Wix Mobile Apps: Customizing Your Mobile App's Design

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Customize your native mobile app design to match your brand by adjusting the color theme, text theme, button theme, and header style. These updates help make your app stand out and create a visually consistent experience for your visitors while perfectly aligning with your brand.
Note:
  • You need to upgrade to a Mobile App Premium plan to fully customize your own mobile app's designs.
  • Changes to your app's color and text theme affect all of your app's screens. 
In this article, learn how to:

Changing your app's color theme

Choose a color theme for your app to set the tone for visitors using your app. Fine-tune individual colors to ensure consistency and enhance readability across different screens and elements.
Dashboard
Wix app
Wix Studio app
  1. Go to Mobile App in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the tab with the name of your own mobile app. 
  3. Click Edit Mobile App
  4. Click Design on the left panel.
  5. Click the Edit icon  next to Color theme.
  6. Choose what you want to do:
    • Change your app's color theme: Click Change Color Theme to select a new preset main color theme.
    • Individually customize element colors: Select which colors to edit:
      • Primary: Choose a new main color for your app.
      • Text and icons: Choose a new color for the main text and social icons.
      • Background: Choose a new color for the app background.
  7. Click Save at the top right.
A screenshot showing where to customize your apps  color themes.

Changing your app's text theme

Choose a text theme to set the style and readability of your app, and ensure clarity and coherence across all of your app's content.
Dashboard
Wix app
Wix Studio app
  1. Go to Mobile App in your dashboard.
  2. Click the tab with the name of your own mobile app. 
  3. Click Edit Mobile App
  4. Click Design on the left panel.
  5. Click the Edit icon  next to Text theme.
  6. Choose what you want to do:
    • Change your app's text theme: Click Change Text Theme to select a new preset font theme.
    • Individually customize text: Select a font for your app's headings and body. 
  7. Click Save at the top right.
A screenshot showing where to customize your text theme.

Changing your app's button theme

Customize your button styles to match your business design. These styles apply to all buttons across your app, ensuring a consistent look. Choose from preset themes or adjust individual elements like colors, borders, text, and corner radius. You can preview your changes live as you make them.

Dashboard
Wix app
Wix Studio app
  1. Go to Mobile App in your dashboard.
  2. Click the tab with the name of your own mobile app. 
  3. Click Edit Mobile App
  4. Click Design on the left panel.
  5. Click the Edit icon  next to Button theme.
  6. Choose what you want to do:
    • Choose a preset theme for your buttons: Click Change Button Theme and select from the feature themes based on your app's theme colors
    • Customize buttons individually: Click the Primary or Secondary tab and then customize the buttons by adjusting the button shape, background color, text, and border.
      Note: To change your theme colors, click Edit in the Pick a color pop-up. Customize your primary, text, icons, and background colors in the Color Themes section.
  7. Click Save at the top right.
A screenshot showing where to edit your app's button themes on your desktop

Changing your app's header style

When creating your own native app, you can choose if you want your header to have a background color (taken from your app's primary color) or to have it transparent.
Note:
The header style that you choose here affects the minimal header type. Learn more about the difference between the header types and how to customize them.
Dashboard
Wix app
Wix Studio app
  1. Go to Mobile App in your dashboard.
  2. Click the tab with the name of your own mobile app. 
  3. Click Edit Mobile App
  4. Click Design on the left panel.
  5. Click the Edit icon  next to Header style.
  6. Choose your header color, using either the primary or background color that you set for your app.
  7. Click Save at the top right.
A screenshot of where to choose your header colors.

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