iPhone user here:
I’m sorry if this is a really controversial question, but I really enjoy the system-wide transparency and glassUI of iOS. I want to migrate to Android, but the big manufacturers (Samsung, Google, OnePlus, etc) all have a flat UI design by contrast. In my research, the closest I could find is MIUI, but the phones that run MIUI don’t support all the carrier bands in the USA. Does android really not have the option of a glassy transparent UI?
I’m not just referring to the launcher though, I’m referring to all of the system UI such as textboxes, the keyboard, notifications, toasts, etc. Nearly everything in iOS has a transparency “layer” scheme to it whereby the most important elements are always drawn on top of everything else with gaussian blur + transparency. For example, in messages, the text bubble+header+keyboard are all drawn on top of the messages content and is blurred letting you see a layered glass effect.
You’re never going to find that on any OEM skin simply because some apps themselves don’t adhere to certain (Material/other) Guidelines / aren’t on a particular version of Android.
Hell, this app from Lemmy I’m using doesn’t have context or nothing else other than reply to in a blank reply box
https://i.imgur.com/aiOZR5f.jpg
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Ah yes, write you own android rom. Why didnt I think of that. The answer was so simple.