Floating canvas for drawing, annotating, and highlighting over other apps.
About this app
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
Licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later, by shezik.
What's New in v2.3
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- 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.
Version history
Jun 10, 2026 · 2.3 MB · Android API 26–36 · code 5
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- 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.
SHA-256 db33b6ea477814f431767e8dae86cebce23366bf6db0bbe0b0a84bc36b51c985
Jun 9, 2026 · 2.3 MB · Android API 26–36 · code 4
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- New tools: rectangle, ellipse, laser pointer, pixel eraser.
- HSV color picker with color wheel, presets, recent colors, and hex input.
- Three-level viewport lock (none, zoom only, all).
- Multi-finger tap gestures.
- Hover preview circle with fill and fade-out.
- Second-launch to close the service.
SHA-256 ea7c4e87a591da21b74eeec45f9f5b5b28dcfb9d00bfe90dd871dda3c337460e
Nov 3, 2025 · 2.3 MB · Android API 26–36 · code 3
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Clean up icon resources.
- Implement adaptive launcher icon.
- Add Quick Settings Tile toggle button. (Thanks @Noah12398 !)
SHA-256 c2a605578940cf8f99946fbfcd78ec1554b6525a3534e667ea64e98c74bb4f99
Will it run on your device?
92%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
Installation Guide
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Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
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How to roll back to an earlier version
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db33b6ea477814f431767e8dae86cebce23366bf6db0bbe0b0a84bc36b51c985
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