The Substratum theme framework now supports system-wide themes which don’t require root on any device running Android 8.0 Oreo. The developers behind the solution have started working on support for ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Android users are typically of the mindset that the ability to tweak the look of the UI on their device is a ...

People choose Android over iOS for a number of reasons, but one of the most common ones is that Android offers greater customization over what Apple allows on its mobile OS. The recent release of ...

Android has a long history of offering a more customizable user interface than iOS. You can choose which apps appear on your home screen, place widgets on the home screen, and even change the items ...

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. With the use of the Substratum ...

To provide some context, Substratum is a theming engine that allows devices that are rooted, run custom ROMs, or are certain Samsung Galaxy phones to, well, run themes. However, folks over at XDA and ...

There is now even less reason for Android users to root their device. That is, if their device already runs on Android 8.0 Oreo. As promised and hyped a few weeks ago, the folks behind the Substratum ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

CyanogenMod’s theme engine CMTE was one of the first theming options for custom Android ROMs, but its absence thus far in the world of Nougat and recent chats with LineageOS team members seem to ...