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I've updated my Google Pixel to Oreo. Now the statusbar and quick settings area have a light theme. Is it possible to change that back to the dark theme, like on previous versions of Android? The white background is way too bright... I didn't find any option in the settings.

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  • Isn't there a system UI tuner, that can be activated by long press of settings? – beeshyams Aug 30 '17 at 10:20
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    @beeshyams I managed to activate the system UI tuner, but I can't find the option there either. It just allows me to hide statusbar icons. – Floern Aug 30 '17 at 10:43
  • I don't have the OS - it was a suggestion – beeshyams Aug 30 '17 at 10:48
  • I've got a Nexus 5x and it's the same issue - the theme has gone white with 8.0.0. I am attempting to find how to enable the substratum support, hopefully without rooting, as I've heard there are some ADB workarounds. – Robobenklein Aug 30 '17 at 14:39
  • There's a "color inversion" option under Settings > Accessibility. Will that do? – ale Sep 05 '17 at 20:26
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    Inverts color for entire device, not just menu - so no. – noahlz Sep 06 '17 at 01:39
  • The only way I've been able to find is substratum/andromeda hack. And it is a hack. Andromeda (desktop) --(USB)--> Android (developer access) --> Substratum to give the app access to android core UI commands. With how hard they're promoting it however, I doubt many haven't heard of it. – Tony Chiboucas Sep 28 '17 at 19:16

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Sony helped Google in implementing native support of RRO layers in Android O. This was previously used in many Xperia phones for a better system-wide theme support. In android custom rom and root community, Project Substratum is used for same. It also uses RRO layers thus provides better and more consistent theme than previous option CynogenMod Theme Engine (CMTE).

Till Oreo RRO layer patches and root were necessary for Substratum to work but as Oreo has native RRO layer support so it can be achieved in stock rom.For detailed method see this and this xda article. @Tony Chiboucas has also mentioned the method in his comment.

P.S. For unrooted devices, this is a paid process.

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Android Oreo 8.1 introduced an automatic theme switch. It adjusts the theme depending on your wallpaper. If you have a sufficiently dark wallpaper the quicksettings area will use a dark theme, otherwise it uses a light theme.

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