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DrawAnywhere

Floating canvas for drawing, annotating, and highlighting over other apps.
New in version 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.
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
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  • Version 2.3 (5) suggested Added on Jun 10, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "specialUse"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "specialUse"
    • This app can appear on top of other apps
      This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.
    • com.shezik.drawanywhere.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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    • New in version 2.2
    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.
  • Version 2.2 (4) - Added on Jun 09, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "specialUse"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "specialUse"
    • This app can appear on top of other apps
      This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.
    • com.shezik.drawanywhere.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 2.3 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

    • New in version 1.2
    Clean up icon resources.
    Implement adaptive launcher icon.
    Add Quick Settings Tile toggle button. (Thanks @Noah12398 !)
  • Version 1.2 (3) - Added on Nov 03, 2025

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "specialUse"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "specialUse"
    • This app can appear on top of other apps
      This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.
    • com.shezik.drawanywhere.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 2.3 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

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