How to change or add theme to Android Studio?

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I have just installed Android Studio in my Window 7 64bit.
When I launch the application the background of the screen where we write the code is white.
I would prefer black or any other color.
I am not sure whether we can change the color/theme OR add more themes.

for window 7 64 bit. we need to add System Variable JDK_HOME with value c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_21\ — kongkea, May 16 '13 at 05:34
I didn't in fact i am happy your working in anew fresh tool like android studio. — Abhijit Chakra, May 16 '13 at 13:21
Java code style chage to 'IntelliJ Light' when i upgrade to studio4.1. So I change back to my favorite 'Classic Light' after lots of searching. Mac: preferences->Editor->Color Scheme->Java ->Scheme , on the right panel — Victor Choy, Nov 05 '20 at 16:36

score 760 · Accepted Answer · edited May 24 '18 at 08:47

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File->Settings->Editor->Colors & Fonts-> In scheme name select Darcula and apply to see a awesome dark background theme editor

Android Studio 3.1.2 File->Settings->Editor->Color Scheme-> In scheme name select Darcula and apply to see a awesome dark background theme editor

edited May 24 '18 at 08:47

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How I can reset this theme, I want to get back for white theme – Mahdi Alkhatib Sep 16 '14 at 04:03
@MahdiAlkhatib The name of default theme is `default`, so go back to your settings and go back to your old theme. – Lee Han Kyeol Jan 21 '15 at 06:49
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To go back to white theme you have to change in Appearance --> Theme as well. – tmin Feb 20 '15 at 22:20
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Easy, isn't it?! In Eclipse I had to do unspeakable witchcraft ceremonies to get a mediocre dark theme. – Josh Apr 22 '15 at 08:47
Easy isn't it??!! In Eclipse, I had to do unspeakable sorcery to obtain a dark theme not half as good as this one. – Josh Apr 22 '15 at 08:51
Why **Darcula**?? I don't like it. – IgorGanapolsky Jun 14 '16 at 12:59
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I did this on a mac and the text editor became black but I had to restart android studio for it to take effect on the menu bar at the top. – Arthur Garza Jul 21 '16 at 13:43
Files-->Settings-->Appearance & Behavior-->Appearance-->UI Options(Theme) – FingerSmith Dec 27 '16 at 15:23
This doesn't seem like a complete answer to the question. – Wijagels Feb 02 '17 at 01:18
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to install new Theme on Mac go to `Preferences -> Plugins -> Browse Repositories ->` Select Category `"UI"` and search theme name, I recommend `"Material Theme UI"` click on the green button `"Install"` and then restart after installation. – Aamer Shahzad Apr 14 '17 at 06:35
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It is 5/31/2017 and Darcula is still one of the worst dark themes I have ever had the misfortune of temporarily installing on my computer. I went to http://color-themes.com/ – Dan Zuzevich May 31 '17 at 15:56
From a user stand point of view which theme is better for eyes? Which theme should I use for healthy eyes? – Sreekanth Karumanaghat Jun 22 '17 at 05:54
@IgorGanapolsky Because Dark + Cool + Dracula – Dr.jacky May 08 '18 at 04:15
You can get themes compatible with android studio as [IntelliJ plugins](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/search?canRedirectToPlugin=false&correctionAllowed=true&orderBy=&pr=androidstudio&search=theme) just another way to browse what @AamerShahzad said – dnhyde Mar 16 '19 at 07:24
black theme make me unhappy , am i alone ? – mohammad Nov 19 '20 at 13:20

score 469 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 30 '21 at 10:11

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You can download new themes from https://github.com/sdvoynikov/color-themes -- note that the project is deprecated at this time, but the sources are still available.

Once you have downloaded the .jar file, go to File -> Import Settings... and choose the file downloaded.

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Thanks a lot. [Solarized Light](http://www.ideacolorthemes.org/themes/83/) is the best theme I think. – TeachMeJava Feb 10 '15 at 15:35
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I did that to install the RecognEyes theme from ideacolorthemes, but after restarting Android Studio it is the same Darcula theme. Can somebody help me? – Solace Jun 22 '15 at 00:39
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After adding new theme you must restart android studio two times to see theme in your Colors and Fonts > Scheme list. (On Android Studio 1.2.2). At least in my case it works. – Eftekhari Jul 12 '15 at 17:11
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Hmm I thought the link is dead since it loads so slow. It is still in beta, that figures. – Neon Warge Nov 22 '15 at 07:13
Could someone confirm if it still works in Android Studio 2.1.2 (latest version as for now) ? For me, it says that the settings were correctly imported, but the new schemes never show in the Settings. – Michaël Polla Aug 04 '16 at 15:47
@MichaëlPolla I just installed and used this using AS 2.2. The theme didn't show in the settings, but the theme was installed. If you want to see the theme you are using you have to go Preferences > Editor > Color & Fonts > Scheme. That is where you will see the theme you imported. Using Appearance > Theme with change the outer theme, not the text editor. Hope this helps. – BlackHatSamurai Sep 28 '16 at 16:43
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Looks like the link is now dead – Shaheen Ghiassy Oct 11 '16 at 05:52
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how do I undo this? – karthik prasad Jan 10 '17 at 21:05
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Just as a friendly note: The suggested link will provide editor color themes and *not* IDE themes. Editor color themes will only affect the colors of the program code you're writing in the editor tab. The IDE itself, such as buttons, dialogs and windows, will be unaffected by these. – dbm May 27 '17 at 06:39
There are a few others there too, but not many choices: http://www.androidstudiothemes.com – NaturalBornCamper Aug 25 '17 at 06:16
I'm on Windows 10, I added a theme from here, and now my text is all scaled very small... any tips? – TT-- Apr 05 '18 at 15:40
Once installed, the themes look very little like they do previewed on the site. I find many themes pleasant on the site but hard to read in Android Studio. The themes I tried hard-baked the font, so I couldn't change that. The colors are clearly different. – Joe Lapp Dec 24 '18 at 13:58
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Once you go Solarized, you never go back :D Thanks for the tip! It's still available in 2018. – sunlover3 Dec 28 '18 at 09:54

score 128 · Answer 3 · answered May 16 '13 at 14:07

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//you need to go to the File-> settings in that choose IDE settings-> Appearance in that choose the Theme: options

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answered May 16 '13 at 14:07

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@bagusflyer dont go to the editor font options. click on Apperance. – Padma Kumar May 17 '13 at 17:59
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I know where the Apperance is.But I only have two themes to select.You have a lot more. – Bagusflyer May 19 '13 at 00:01
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@kongkea This is right answer i don't know why you don't selected as right answer – Milad Jun 12 '15 at 17:04
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You have to understand that people who posted this answer really like to brag. Get use to it. They gonna post code and link without explanation. They are so very good at it. – Neon Warge Dec 16 '16 at 04:31
@ZhouHao I too initally had only two themes, but you can add themes which you download from the internet (as .icls files). – Pritt Balagopal Aug 31 '18 at 14:22
Very correct solution – Yahor10 Jan 05 '22 at 15:09

score 43 · Answer 4 · answered May 18 '13 at 20:23

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Windows

File->Settings->Editor->Colors & Fonts->

Mac OSX

Android Studio -> Preferences->Editor->Colors&Fonts

answered May 18 '13 at 20:23

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score 38 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 19 '15 at 09:01

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Dayle Reese has an amazing set of color schemes available for use in both AndroidStudio and Intellij. Depending on the IDE you are using, these ICLS files go into a particular directory (This is for Windows):

Android Studio

%USERPROFILE%/.AndroidStudio/config/colors

IntelliJ

%USERPROFILE%/.IntelliJIdea/config/colors

Once you've placed the ICLS files in one of the directories above, relaunch the IDE so that it picks up the new themes. There is also a nice page containing a preview of most/all the themes so you can figure out which ones you like most. Enjoy.

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Thanks! By the way in my case I had to copy these files to %USER_HOME%/.AndroidStudioBeta/config/colors – MikeL Sep 30 '14 at 08:04
@MichaelLiberman Awh yes, I should have updated this after beta released. Thank you! – Lo-Tan Sep 30 '14 at 18:45
Weird. I have to use %USERPROFILE% as %USER_HOME% isn't set for me (Windows 8.1) – Jedidja Nov 21 '14 at 14:17
`%USER_HOME%` is for Gradle and comes from the system property `user.home` in Java. `%UserProfile%` and `%HomeDrive%%HomePath%` are Windows environment variables. – Dec 14 '14 at 14:40
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On Mac this directory is ~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio/colors – nighthawk454 Jan 26 '15 at 20:30
As of Beta 1.2 this is now %USERPROFILE%/.AndroidStudioPreview1.2 – mszaro Apr 06 '15 at 19:04
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I've added the .icls files in %USERPROFILE%/.AndroidStudio/config/colors and restarted the IDE. But, I''m not able to see the themes in File->Settings->Editor->Colors & Fonts – Srichakradhar Oct 19 '15 at 10:07
IMPORTANT NOTE: the page with the previews are for php coding colors only. So it's better not to use it, or keep that in mind. For example, "Glowfish" looks completely different on Java when using Android Studio, it's not matrix-green colors like it is for PHP. Best way is to download all then preview yourself – NaturalBornCamper Aug 25 '17 at 07:28

score 17 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 28 '17 at 08:53

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Press Ctrl+` (Back Quote).
Then select "Switch Color Scheme" or press 1.
Select "Dracula" or press 2.

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Thumbs down for locale unware key shortcuts, let alone OS unaware. – MoDu Jul 29 '21 at 15:44

score 17 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 31 '14 at 18:06

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If one just need to change (strictly just) the editor's background to your own colour.

Preferences > Editor > Color & Fonts > General > Default Text > Background

Although you need to save it as your own theme.

answered Jan 31 '14 at 18:06

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Thanks! I use Darcula but wanted to change my editor background. This did the trick. – Tony D Dec 15 '14 at 15:35
This is true answer for changing background – Eftekhari Jul 12 '15 at 11:46
This is what I was looking for ! – ForeverLearning Aug 31 '15 at 18:48

score 17 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 26 '15 at 08:50

Just a note for people in the future. To add more themes on a Mac, put the theme .icls files in

~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio/colors/

Then restart Android Studio. And select your new themes in

Android Studio > Preferences > Editor > Colors&Fonts

Android Studio can use any theme that are made for jetbrains IDE. Here is a good Github repo that has many themes for different IDEs.

Also, the Color Ide plugin is a good tool that changes the background colour of all menus in Android Studio to match your theme. Try it, the IDE will look much better.

Windows should have similar setups, just the theme directory will be a bit different, search for JetBrains Ide theme location should give you the result.

In my case this was my location ~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio2.3 and I had to create the "colors" folder because it didn't exist there. So the final path was: ~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio2.3/colors — Chuy47, Oct 09 '17 at 20:22

Zoe · Answer 9 · 2021-01-30T10:06:42.057

(Note: the exact paths shown here are primarily for Windows and Linux. I know Mac has a few non-standard paths, so if you're on Mac, you may have to adjust the starting bit of the path. The point is, get into settings however you'd do that on a Mac)

Switch theme:

File -> Settings-> Appearance & behavior -> Appearance.

Select the "theme" dropdown, and change between whatever themes you have installed. It shows the default themes and any you have installed in the form of plugins.

Install new themes

As plugin from plugins.jetbrains.com

File-> Settings -> plugins -> install JetBrains plugin/browse repositories/install plugin from disk

Note: newer versions of Android Studio, and possibly IntelliJ, (at least Jan. 2021 and out) may instead have a Marketplace tab in place of the first and/or second one.

The last part has three different options. The first has a few amount of plugins, and looks like only the official plugins. Browse repositories have much more plugins, and seems to be like going to the plugin page. This is a shorter way than going to the intelliJ plugin page and downloading the plugins manually. If you download, click install plugin from disk. This allows you to drag and drop, or find .jar files.

In the install JetBrains plugins, browse repositories, and (newer versions) Marketplace tabs should have a search functionality. You can search for i.e. "theme" from there.

score 14 · Answer 10 · edited Jan 30 '21 at 10:10

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Download a color theme you like - some sites host these, and some GitHub repos may offer them as well. [Editor's note: the website previously linked here has been replaced with spam]
Import the theme. File -> Import Settings. Navigate to the theme-name.jar. Click the "Ok" button. This will tell you restart your application, at least it did for me, and it automatically selected the theme for my editor.
Change the editor's theme color by going to File -> Settings -> Editor -> Colors & Fonts. Select the scheme and click the "Ok" button.

Note that this changes the editor's theme color, not the entire application's theme.

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`File -> File Import Settings` – Petro Mar 05 '16 at 04:17
Thanks for your answer – SaiKiran May 21 '16 at 13:08
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think this is a dud site (07/2017)? – Johnny Rockex Jul 27 '17 at 16:44
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Edited out the link with some generic stuff -- it redirects to porn atm, so it's not really of value for the rest of the answer – Zoe Jan 30 '21 at 10:11

score 12 · Answer 11 · answered May 16 '13 at 05:23

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File->Settings->Appearance

There's a dropdown box with various themes.

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Yes this is working in Latest Android Studio all of the above are for previous versions :) – Naveed May 27 '15 at 04:42

score 11 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 14 '17 at 06:55

Mac OS

To install new Theme on Mac go to Preferences -> Plugins -> Browse Repositories -> Select Category "UI" and search theme name, I recommend "Material Theme UI" click on the green button "Install" and then restart after installation.

If your theme is .icls format.

Right click on finder and select "go to folder"
type "~/Library/" to go to hidden library folder
find "Preferences"
find "AndroidStudio2.x"
if you don't have "colors" folder then create one
paste .icls theme files into colors.

new theme will be installed.

to change themes go to Preferences -> Editor -> Colors & Fonts and then select the scheme.

score 10 · Answer 13 · edited Nov 28 '18 at 14:23

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Go to File > Settings,
now under IDE settings click on appearance and select the theme of your choice from the dropdown.
you can also install themes, they are the jar files by
File > Import Settings, select the file or your choice and select ok a pop up to restart the studio will open up click yes and studio will restart and your theme will be applied.

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score 10 · Answer 14 · answered Mar 22 '20 at 21:12

For additional themes I visited https://plugins.jetbrains.com/search?headline=164-theme&tags=Theme I was able to download one of them. I closed all my tabs opened and simply dragged and dropped the jar file. That was the way Android Studio prompted to restart. I tried importing the jar file as mentioned previously but it simply didn't work.

score 9 · Answer 15 · answered May 31 '17 at 06:28

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In 2.3.2 i can change the theme by following

View -> Quick Switch Theme -> 6.Look and Feel

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Hello i have issue not showing name of class in Left side Porject stucture – Bipin Bharti Jul 27 '17 at 07:58

score 8 · Answer 16 · answered Jan 09 '14 at 11:42

Thought I would add this as an answer, for anyone who accidentally mess up like I did!
It't not really an answer to the original question, but a few other posts refer to this post, so thought I would add it here (cause its slightly relevant to the question). Hope it helps someone!

Today I accidentally set my IDE font size on Android Studio very high (was going to set it to 10, but it accidentally became 110).

Now, the big issue for me was that opening the file menu was not possible (well, could open it, but could not get to the settings choice), so I had to figure out how to do it manually.

I found the Android Studio IDE settings in the Users/%username%/.AndroidStudioPreview/config folder and in there, the ui.inf.xml file, in which I could change the option FONT_SIZE back to a more manageable size.

Following image is android studio with 110 px font size on a 1920x1080 screen: Android studio 110 px font size

score 8 · Answer 17 · answered Sep 09 '15 at 08:42

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File->Settings->Appearance & Behavior-> Appearance and In theme select Darcula and apply dark background theme editor.

answered Sep 09 '15 at 08:42

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score 7 · Answer 18 · answered Sep 15 '14 at 14:42

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On OSX, in the menu bar at the top, click on Android Studio > Preferences > Appearance and you will see a theme drop down.

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score 7 · Answer 19 · answered Jun 15 '16 at 13:26

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You can try this Making Android Studio pretty to change the android studio look and feel different.

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Exactly what i was looking for, not just a text color scheme but an IDE theme, very nice awnser :) – Francois Jun 23 '16 at 11:33

score 7 · Answer 20 · answered Aug 04 '19 at 19:16

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In Android Studio 3.4.2:

As mentioned in previous answers, you can change theme to Darcula in Appearance & Behavour > Appearance to have default dark theme.

Since macOS Mojave you can use dark mode in system. My issue was the system window bar was still light only for Android Studio:

Note there's an option to change this next to the theme selector: Use dark window headers

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Actually this is the step which completes the theme color change. – zeeshan Apr 19 '20 at 12:16

score 7 · Answer 21 · answered Mar 24 '21 at 08:44

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To install Custom theme in android studio --version 4.1.2

download theme file(.jar) from https://plugins.jetbrains.com/
open android studio
drag the .jar file into studio

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score 6 · Answer 22 · edited Dec 13 '18 at 11:51

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You can use CTRL + SHIFT + A and then simply type theme to go directly to the theme settings. Same goes for pretty much any setting, refactoring or action you're looking for.

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score 6 · Answer 23 · answered Jul 04 '15 at 08:21

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On Windows: File-> Settings-> Appearance&Behavior-> Appearance: Change "Theme field".

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score 6 · Answer 24 · edited Jan 30 '16 at 13:15

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Simple. Just hit CTRL + alt + s - appearance & behavior - appearance - Theme - (Darcula)

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Jeffrey · Answer 25 · 2018-08-18T16:28:30.083

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You can change or import a theme by using the icon that the "Duplicate Theme" arrow is pointing to in the photo.

Every one sees color differently. Most times a small change in contrast is all you need. Removing the hase from Dracula by changing the Background color to 242527 was perfect for me.

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score 3 · Answer 26 · answered Sep 05 '16 at 09:28

File - Settings - Appearance & Behavior - Appearance - CHOOSE Darcula in "Theme" - Press Apply.

or

Choose File - Settings - Editor - Colors & Fonts - Then SELECT Darcula in scheme name - Press Apply - restart Studio (sometimes not all elements implement theme)

score 3 · Answer 27 · answered Nov 05 '19 at 05:42

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Mac os : mojave / Android studio 3.5

mac os : Android Studio > Preferences > Editor > Color scheme > Scheme : Darcula

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score 3 · Answer 28 · answered Mar 22 '22 at 18:00

well most of these answers tell you about installing currrent theme , I will tell you the easy way to install new theme as of march 22 ,2022 .

while in android studio press ctrl + `
you may see this option switch
select Theme from the menu
then you will see themes installed .
change this or click on the last option 'install themes' to install new themes directly

score 2 · Answer 29 · answered Apr 22 '17 at 13:47

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Follow the steps :

Go to File -> Settings -> Appearance&Behaviour -> Appearance
Change the theme to whatever you like.
Then restart the android studio.

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score 2 · Answer 30 · answered Oct 26 '17 at 05:44

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For easy reference in Android Studio 3.0.

Click File > Settings > Appearance & Behaviors > Apperance

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score 2 · Answer 31 · edited Jul 19 '19 at 04:57

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In MacOS:

Android Studio -> Preferences... -> Editor -> Color Scheme -> Color Scheme Font

Change Scheme to Dracula

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score 2 · Answer 32 · answered Feb 28 '20 at 05:32

Windows

File->Settings->Appearance & behavior->Appearance.

Select the "theme" dropdown, and change between whatever themes you have installed. It shows the default themes and any you have installed in the form of plugins.

Mac OSX

Android Studio -> Preferences->Editor->Colors&Fonts

Select the "theme" dropdown, and change between whatever themes you have installed. It shows the default themes and any you have installed in the form of plugins.

score 1 · Answer 33 · answered Jun 13 '13 at 12:53

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On Windows 7 - 64Bit File->Settings->Editor->Colors&Fonts-> Use the dropdown box: "Scheme name" and select Darcula.

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score 1 · Answer 34 · answered Aug 25 '16 at 08:47

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I've found interesting themes from github.com/jkaving/intellij-colors-solarized. Palette specifications is from ethanschoonover.com/solarized. I use one of them in my Android Studio, version 2.1.3

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score 1 · Answer 35 · answered Feb 26 '17 at 12:34

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I am using android studio 2.2.3 and I am able to change theme by following steps

go to File > Setting it open an window like attach image
then Editor > Colors & Fonts
Select theme from Scheme dropdownlist
now select Ok

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How to change or add theme to Android Studio?

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Switch theme:

Install new themes

As plugin from plugins.jetbrains.com

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