How to access the Android Studio Theme Editor in version 3.3.1?

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I’m editing this question because I believe many devs must have experienced the same problem: "Can’t find the Theme Editor in AS".

In the documentation from Google Developers you find the following:

Basic Concepts of Theme Editor

This section describes how to access Theme Editor and how is your layout.

Access the Theme Editor

There are two ways to open Theme Editor:

In an open style XML file, such as Styles.xml, click Open editor near the top right corner of the file window. In the menu Tools, click Android > Theme Editor.

But as pointed out in the original question and image, it is not possible to find the Theme Editor, even if it follows the guidelines of the documentation.

theme editor não encontrado

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    I believe that many devs must have experienced the same problem: "Can’t find the Theme Editor in AS". In the OS help center it says: "if your question has to do with... common tools among programmers... then this is the right place to ask your question". If possible, I’d like it to be reopened so I can answer it!

  • @Leonardocosta I can reopen or only the community can?

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According to the replies of problem reported in Issue Tracker the Theme Editor has been disabled from the version 3.3 Beta android Studio. One of the answers still cites a post on Ddit, where an Android Studio Project Manager says:

"Unfortunately we had to disable the Theme Editor due to performance issues, Complexity of Maintenance on top of low Usage.. We are Working on a Better Alternative."

Which translated would be +/- that:

"Unfortunately we had to disable Theme Editor due to problems with performance, maintenance complexity and low usage... We are working on a better alternative"

For this reason you are not finding in your version of Android Studio, and it seems that they forgot to put this information on the site Developers.android.com.

Case that Feature is really necessary for your project, you can try to download/use a version earlier than this, This page provides a file of Android Studio versions.
*but remember that their recommendation is to use the latest stable version or of latest preview version.

According to the Developers.android.com

Access the Theme Editor

There are two ways to open Theme Editor:

  1. In an archive XML of open styles, such as Styles.xml, click on Open editor near the top right corner of the archive window.
  2. On the menu Tools, click on Android > Theme Editor.

If this does not look like there may have been some problem in your installation/update.

Another thing you can try to do is restore the default menus and toolbars to see if they reappear.
[Note]: I’ve never done this, but in your case it might be useful.

Step to restore the default menus and toolbars:

  1. Click on File > Settings in the top bar of android studio.

  2. A new window will appear on it you will enter into Apparence & Behavior > Menus and Toolbars

  3. Click on Restore All Defaults.

Screenshot of the Window Apparence & Behavior > Menus and Toolbars Apparence & Behavior > Menus and Toolbars

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    I will reinstall the android studio pq the options "Restore All Defaults" is unable to click, and n have not even an idea how to resoulver.

  • after reinstalling, entering the menu of your Screen print, the "Theme Editor" trims, but not in the "main menu/ tool" to be able to use it.

  • If it appears in the print screen window, then you should be able to use one of the 2 access methods described on the android site Velopers. Try to access by clicking Tools > Android > Theme Editor in the top bar of android studio.

  • is not appearing in the indicated places, only there

  • You can try to do the following, in this window change the Theme Editor location/position and check and it will appear in the new location/position you have chosen, if it still does not appear, after this change the button Restore All Defaults is clickable, click on it can be another test.

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You have two possibilities:

  1. In the open style XML file, such as "Styles.xml", click on Open editor near the top right corner of the file window.

or

  1. In the Tools menu, click Android > Theme Editor.

I hope it helps.

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    no longer have these two options

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