DrawAnywhere

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

AppID:	com.shezik.drawanywhere
Author:	shezik
License:	AGPL-3.0-or-later
Donation:
InRepoSince:	2025-08-21
LastRepoUpdate:	2026-06-11
LastAppUpdate:	Unknown
LastVersion:	2.3
Categories:	Draw, Science & Education
APK source:	Github
Google Play:	Check if it's there

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.

Source: https://github.com/DrawAnywhere/DrawAnywhere

WhatsNew:

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.

Hint: This app is available in both, F-Droid Main and IzzyOnDroid repos.

Download Source Issues ChangeLog

While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device.

Packages

Version 2.3 (2026-06-11)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 8.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

15 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AndroidX Activity (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Jetpack WindowManager Library (Utility)
enables application developers to support new device form factors and multi-window environments. The library provides a common API surface for API versions 14 and later. Especially provides additional functionality on foldable devices.
Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
kotlinx.coroutines (Utility)
library support for Kotlin coroutines.

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Version 2.2 (2026-06-09)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 8.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

15 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AndroidX Activity (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Jetpack WindowManager Library (Utility)
enables application developers to support new device form factors and multi-window environments. The library provides a common API surface for API versions 14 and later. Especially provides additional functionality on foldable devices.
Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
kotlinx.coroutines (Utility)
library support for Kotlin coroutines.

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Version 1.2 (2025-11-03)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 8.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

17 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
DataStore (Development Aid)
stores data asynchronously, consistently, and transactionally, overcoming some of the drawbacks of SharedPreferences.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
kotlinx.coroutines (Utility)
library support for Kotlin coroutines.

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None found
library support for Kotlin coroutines.

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library support for Kotlin coroutines.

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DrawAnywhere

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Version 2.3 (2026-06-11)

Android Versions:

Permissions:

Features:

Malware-Check:Passed

15 Libraries detected:

Version 2.2 (2026-06-09)

Android Versions:

Permissions:

Features:

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15 Libraries detected:

Version 1.2 (2025-11-03)

Android Versions:

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17 Libraries detected: