

So be aware that if you are using it for previous projects, the transition won’t be straightforward. And it luckily happened: this new theme is included in AppCompat 21. We were all hoping that the new support APIs included Material Design, the new theme adopted since Android 5.0 Lollipop. I think this dark theme is much easier on the eyes, and better to look at. Material Design Everywhere: Using AppCompat 21. Go to File -> Settings -> Editor -> Colors & Fonts and select the Monokai-Sublime theme. It should now look like this: Changing the color and font themeĪpplying the Monokai “Colors & fonts” scheme you just installed: Go to File -> Settings and search for “Theme”, select “Darcula”

This will make the IDE itself darker, which will fit nicely with the Monokai Colors and Fonts theme, which is for code only. android:theme'style/M圜ustomTheme' /> Your new theme will be applied to your activity, and text is now bright red. You can change your display to a dark background using a dark. Changing the themeĬhange the Android Studio IDE Theme to a dark one “Darcula”. Some of these steps work only on Android 11.0 and up. I have already covered how to get the Monokai theme in Eclipse, and even how to get Monokai in Chrome developer tools! Downloading and importing the themeĭownload the theme as a zip file from the github repository, unzip it, and install it to Android Studio by going to File -> import settings -> and select the Monokai-Sublime.jar file you downloaded.Īfter the import, you will have to restart Android Studio. If you are tired of the boring default look of Android Studio (and IntelliJ which it is based on), you can do like me, and switch to the better looking Monokai theme from Sublime Text 2.
