Photography · Open source

DrawAnywhere

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Floating canvas for drawing, annotating, and highlighting over other apps.

Download

Opens the official F-Droid page

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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

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open DrawAnywhere from your app drawer.

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