Photography · Open source
DrawAnywhere
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Floating canvas for drawing, annotating, and highlighting over other apps.
Opens the official F-Droid page
About DrawAnywhere
DrawAnywhere lets you sketch, annotate, and highlight directly on top of any screen — great for video courses, tutorials, and presentations.
Drawing tools
Freehand pen, rectangle, ellipse, and laser pointer
Pixel eraser; stroke eraser via stylus button
50-step undo/redo
HSV color wheel, 18 presets, recent colors, hex input
Stroke width and opacity sliders
Canvas and gestures
Infinite canvas — pan and pinch-to-zoom freely
Three-level lock (none, zoom only, all) with HUD indicator
Two-finger pinch: zoom | double-tap: reset zoom | triple-tap: reset position
Three-finger double-tap: toggle passthrough | triple-tap: hide canvas
Toolbar
Horizontal and vertical layout, draggable anywhere via long‑press
Auto-dims after 3 seconds of inactivity
Hide canvas or pass touch events through to the app below
Finger-drawing toggle for stylus-only mode
Convenience
Quick Settings tile to toggle the service
Drag the toolbar to the bottom of the screen to close the app
Second-launch closes the service
Brush hover preview while drawing
Tips
Turn on Clear canvas on hide to auto-clear when hiding the canvas (passthrough is also disabled).
Turn off Open canvas on start to hide the canvas on startup.
What's new in 2.3
Drag toolbar to the bottom of the screen to close the app — a red X circle appears when you enter the dismiss zone. Laser pointer fade now measured from last stroke movement, staying bright while the pen is held down. Internal cleanup — merged tiny files, removed dead code, streamlined architecture.
How to install DrawAnywhere
- Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
- Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
- If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
- Open DrawAnywhere from your app drawer.


