Any chance the messaging app will be getting dark mode any time soon?
SMS app dark mode
We have a few improvements we want to make to it in future, this is one of them.
themaestr0 do you use multiple users and SMS?
flawedworld That's great to here, thanks!
themaestr0 ahh no other alternative as only stock AOSP Messages app works across profiles.
MetropleX I only use the stock messenger app. Are there other apps that will let me change the color of the app? I love dark mode, but the app is so bright green I can't stand it.
grapheine Qksms is very customizable with an amoled theme. Its found on F-droid/Neo store.
Standardwaste Thank you, I'll check it out.
grapheine the app is great. Thanks!
MetropleX After testing out Simple SMS it is now my default texting app.
Maybe consider Signal.
Signal is going to remove SMS funcionality from the app. Simple SMS currently seems to be the best option. Would however be nice if the native messaging app supported dark mode, but I under stand things take time
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themaestr0 the 'time' you'll be waiting for it just as an FYI will be dictated by AOSP not GrapheneOS.
Visual/Theme elements not specific across the OS are out of scope for our core dev team, when the goal posts are constantly moving regards tech privacy/security their eyes must remain on the ball in that field of play.
We do however appreciate little QoL improvements like this but for them to be achievable while also being maintained and so forth will require increased funding etc.
If all GrapheneOS users donated even the smallest amount via any of the options mentioned https://grapheneos.org/donate the sky would be the limit. It isn't the size of donations that is most important small regular amounts would enable the project to do so much more.
We appreciate everyone regardless however, just hope you can appreciate why such things aren't always addressed or as quick/given the priority some would like.
For people using Simple SMS, are you having issues with it? I am, so I went to Github and found something (in Issues) posted by a fellow GrapheneOS user:
https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger/issues/380
This also describes the issue I'm having with it - older messages load slow, and you can't search older messages.
I have used Partisan SMS (an updated and encypted QKSMS fork) and did not have the same problem I had with Simple SMS.
https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS
Currently I'm using Textra with network and a few other permissions removed - no problems with that either.
Max-Zorin Whatever you do, do NOT trust Partisan SMS for encryption! They're using symmetric key encryption and default to use of a global key shared with all contacts. This is obviously a horribly dangerous approach since if ANY contact using that global key is compromised, or if the key is observed during transfer, communications to ALL contacts with that key will be compromised.
What they should be doing is using public key encryption, which allows for the public keys to be exchanged over unsecure mediums, and eliminates the possibility of having one compromised contact compromising other contacts.