One of the better gripes we consistently apprehend about is the changes OEMs accomplish to Android's notification shade. Figure administration and home awning layouts can be anchored with custom launchers like Nova and Action, but we're ashore with the broken-down Quick Settings affair our phones came with. Today, we no best accept to backbiting Pixel 2 owners, as a new app will accord you that apple-pie banal Android attending on any phone.
With one app, you can adapt about every aspect of the notification shade. You'll alpha with a notification adumbration and Quick Settings console that matches the architecture and functionality of banal Android 8.0 Oreo, but you can abuse several added aspects manually. Everything from the aphotic affair to the atramentous music notifications is accessible to any accessory no bulk what bark you are application — and best of all, you don't alike charge to be rooted.
Step 1: Install Material Notification Shade
The app that will accord you Oreo's notification adumbration is appropriately alleged Material Notification Shade, and you can acquisition it on the Google Play Store. The alone admonition is that your accessory can't already be active Android Oreo. For the 0.5% of Android users on Oreo, I'm sorry. But for anybody abroad active Android Lollipop or higher, alpha by avaricious the app at the afterward link.
Step 2: Accredit Oreo's Notification Shade
Once you've got the app installed, accessible it up and tap the "ON" toggle to accredit the Oreo-style notification shade. From there, accredit the "Write," "Drawing," and "Notifications" permissions, again tap "Done" to acknowledgment to the capital menu.
Step 3: Accredit the Oreo Theme
Under the Themes grouping, accept "Panel Theme" and baddest "Oreo." Once selected, your notification adumbration will accept afflicted to the administration of Android Oreo. You could additionally aces "Nougat" here, but we're action you'd adopt to accept the latest and greatest, so we'll authenticate application the "Oreo" setting.
Step 4: Try Your New Notification Shade
Next, aloof cull bottomward your notification adumbration to see the changes. Accomplish abiding your Quick Settings and notifications now resemble the screenshots below.
Of course, one of Oreo's best new appearance is present: Themed media notifications. To try it out, alpha arena any song with anthology artwork in your admired music amateur app. Once it's playing, accessible your notification adumbration to see how the media controls are displayed. It should resemble the screenshot area the notification's accomplishments blush matches the primary colors of the album.
Step 5: Customize the Notification Adumbration Alike Added (Optional)
Material Notification Adumbration isn't bound to aloof the banal Android look. There's an affluence of theming options if you appetite a absolutely custom notification shade.
From the capital settings menu, "Notification Theme" allows you to change the accomplishments blush of your notifications. You can accredit a aphotic theme, ablaze theme, the arrangement default, or accept from a alternative of colors.
If you appetite a blush besides black, white, or arrangement default, accept "Colored." Afterwards, baddest "Notifications accomplishments color" from the capital card and accept a color. You can additionally use a blush not listed by allotment "Custom" in the bottom-left corner.
To change the accomplishments blush of the Quick Settings panel, accept "Shade Accomplishments Color" and baddest a color. However, for a different look, you can baddest a custom angel instead. While you do lose the adeptness to adapt figure colors, you'll accretion a absolutely alone look. For added customization, baddest "Shade Foreground Colors (Icons)" to adapt the blush of the icons amid aural the Quick Settings.
The accuracy slider can be adapted in a few means as well. You can adapt its blush application "Brightness Slider Color," and you can change the slider's position in the absolutely broadcast Quick Settings panel. You can either accept it on the basal by blockage "Brightness slider at the bottom," or accumulate it at the top by abrogation that advantage disabled.
If you'd like, you can abolish the slider from the aeroembolism appearance (first swipe) of the Quick Settings by un-ticking the "Brightness slider in header" box. You can additionally abatement the admeasurement of the slider by disabling "Brightness slider thumb."
Step 6: Get Added Controls with the Pro Adaptation & Basis (Optional)
There are alike added customization options if you buy the exceptional adaptation of the app. For $1.99, you can ascendancy the cardinal of rows and columns of your Quick Settings. You can use "Number of attack tiles" to acclimatize the cardinal of icons accessible in the aeroembolism adaptation of your Quick Settings. You can additionally absolute the best bulk of notifications that can be aggregate calm application "Max aggregate children."
You additionally accretion added functionality with a abiding device. Because of the way the Android OS operates, you are accustomed bound ascendancy of Quick Settings toggles. Most toggles will alone about-face on and off sensors. If you appetite added controls such as application the Wi-Fi toggle to change the Wi-Fi network, accommodate Material Notification Adumbration basis access.
What's your Material Notification Adumbration bureaucracy attractive like? Tell us all about it in the animadversion area below.
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