Android TV: D-pad focus indicator has very low contrast and is difficult to see

[Celorien]

Not a solution to your problem, but you can at least control the highlight color. See my post here:

Highlights MUCH more obvious please

This came up on the Discord not too long ago, so I will mirror the info I wrote there. Tldr: the highlights use colors from your Color Theme, but the forced transparency of the highlight somewhat hinders visibility of even the brightest colors. onSurface and primary are the color slots you are looking for. There are at least two different highlights [Screenshots_2026-08-24-11-42-32] Do note that the UI highlight has forced transparency on it, so you won’t get any solid, vibrant color on i…