diff --git a/app-android/res/drawable-hdpi/layout_bg.xml b/app-android/res/drawable-hdpi/layout_bg.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf1bf73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-android/res/drawable-hdpi/layout_bg.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <solid android:color="#FFFFFF"/>
+    <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#FFFFFF" />
+    <corners android:radius="5dip"/>
+    <padding android:left="0dip" android:top="0dip" android:right="0dip" android:bottom="0dip" />
+</shape>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app-android/res/layout/activity_canvas.xml b/app-android/res/layout/activity_canvas.xml
index 6fd299c..17b2a7e 100644
--- a/app-android/res/layout/activity_canvas.xml
+++ b/app-android/res/layout/activity_canvas.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+    android:id="@+id/relative_layout"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:background="@color/Black"
     tools:context=".CanvasActivity" >
 
     <LinearLayout
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@
         android:layout_height="fill_parent"
         android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
         android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
+        android:background="@drawable/layout_bg"
         android:orientation="vertical" >
 
     </LinearLayout>
diff --git a/app-android/res/values/colors.xml b/app-android/res/values/colors.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c48a7a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-android/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <color name="White">#FFFFFF</color>
+    <color name="Black">#000000</color>
+    
+</resources>
diff --git a/app-android/res/values/strings.xml b/app-android/res/values/strings.xml
index 8e01210..287484a 100644
--- a/app-android/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app-android/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
     <string name="menu_about">About / Help</string>
     <string name="fullscreen_preference_summary">Title bar will only be hidden when hardware menu button is present</string>
     <string name="stylus_preference_summary">Ignores touch events from fingers</string>
+    <string name="dark_theme_preference">Use Dark Background</string>
 
 </resources>
diff --git a/app-android/res/xml/layout_preferences.xml b/app-android/res/xml/layout_preferences.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcdf25e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-android/res/xml/layout_preferences.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
+
+    <CheckBoxPreference
+        android:key="darkcanvas_preference"
+        android:title="@string/dark_theme_preference" />
+    <EditTextPreference android:title="Padding" android:defaultValue="0" android:key="canvaspadding_preference" android:inputType = "number"/>
+    
+</PreferenceScreen>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app-android/res/xml/network_preferences.xml b/app-android/res/xml/network_preferences.xml
index 306ae20..6d6ff1c 100644
--- a/app-android/res/xml/network_preferences.xml
+++ b/app-android/res/xml/network_preferences.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
-    <EditTextPreference android:title="@string/preferences_host_title" android:key="host_preference" android:defaultValue="please-replace.invalid" android:singleLine="true"/>
+    <EditTextPreference android:title="@string/preferences_host_title" android:key="host_preference" android:defaultValue="0.0.0.0" android:singleLine="true"/>
 </PreferenceScreen>
diff --git a/app-android/res/xml/preference_headers.xml b/app-android/res/xml/preference_headers.xml
index 3b9039a..82034ae 100644
--- a/app-android/res/xml/preference_headers.xml
+++ b/app-android/res/xml/preference_headers.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@
             android:title="Networking" />
     <header android:fragment="at.bitfire.gfxtablet.SettingsActivity$DrawingPrefsFragment"
             android:title="Drawing" />
+    <header android:fragment="at.bitfire.gfxtablet.SettingsActivity$LayoutPrefsFragment"
+            android:title="Layout" />
     
 </preference-headers>
diff --git a/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/CanvasActivity.java b/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/CanvasActivity.java
index ea128e2..a3be925 100644
--- a/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/CanvasActivity.java
+++ b/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/CanvasActivity.java
@@ -3,22 +3,27 @@ package at.bitfire.gfxtablet;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener;
+import android.graphics.drawable.GradientDrawable;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 import android.view.Window;
 import android.view.WindowManager;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
+import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
 import android.widget.Toast;
-
-public class CanvasActivity extends Activity {
+public class CanvasActivity extends Activity implements OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener {
 	CanvasView canvas;
 	SharedPreferences settings;
 	NetworkClient netClient;
 	
+	LinearLayout layout;
+	
 	@Override
 	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
@@ -27,6 +32,7 @@ public class CanvasActivity extends Activity {
 		PreferenceManager.setDefaultValues(this, R.xml.drawing_preferences, false);
 		
 		settings = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
+		settings.registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(this);
 		if (settings.getBoolean(SettingsActivity.KEY_PREF_FULLSCREEN, false)) {
 			if (ViewConfiguration.get(this).hasPermanentMenuKey())
 				requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
@@ -38,14 +44,47 @@ public class CanvasActivity extends Activity {
 		}
 		
 		setContentView(R.layout.activity_canvas);
-		LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.canvas_layout);
+		layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.canvas_layout);
 		
 		new Thread(netClient = new NetworkClient(PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this))).start();
-
+		
 		canvas = new CanvasView(this, netClient);
 		layout.addView(canvas);
+		
+		this.reconfigureLayout();
+		this.reconfigureColor();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences pref, String key) {
+		if (key.equals(SettingsActivity.KEY_PREF_PADDING))
+			this.reconfigureLayout();
+		else if (key.equals(SettingsActivity.KEY_PREF_DARKCANVAS))
+			this.reconfigureColor();
+	}
+	
+	void reconfigureLayout()
+	{
+		String padding = settings.getString(SettingsActivity.KEY_PREF_PADDING, "0");
+		int p = Integer.parseInt(padding);
+		RelativeLayout l = (RelativeLayout)findViewById(R.id.relative_layout);
+		l.setPadding(p, p, p, p);
+	}
+	
+	void reconfigureColor()
+	{
+		GradientDrawable sd = (GradientDrawable) layout.getBackground().mutate();
+		if (settings.getBoolean(SettingsActivity.KEY_PREF_DARKCANVAS, false))
+			sd.setColor(0xFF263248);
+		else
+			sd.setColor(0xFF7E8AA2);	
+		sd.invalidateSelf();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+    public void onBackPressed() {
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	protected void onDestroy() {
 		netClient.getQueue().add(new NetEvent(NetEvent.Type.TYPE_DISCONNECT));
diff --git a/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/CanvasView.java b/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/CanvasView.java
index 52cb10d..7c4c6c6 100644
--- a/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/CanvasView.java
+++ b/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/CanvasView.java
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 package at.bitfire.gfxtablet;
 
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
+
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener;
+import android.graphics.Color;
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
+import android.graphics.drawable.GradientDrawable;
+import android.graphics.drawable.LayerDrawable;
+import android.graphics.drawable.ShapeDrawable;
 import android.os.AsyncTask;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
@@ -24,12 +31,13 @@ public class CanvasView extends View implements OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener
 		
 		// disable until networking has been configured
 		setEnabled(false);
-		setBackgroundColor(0xFFD0D0D0);
-
+		
 		settings = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
 		settings.registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(this);
+		
 		reconfigureAcceptedInputDevices();
 		
+		//this.reconfigureLayout();
 		this.netClient = netClient;
 		new ConfigureNetworkingTask().execute();
 	}
@@ -39,8 +47,9 @@ public class CanvasView extends View implements OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener
 		if (key.equals(SettingsActivity.KEY_PREF_HOST))
 			new ConfigureNetworkingTask().execute();
 		else if (key.equals(SettingsActivity.KEY_PREF_STYLUS_ONLY))
-			reconfigureAcceptedInputDevices();
+			this.reconfigureAcceptedInputDevices();
 	}
+	
 		
 	void reconfigureAcceptedInputDevices() {
 		acceptStylusOnly = settings.getBoolean(SettingsActivity.KEY_PREF_STYLUS_ONLY, false);
diff --git a/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/NetworkClient.java b/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/NetworkClient.java
index 69d5a4c..69a8b3b 100644
--- a/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/NetworkClient.java
+++ b/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/NetworkClient.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 
+import android.bluetooth.BluetoothSocket;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.util.Log;
 import at.bitfire.gfxtablet.NetEvent.Type;
diff --git a/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/SettingsActivity.java b/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/SettingsActivity.java
index aa8d76a..9f588cc 100644
--- a/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/app-android/src/at/bitfire/gfxtablet/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity implements OnSharedPref
     public static final String
 		KEY_PREF_HOST = "host_preference",
 		KEY_PREF_STYLUS_ONLY = "stylus_only_preference",
-		KEY_PREF_FULLSCREEN = "fullscreen_preference";
+		KEY_PREF_FULLSCREEN = "fullscreen_preference",
+		KEY_PREF_DARKCANVAS = "darkcanvas_preference",
+		KEY_PREF_PADDING = "canvaspadding_preference";
     
 
     @Override
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity implements OnSharedPref
         PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this)
         	.registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(this);
     }
-    
+     
     @Override
     public void onBuildHeaders(List<Header> target) {
         loadHeadersFromResource(R.xml.preference_headers, target);
@@ -64,4 +66,12 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity implements OnSharedPref
             addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.drawing_preferences);
         }
     }
+    
+    public static class LayoutPrefsFragment extends PreferenceFragment {
+        @Override
+        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+            addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.layout_preferences);
+        }
+    } 
 }