This supports Android Oreo without root, using Andromeda! If you have root, everything should work out of the box except on Samsung! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.andromeda
Support chat: https://t.me/substratum (#support)
Take over control of the finest aspects of the system UI and personalise your Android experience without limits with the official Substratum theme engine, free to use and powered by the constantly growing, community-driven collection of beautiful overlays.
Attention: Google is preventing stock OMS users from utilising custom overlays. To help us bring back rootless theming support to Android, please star the following issue in Google’s Issue Tracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/74354703.
Theme engine support: • Stock Oreo (OMS): Compatible with rooted and unrooted devices, in the case of the latter the Andromeda plugin is needed for Substratum to function correctly: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.andromeda
Disclaimer: Having external, third party theme clients installed may cause issues with Substratum, including unforeseen bootloops, crashes, and more. Customer support will refuse to provide assistance to users running such applications, including Swift Installer.
Latest updates
What's new in version one
Add compatibility with Android 10
How to install substratum theme engine APK on Android phone or tablet?
Download substratum theme engine APK file from ApkClean, then follow these steps:
Update Phone Settings
Go to your phone Settings page
Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
Check the Unknown Sources box
Confirm with OK
Go to Downloads
Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
Tap the APK file you downloaded (projekt.substratum-vone-ApkClean.apk)
Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
A: Just like Windows (PC) systems use an .exe file for installing software, Android does the same. An APK file is the file format used for installing software on the Android operating system.
Q: If I install an APK from this website, will I be able to update the app from the Play Store?
A: Yes, absolutely. The Play Store installs APKs it downloads from Google's servers, and sideloading from a site like ApkClean.net goes through a very similar process, except you're the one performing the downloading and initiating the installation (sideloading). As soon as the Play Store finds a version of the app newer than the one you've sideloaded, it will commence an update.
Q: Why ApkClean.net can guarantee APK 100% safe?
A: Whenever someone wants to download an APK file from ApkClean.net, we'll check the corresponding APK file on Google Play and allow user download it directly (of course, we'll cache it on our server). If the APK file does not exist on Google Play, we'll search it in our cache.
Q: What are Android App permissions?
A: Apps require access to certain systems within your device. When you install an application, you are notified of all of the permissions required to run that application.
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User's Reivew
5 ★I had given a 2 star review... I spent a while day figuring it out. Clearing Google Play data to verify the apps, rooting the device to auto connect on reboot and a lot of stuff. Works best with root, this much I can say. And when it works it works awesome ! Dev were prompt on reply (not solving though) and active, good job. I love the app now. 😅
5 ★This app is crazy what you can do with it!!! there are so many options its truly endless. you can work with other users themes or you can build one yourself... ive used this for several iterations of Andriod and it is essential for having a unique Android experience. If you dont like it... go back to your IPhone!!! Hahahaha!!!
5 ★Don't listen to the negative reviews, people just don't know how to use the app because you need root and it's NOT beginner friendly. Granted, this app should probably have a link to XDA or something in the menu where it tells you how to use it. All of the issues I've ever had using this app were theme related, I've never had an issue with this app.
4 ★Good App but not working with any Android One (Pie) phone . Kindly update with solution without root if possible
1 ★Why this is crashed during build & update a theme,I spend for andromeda and swift black theme from first time I saw it,also downgraded my MI A1 to android 8.0 oreo,but at last what I can see it is crashed,my money sucks!!totally disappointed,and also here are no options to give log file or screenshot.
4 ★I love Substratum. Simply a must have app for any Android themer. Today's update caused my messaging contact icons to go to default colors. Pixel 3 / Rooted with Magisk. Hopefully this is temporary. I tried both pitch black and swift and they are up to date. I don't get why we can't have black background without all the hassle anyway. Google!?
2 ★The idea is genius and the customizations you can do look incredible and that makes it very difficult to uninstall the app. BUT........ not one theme was without flaws and it seemed like just waiting for another error to pop up. it's a shame someone can't just fix the damn bugs and create a working DARK theme, but this app is at least the closest I've experienced.
1 ★So my initial review disappeared, but as instructed in an email, I went to the link in the description to find support and found that I have to install yet another app to get my issue looked at. This is just a pain in my butt the whole way around. It was always to use this app because I had to do a complete clean install of a theme every time there was an update. Now it's not installing anything. It hangs and nothing works. Now I have to go get some other stupid messaging app and give somebody else my private information just to get to talk to somebody. I hate this thing.
5 ★My entire phone went dark! Took me a while to get it because I'm not an expert. By when I did, my s9+ never looked so good. Very easy on my eyes because screens are so bright already and white background everywhere wasn't doing the trick. You better do your research before digging into your system. It could only help
5 ★Great app guys. Appreciate all the effort of this community. Unfortunately I updated my device to Pie and had to leave this behind. Atleast for now. For anyone who wants to get into this app, guys for some devices its simple others not, things are very specific here, so before you download/buy anything, and before you leave bad reviews, make sure you read everything. If you follow instructions carefully everything should be fine.
1 ★Scrolling in the app is a nightmare, since if you initiate the scroll from anywhere that has a drop down box, it opens and begins scrolling that box, rather than the actual page itself, making it easy to screw up settings and hard to scroll. And with next to no space between sections, it can become nearly impossible to scroll when the theme has a lot of configurable options. Drop down lists, in every other app I've ever used, require a tap to open the list, then can scroll to the option. Opening and scrolling a drop down list instead of scrolling the page is terrible UX. And when reported on Github, the developer blamed it on Google and said to file a bug with Google because it's part of the framework and is intentional. If it was a framework issue, it would affect every app that has drop down boxes, but guess what? IT DOESN'T! So either every single developer of all other apps have managed to work around this and the developer of substratum just doesn't care to fix their broken scrolling and would rather deflect blame to Google, or there's no issue with Google's framework at all, and it's just a lazy developer who doesn't care. I'm inclined to believe the last option, but none of this reflects well on the developer. The functionality of the app otherwise is passable, but the terrible UX and the dismissive response to the bug report earns this developer a FIRM ONE STAR RATING, AND WOULD BE ZERO STARS IF I COULD.
4 ★I used to use this and it was pretty buggy but I'm sure it got better so I went to redownload it after purchasing and I've gotten a system update since then (to 8.0) and it told me I had to get the new app made for 8.0 Oreo. I was excited until I clicked download and it said it costed more money on top of what I already paid for for the original app. I don't currently have money so this is an issue and I really don't think EVERY TIME I UPDATE MY ANDROID VERSION I SHOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE SOMETHING ELSE. Thanks.. EDIT: I'll give four stars because a responsive dev team is a key component of an app.