Only a few weeks away from the official release of Android 12, the new system will bring a brand-new Material You design language, which is the most important UI update since the release of Android 5.0 in 2014. One of the key features of Material You is the theme engine monet based on wallpapers. According to XDA, the “Monet” theme system will be fully open-source with the subsequent update of Android 12.
The Monet theme system can automatically generate theme colors for the system based on the user’s wallpaper. According to Google, the color extraction engine uses a clustering algorithm and material color targets to determine the primary and secondary colors of the user’s wallpaper. The generation algorithm will create rich colors of 5 colors (2 neutral colors and 3 accent colors) and 12 material colors to determine the hue closest to the user’s wallpaper. These color values are stored in an index, and the application can call the index through the API to theme the UI of its App.
When Google launched its Monet theme system for the first time at the I/O Developer Conference earlier this year, it said that the system will first be carried in the Pixel 6 series of mobile phones. However, it did not say whether it will Other OEM manufacturers are open. According to reports, Google recently promised a code change called Add Monet to AOSP. The patch was initially only available in the internal branch of AOSP of Android 13 but was recently selected by the internal branch of Android 12-sv2.
Android 12-sv2 will be a minor update accompanied by an increase in the API level, and it will be called Android 12.1 for the time being. In addition to the new wallpaper system, this update will also bring some small improvements to the foldable phone experience, including the taskbar function.
