Black on Black Theme for Galaxy S8
Apps/Files you Need for This Theme
- Material Black or MINU Black
Murdered Out Icon Pack (Or Kasatmata for higher contrast)
Solid Explorer (for moving files around)
Navbar Apps-To theme out navbar black throughout
Gboard-Black AMOLED Keyboard
Steps To Setup The Theme
Install your chosen black theme from the Samsung Theme Store. Possible Options (linked above) Include:
Material Black
MINU Black
Grab your AMOLED wallpaper, the version I am using can be found in Backdrops app under the premium AMOLED category. There are also a couple more good options for AMOLED wallpapers linked below
- Download and Install Action Launcher 3 or your favorite launcher. If you would like to customize your setup exactly as I show in the video, take the following steps in Action Launcher 3 Settings:
- Settings=>QuickTheme. Search Box = Black. All Apps Background = Black. Quickdrawer = Black. Quickpage Background = Black. Folder/Quickcut/Shutter Background = Black.
- Settings => SmartSize Icons ON. Icon Pack = Murdered Out or Katsatmata. Dark Status bar icons (at very bottom) ON.
- Settings=> Desktop=> Grid = 5x5. Quickpages ON.
- Settings=> Dock=>Width = 5
- Settings=>Folders=> Auto-Covers ON. Quickcuts ON. Shutters ON.
- Settings=> App drawer=> Style = Pixel. All Apps Background = Black.
- Download Zooper Widget Pro, Solid Explorer (if you don't already have a good file manager installed), and the Zooper Weather Template from XDA. Follow these steps to get the weather widget from my video on your home screen:
- Install Zooper Pro.
- Move the template file to Zooper Templates folder. This can easily be done in Solid Explorer as it makes copying and moving files a snap.
- Long press the home screen to add a Zooper widget to your home screen.
- Browse SD card within Zooper to pick the template we previously copied there.
- If you would like to get the exact look in my video, remove the location and enter in the color code #ff706c6c into the Temperature and weather icons (see the screenshots below.)
- Install Navbar apps. If you want a black navbar to persist throughout the UI, take the following steps inside the app:
- Choose static color option, change to black.
- Click on the Settings menu with navbar apps. Choose the option "Color of Navigation bar when keyboard is open", set this to black also.
- Install Gboard and choose the material black AMOLED theme as shown in the video. Your Black on Black theme should now be complete!