't tried that, I just use my old stock MM as a backup so not changing things there unless needed. I just keep my LineageOMS 14.1 updated currently.
If might help so this is how my old remaining MM is set up:
Material Glass v3.2 old 3.2 for how the theme accent is preferred white still before it was changed to grey
- Android System (Use GravityBox to set media tweaks, volume panel timeout to 1 second to help with the overlay bug. Can use Tasker with Secure settings plugin to create a Keyboard switcher to get around the crashing default selector)
Material Glass v3.4 beta One of the last betas from the github
- Tags, Trusted Face, Phone Call Management, Google Play Store, GravityBox, eBay, Translate, Google, GBoard, Package Installer, Kernel Adiutor, Instagram (old version)
Material Glass v3.4 I think these were just apps I installed later so I used the latest and last release
- Messages, Android System WebView
Swift Black
Calendar, Google Text-to-speech, Hangouts, Keep, MX Player, Media Storage, Messenger Lite, News & Weather, Phone Services, Skype, VLC, Viber
I kept a note of when an overlay stopped working in case I needed to reinstall after a clean ROM. I had DocumentsUI and Gmail removed from Material Glass. I had Docs, Drive, Google Play Store, Phone Call Management, Translate and eBay removed from Swift Black. Of course I haven't tested everything and theres apps I don't have too, but that's what works for me and can be used as a guide.

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Thank you very much!

slutman said:
Hello,
I tried to find Dark/Black themes for Z3 Compact which could theme settings, calendar, contacts and a lot of other apps but without success.
I also tried some Xposed module for theming but all of them were not working
I would like something really close to the one made by @Rajeev (dark and blue) like here
Or something like eXistenZ from @niaboc79 like here
Sadly his rom is not working on our Z3 Compact
I am currently using Slimm 3.1 Rom from @Wajk
If someone could help me, i will be really greatful :laugh:
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Don't know if you're still looking, but I made one for eXistenZ MM - https://mega.nz/#!NptDRSgC!QOJHyx08wCMwWfnJpRYKRFgFQd9sRslSw8snfCWa5hg
Make a backup, flash in recovery.
Also, here's dark contacts, install as normal apk.

levone1 said:
Don't know if you're still looking, but I made one for eXistenZ MM - https://mega.nz/#!NptDRSgC!QOJHyx08wCMwWfnJpRYKRFgFQd9sRslSw8snfCWa5hg
Make a backup, flash in recovery.
Also, here's dark contacts, install as normal apk.
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Thanks a lot mate. It looks perfect but sadly I changed my phone not a long time ago ^^'
Thank you anyway ?

levone1 said:
Don't know if you're still looking, but I made one for eXistenZ MM - https://mega.nz/#!NptDRSgC!QOJHyx08wCMwWfnJpRYKRFgFQd9sRslSw8snfCWa5hg
Make a backup, flash in recovery.
Also, here's dark contacts, install as normal apk.
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The .zip is no longer available, do you have another copy, or a mirror?

asdf2345 said:
The .zip is no longer available, do you have another copy, or a mirror?
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Check these posts :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74391787&postcount=246
https://mega.nz/#!Rxc1Ha7K!sjaA2BODD_d4vvr8Vx8I5EJ4Dygu2cYoohqBhYgEios
Links are still good, but it's been a while, and I really don't remember anything about it. Try it out, (make a backup first)...

levone1 said:
Check these posts :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74391787&postcount=246
https://mega.nz/#!Rxc1Ha7K!sjaA2BODD_d4vvr8Vx8I5EJ4Dygu2cYoohqBhYgEios
Links are still good, but it's been a while, and I really don't remember anything about it. Try it out, (make a backup first)...
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Pls give new link for this.. I really need it

ilyas UG said:
Pls give new link for this.. I really need it
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Sorry, I haven't had Z3c for over 5 years... I don't think those files exist anymore. You can use Apktool right on the phone to mod your system apps. That's mainly how I did everything.
One of my favorite phones, though. If Sony did more updates, I might still have it.

levone1 said:
Sorry, I haven't had Z3c for over 5 years... I don't think those files exist anymore. You can use Apktool right on the phone to mod your system apps. That's mainly how I did everything.
One of my favorite phones, though. If Sony did more updates, I might still have it.
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Can you teach me, how to change to black color? I am using apktool
I just want to change framework and setting app

[OnePlus 5] [ROOT] Save Power Using Substratum {AMOLED DISPLAY}

Guys Almost Everyone of You Know That Our Lovely OnePlus 5 Uses AMOLED Display. But Do You Know How AMOLED Display Works? Let Me Explain :
LCDs like the ones you find on the*LG G3*or*HTC One (M8)*produces light with an LED backlight. The light shines through the pixels and into your eyeballs. In this case, a black pixel is simply one in which the pixel has turned opaque—it blocks all the light streaming in from the backlight. The backlight is still on just the same.
An AMOLED doesn't have a backlight at all. Instead, each little sub-pixel is like a tiny red, blue, or green colored light. If the screen is instructed to display black, it doesn't need to block any light, it simply doesn't light up any of the little colored sub-pixels.
So, If U See A Part of Screen That Is Showing Pure Black Colour, It Means It Isn't Showing Any Colour Resulting In The Best Black You Can Experience.
So, Now How To Save Power Using This?
First of All You Can Use The Stock Theme Option Inside Display Settings To Set The Theme To Dark. It'll Save Power During Stock Apps Screen.
In Third Party Apps, Use Substratum Theme Engine With Swift Black Theme (Most Preferred For Pure Black)
Here is Full Guide: (For Rooted Users Only)
1. Download Substratum Theme Engine (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.substratum)
2. Download Swift Black Theme (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftblack.layers)
3. Run Substratum, Go To Swift Black Tab & Choose OOS 4 From The Top List.
4. Select Third Party Apps Only (Chrome, Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Gmail, Drive, etc)
WARNING : I Don't Recommend Theming System Apps Like Settings, SystemUI Because They're Already Dark Themed, But You Can Always Try On Your Own Risk, If Stuck On Bootloop, Just Flash Rescue.zip Inside Substratum Folder In Main Directory
5. Click On Install Overlays Button And Wait For It To Complete.
6. Reboot
Now Enjoy The Extra Juice Saved By AMOLED Display.

Reserved

Did you know the difference between Swift black and Swift dark? Because i already own it. Is there much difference in darkness?

Grey vs Black?
Kallmeidroppe said:
Did you know the difference between Swift black and Swift dark? Because i already own it. Is there much difference in darkness?
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I'm pretty sure Swift Dark is grey as opposed to Swift Black being true black.

Swift Black does not work properly on OnePlus 5. For example Youtube when trying to play playlist it crashes. Also some apps crash when swift black is turned on. So I just removed it.

That Sounds right. I also looked again in PlayStore.... So i think i buy also the dark one.

Kallmeidroppe said:
That Sounds right. I also looked again in PlayStore.... So i think i buy also the dark one.
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Doesn't that defeat the purpose because swift dark isn't actually black?

Sorry i meant the black one. The dark i already own.

alukarulz said:
Swift Black does not work properly on OnePlus 5. For example Youtube when trying to play playlist it crashes. Also some apps crash when swift black is turned on. So I just removed it.
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Playlist Working Properly, Not A Single Crash Since Yesterday With Any App

Kallmeidroppe said:
Did you know the difference between Swift black and Swift dark? Because i already own it. Is there much difference in darkness?
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Dark Is Grey/Gray & Black is True Black (The One Which Works On AMOLED).

Krsambhav16 said:
Playlist Working Properly, Not A Single Crash Since Yesterday With Any App
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Nice! What's the name of that font and how can I install it?

ddaharu said:
Nice! What's the name of that font and how can I install it?
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StRyde Font Applied Via iFont App From Play Store Using Root.

Krsambhav16 said:
StRyde Font Applied Via iFont App From Play Store Using Root.
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Thanks mate!

This was working fine but not anymore

Dark Theme for Emui 9 after upgrade to Pie?

Hi, was anyone able to find a dark/black theme for working fully with Emui9 after Pie upgrade?
My findings:
Dark EMUI 9 Theme (Best for Non-pro Huawei Phones: so far the best one I found: the dialer is in white, but rest of relevant apps and settings in black/grey without any bugs.
Generaly there is load of themes partially, not fully working. (in my opinion those are themes originally developed for Emui8 whose creators claimed compatibility with Emui9 without proper testing)
Mostly, the problem occures in certain menu's when user's interaction needed. In numerous menus, the text and background are same color, making text unreadable. You can overlook it during fastcheck,but its very anoying in tons of everyday situations.
How to test it: Choose settings> Home screen and Wallpapers> Wallpaper and choose anyone. Confirm it. Dialogue with choice whether you want to set it on Lockscreen, Homescreen or Both. If this dialoque is normaly visible, theme should be OK. In most cases of problematic dark themes, the dialogue shows in combination white text/white background.
List of tested and not properly working themes (update 19/01/19)
Deep Black Emui theme: Tested v 1.5, not working properly
Dark EMUI 9 Theme for Huawei/Honor: bought, not working properly, returned with refund.
Dark EMUI Theme for EMUI 5/8: not working properly
Moutain Dark Theme: not working properly
Problematic themes from Theme Manager from Huawei
- Samsung One Dark UI: bit confusingly reccomended as working in this topic here on XDA
- Windows 10 Home
- Nightlike

No fully black themes yet sadly, an the theme there has a nasty notification shade slider icon, looks straight out of 2011 ice cream sandwhich 4.0.
Im not upgrading to EMUI 9 until a decent theme comes up.

Maybe you can try this..
"Dark EMUI 9 Theme for Huawei/Honor"

https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20/themes/deep-black-emui-9-theme-t3877187
:good: try this one

iaureeel: I have bought it and it is not working
2WildFirE: you are refering to the same theme as I did in first post. It has problems with dialogues, that are shown with same color of text and background. (e.g. if you connect phone to the PC, you cannot choose charging/copy mode, and many other similar situation).
So far, this is the theme I sound so far best - it has dialer in white, but rest is in black and working.

Hi,
I've just found this one: Samsung One ui Dark https://theme.page.link/WWYTf4ZnqXpsFTyD7

saintshakajin said:
Hi,
I've just found this one: Samsung One ui Dark https://theme.page.link/WWYTf4ZnqXpsFTyD7
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Not working properly. White text on white background in many settings dialogs.

pudil said:
Not working properly. White text on white background in many settings dialogs.
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Yes, I've just seen this. I was too enthusiast

Did some more testing on promising themes, so far no luck.
Added to the first post.

I know it's not a theme per se, but I had the same "problem" when updating to EMUI9 (notification panel and navigation when keyboard is displayed were white). I found there is an option in "Settings > Battery" called "Darken user interface" or something like that, that turns everything dark, even the dialer.

There is no such option... Screenshot?

It's under Battery > the last setting before "more battery settings".

Wolfchilla said:
It's under Battery > the last setting before "more battery settings".
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That's very interesting... I don't have this option and my version is 9.0.0.162 What is yours?
Ps) You don't have Honor View10 do you?

I don't have that option, and I'm on B178. What region is your phone for? Is it L09 C432?

Masinac85 said:
I don't have that option, and I'm on B178. What region is your phone for? Is it L09 C432?
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My Honor View 10 is the BKL-L09 C432 version and I don't have that option in my phone. I'm on 9.0.0.178 patch 01 at the moment.

This version is working on my honor lite 9, but its not black, notification is still white !

[THEME] Best Dark theme for EMUI 9

for all want black themes for emui9 i found one working good and themes all items
just install themes manager for huawei from playstore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deishelon.lab.huaweithememanager
and search for samsung one ui dark download it and apply it from the theme manager
it works very well

Unfortunatelly not. Try to get to any settings that requires second level user interaction (e.g. the fast mode choice when you connect the USB cable, or the choice whether the wallpaper applies to homescreen or lockscreen or both, and many others). You see the white text on white background in many cases. Quite anoying for regular usage in many situation.
Already reported in other similar topic as this yours.

pudil said:
Unfortunatelly not. Try to get to any settings that requires second level user interaction (e.g. the fast mode choice when you connect the USB cable, or the choice whether the wallpaper applies to homescreen or lockscreen or both, and many others). You see the white text on white background in many cases. Quite anoying for regular usage in many situation.
Already reported in other similar topic as this yours.
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no mate it is not mine i just share it here because i found it with less bugs and almost everything themed not all

looks like S417, dont waste your time people

kuljit55 said:
looks like S417, dont waste your time people
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:laugh:
yes but you can change icones and fonts

pudil said:
Unfortunatelly not. Try to get to any settings that requires second level user interaction (e.g. the fast mode choice when you connect the USB cable, or the choice whether the wallpaper applies to homescreen or lockscreen or both, and many others). You see the white text on white background in many cases. Quite anoying for regular usage in many situation.
Already reported in other similar topic as this yours.
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Is there any way to make those changes in HV10. Every theme that I have tried has the same white on white pop up. Couldn't find code to edit it.. If any one knows how or where to find that option to make change please advise.

I found BLACK EMUI theme here:
https://theme.page.link/GAcELqio2oPMVZMT8
It looks very good for now. All is visible, no white text on white background. The only thing I didn't like is the font style, but you can change it manually.

After the 178 update, all the dark themes are working fine with white text on black background. Honor solved it.

I use Huawei Themes from google store, it's free. Thru it you can dl Porshe Style Dark theme which is compatible with Emui9 and it works perfectly for me.

How to make notifications black or dark?

Hello guys, I love this phone but the only thing I do not like are the white notifications, I have activated the dark mode of emui 9 but the notifications come out in white. help
https://m.imgur.com/a/hCWddtE

Find black themes.

I've been trying to figure this out for a week now. Can't find a theme that supports it yet. My only disappointment with this phone is that I miss my dark apps and themes, but it's only a matter of time...

Try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=emui.en.com.gpix2dark

zergow said:
Hello guys, I love this phone but the only thing I do not like are the white notifications, I have activated the dark mode of emui 9 but the notifications come out in white. help
https://m.imgur.com/a/hCWddtE
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The only way is to wait untill will be released These compatible with EMUI 9.1. Till now no theme makes black notification or change icons on quick settings.

Install Huawei themes manager from playstore ,then download a dark theme( i have p30 pro dark theme,it has red accent). Turn on dark interface in the system and do a restart after installing the them.
You can change font and icons from themes as usual.

edward78 said:
Install Huawei themes manager from playstore ,then download a dark theme( i have p30 pro dark theme,it has red accent). Turn on dark interface in the system and do a restart after installing the them.
You can change font and icons from themes as usual.
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hellom do you know the exacly name of the theme? I Search it but i didnt find it. :crying: