How to Create Your Own Themes on Xiaomi Phones with MIUI 11

The personalization of our mobile is something that many users consider fundamental. Sometimes manufacturers can provide more or fewer tools to be able to modify icons or system colors, but in general, it is quite limited and rarely can we create a theme on demand natively. Luckily, Xiaomi phones with MIUI 11 change the style of the mobile completely and in a few steps.

The so-called themes, modify the whole general style of our mobile, changing colors, the shape or size of the icons, the wallpapers or the menus and system controls. The Xiaomi community creates thousands of themes a year, but today we will tell you how to create our own totally à la carte , and in a simple way. For this, we will have to get hold of a tool that allows us, such as “Peafowl Theme Maker, one of the best and most popular.

Create Your Own Themes on Xiaomi Phones with MIUI 11

Custom themes in MIUI 11

Once we have the app downloaded and installed on our mobile, we must enter and click on the “Settings” button. Then, we will click on the operating system option, and click on “MIUI 11” at the bottom. In this way, the app will know what operating system we are working on, since it is also compatible with Huawei EMUI versions.

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Choose the icons

Once done, we will have to go to the first tab, where you will find the customization of the icons . Then we will choose to choose between several icon packs, although there are some “premium” that are paid. Once done we can change its size or design, as well as the level of curvature on the edges to make them more or less rounded.

Change all colors

Now we can adjust the colors of the interface. Within this menu we will find the colors based on the dark or light theme, as they go with our general style of system colors. We can choose between the pre-defined settings or touch on the “eyedropper” tool, which allows you to choose the exact color you want.

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More elements of the system

Before finishing, the tool allows us to select extras and different fonts. In the upper part we can see some that add special functions to the theme, such as modifying the volume bar, the background color for the dock, circular buttons in the phone app etc … Also, in the lower part we can choose the type of font, choosing each of them and seeing a preview of how it will be in our theme.

Save changes and apply

The last step to finish the creation is to name the theme and click on save. Once done we will have to go to the application “themes” of our mobile to activate it, since it will appear created with the name that we have given previously . It is possible that the theme shows a generic icon of the app, so if we create several themes, it is advisable to create names that differentiate each theme well, in order to make it easier for us to identify them.